South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley sidestepped questions Tuesday about if her team has yet to receive a formal invitation for her 2016-2017 national championship team to visit the White House.
“Here’s my take, and I’m not going to discuss the White House anymore. As far as I’m concerned, I’m over the White House invitation,” Staley said. “The only invitation I would like is an invitation to get into the NCAA tournament in March. Other than that, I’m going to focus on my team.”
Staley’s statement comes on the heels of comments she made Friday to the Associated Press that her squad had yet to receive an invitation, despite the fact that every national champion since 1983 has visited the White House to meet the president, and other teams have since won championships and been invited.