Almost exactly a month ago, South Carolina women’s basketball blew a five-point lead to Mississippi State, ending any realistic chance of continuing the Gamecocks’ streak of four regular season SEC titles.
This Sunday, USC will get another crack at the Bulldogs, this time in Nashville, Tennessee, for the SEC tournament championship. MSU is still undefeated, a perfect 32-0. South Carolina limped into the postseason with star A’ja Wilson sidelined by vertigo, but has won its first two games of the tournament rather easily against ranked foes.
Mississippi State is undoubtedly the favorite to take home the title and snap South Carolina’s other championship streak of three SEC tournament titles — one projection has Vic Schaefer’s squad beating Dawn Staley’s team by 11 — but inside the USC locker room, confidence was high after the Gamecocks soundly defeated No.