Meeting the media for the first time in the 2017-2018 season, South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley did not hold back in describing the progress her team will have to make to defend its national championship, or the challenges it will face along the way.
At the same time, Staley also said she believes a title repeat is within reach and praised senior leader A’ja Wilson’s leadership.
South Carolina’s first official practice of the year took place Tuesday, just one day after the end of a USA Basketball training camp that Staley ran and Wilson attended in Santa Barbara, California, and Staley’s time with the best WNBA and college players in the country left her with high expectations for the Gamecocks.