South Carolina women’s basketball is set to open the 2018-2019 season this Sunday on the road against Alabama State. Without national player of the year A’ja Wilson, the Gamecocks and coach Dawn Staley will have to forge a new identity, and quickly, as USC’s nonconference schedule is once again brutal.
Without Wilson, what can fans expect to see from the new-look Gamecocks? Here are some predictions.
THREE X-FACTOR PLAYERS
Junior guard Te’a Cooper: The Tennessee transfer has all the tools to be a dark horse All-American candidate, and certainly the confidence to go with it.