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What South Carolina's Dawn Staley said when her dog Champ got his March Madness gift

COLUMBIA, S.C. — Tennessee Tech head coach Kim Rosamond delivered on her pregame promise Thursday, carrying a gift bag into the news conference room just before South Carolina's Dawn Staley arrived for Women's March Madness media day here. Inside the bag: a nameplate for Staley's dog, Champ.

When Staley saw the nameplate in place on Thursday, she called in Champ, who was in a hallway outside the room. After the news conference ended, she asked players Bree Hall and Sania Feagin to take a photo of her and Champ with the nameplate.