It’s become almost a norm around this time in the calendar for Dawn Staley and top-seeded South Carolina to gather at midcourt and accept trophies for their accomplishments. Staley has made a habit out of celebrating Final Four berths and national championship victories with the South Carolina band,

Chloe Kitts scored 14 points and defending national champion South Carolina reached the Final Four of the women’s NCAA Tournament for a fifth straight year, beating Duke 54-50 on Sunday. Coach Dawn Staley’s top-seeded Gamecocks are two wins away from becoming the first team to repeat as champions since UConn won four straight from 2013-16.

The Gamecocks are two wins from becoming the first team to repeat as champions since UConn won four straight from 2013-16.

The top-seeded Gamecocks, defending national champions, got all they could handle from second-seeded Duke, winning 54-50.

Half of the women's Final Four is set after 1-seeds UCLA and South Carolina won in the regional finals Sunday.

South Carolina director of player development Freddy Ready has been with the program since 2002 and has a method to the celebratory net-cutting.

When South Carolina’s season was on the line Sunday, Dawn Staley went to Chloe Kitts. Duke had just air-balled a go-ahead 3-point attempt, and the Gamecocks had a 52-50 lead and the ball with seven seconds left in their NCAA Tournament Elite Eight game.

Kitts got to the line and nailed her sixth and seventh free throws of the game to give the Gamecocks a four-point lead in their women's NCAA Tournament regional final. “Coach (Dawn Staley) drew up the play and she said the ball was going to get to me,