South Carolina's women's hoops team is now one of just 8 programs with multiple titles, joining UConn (11), Tennessee (8), Baylor (3), Stanford (3), Notre Dame (2), Louisiana Tech (2) and USC (2).
a would-be game-winner against Stanford in last year's Final Four. "But today we're national champions, and [all I have are] happy tears!"Dawn Staley's ascension to greatness has charted an eerily similar path to Auriemma's, roughly three decades apart.
Auriemma, 68, inherited a program in 1985 that had never been to the tournament. Four years later, he made it there. Eleven years after that, he won his second title over a coach widely considered the GOAT . Dawn Staley, 51, inherited a program in 2008 that was coming off two decades of mediocrity. Four years later, she made her tournament debut. Ten years after that, she won her second title over a coach many now consider the GOAT.UConn hasn't won a championship since 2016, its longest drought since winning the first of its 11 titles in 1995. Is the dynasty over?
"I like our chances [next year]," said Auriemma, whose senior class will graduate without a title for the first time since 2008.in Ayanna Patterson and Isuneh Brady.The last time South Carolina won the title was in 2017. The men's champion that year? UNC…
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