CLEVELAND - Dressed in a Louis Vuitton metallic-silver jacket, South Carolina coach Dawn Staley had a golden afternoon in Cleveland, and was moved to tears after an emotional group hug with her team and players. After a difficult end to last season, the Gamecocks had a perfect 38-0 finish on Sunday.
"They weren't going to be denied," Staley said as confetti fell around her at the conclusion of the Gamecocks' 87-75 national championship victory over Iowa. "It doesn't always end like you want it to end. I'm just super proud of where I work.