With four consecutive SEC tournament championships, a national title and a recent preseason poll ranking of second in the conference, “under the radar” may not be the phrase many associate with South Carolina women’s basketball.
But it’s one that came up time and time again at SEC media day on Thursday, as coach Dawn Staley and her players discussed their team, outside expectations and the massive hole left by program legend A’ja Wilson.
Wilson is the only starter missing from last year’s Elite Eight squad, but the loss of her transcendent talent, along with skillsets of returning players, means that Staley is overhauling much of her offensive system and trying things USC hasn’t done in years.