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Dawn Staley dead serious about getting a WNBA game with Gamecock alums in Columbia

On Aug. 15, Dawn Staley sent a tweet directed at the four WNBA teams for whom former Gamecocks play (Las Vegas Aces, Chicago Sky, Indiana Fever and Dallas Wings), asking for one or more of them to play a game at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina.

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That wasn’t a one-off or idea, a fantasy Staley thought of and then forgot the next day when returning to work as the head coach of the Gamecocks. In an interview with The State a week after her tweet, Staley said she has already begun personally lobbying for a contest to happen, straight at the very top — WNBA president Lisa Borders.