There are already dozens of banners hanging from the rafters of Colonial Life Arena, but none quite like the one that will go up Friday evening.
That’s when, before facing Alabama State to kick off the 2017-2018 season at 7 p.m. Friday, South Carolina women’s basketball will celebrate their historic 2016-2017 one final time, raising its national championship banner and receiving rings for its SEC championship.
In the months since April’s title, the first in Gamecocks history, coach Dawn Staley and her team have been honored, cheered, celebrated and feted in almost every way possible — they’ve cut down nets, hoisted trophies, been thrown a parade and received national title rings at halftime of a football game.