It was already late Friday night when South Carolina women's basketball, fresh off a tough opening win against North Carolina A&T in the NCAA tournament, learned the start time of its second-round matchup with Virginia on Sunday: 9 p.m.
That's the latest start time second-seeded USC has had all season, and it means the contest could very well last beyond 11 p.m. on a day when most people have work the next morning.
Dawn Staley is fully aware of that, and she's doing her best to make the most of it, playfully tweeting out an "excuse slip" for fans to print out and give to their bosses to explain their sleepiness on Monday.