While the White House says President Donald Trump will host collegiate sports championship teams Friday in Washington, the South Carolina women's basketball team will not be among them.
Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley said Thursday that her team has declined an invite and instead will focus on the season ahead.
"We did hear from the White House about attending tomorrow's event, but we will not be able to attend," Staley said in a statement. "As I've been saying since our practices for this season started, all of our focus is on the season ahead. The only invitation we are thinking about is to the 2018 NCAA Tournament.