South Carolina women’s basketball knew it was going dancing for a seventh consecutive year entering Monday. As SEC champions, Dawn Staley’s team had already earned an automatic bid to the 2018 NCAA tournament
What the Gamecocks didn’t know was their seed and regional. Now they do, as the selection committee gave USC a No. 2 seed in the Albany regional on Selection Monday.
With that placement, the Gamecocks will host the first two rounds of the tourney at Colonial Life Arena, starting Friday against No. 15 seed North Carolina A&T.
Should the defending champions advance to the tournament’s second weekend, they will travel to Albany/Lexington, where a potential showdown with No.