South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley has said repeatedly this preseason that what her team accomplished last year was more special than most people realize. “Going undefeated is hard,” she often said before this season began.

But after watching Notre Dame take down USC and UCLA deliver a convincing victory against South Carolina, the Irish and Bruins appear closer to achieving South Carolina’s 2023-24 formula than the defending champs themselves — a sentiment Gamecocks coach Dawn Staley felt after their loss.

Dawn Staley and No. 4-ranked South Carolina highlight a handful of high level women's teams in Fort Myers at a pair of Thanksgiving week hoops events.

Quite a bit of movement was made after South Carolina and USC fell to their opponents this past weekend. Michael Voepel updates his weekly rankings.

UCLA basketball coach Cori Close said she was pleased to see her team arrive at practice early and remain focused after upsetting South Carolina.

On Wednesday, Nov. 20, the two best teams in women’s college hoops both have games and the No. 1 South Carolina Gamecocks play state rival the Clemson Tigers at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, S.C.

With South Carolina no longer No. 1, For the Win's Mitchell Northam and Meghan Hall debate who is women's college basketball's best team

South Carolina women's basketball is no longer the No. 1 team in women's college basketball. The Gamecocks (5-1) dropped to the No. 4 spot in the AP Top 25 poll on Monday and the No. 5 spot in the USA TODAY coaches poll Tuesday after they fell 77-62 to then No.