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JUCO standout joins USC women

Dawn Staley signs her second recruit for 2013.

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Rewarded for success: USC board OKs $125,000 pay raise for Staley

USC athletics director Ray Tanner made good on his promise to get women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley an appropriate raise and extension following another successful season.
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Staley gets call from the Hall

South Carolina women's basketball coach Dawn Staley is among seven people elected to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
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Fans, SC Gov. Nikki Haley help convince Staley to stay at USC

There was a call. Then there were a lot of calls. Then came the call. All of that led Dawn Staley to make the easiest call of her life.
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Staley staying at USC, withdraws name from Ohio State search

South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley announced Sunday night that she has withdrawn her name from consideration for the coaching opening at Ohio State.
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The bitter end: Gamecocks fall short of Sweet 16

South Carolina’s dream of another Sweet 16 ended on a sour note Monday night. Two days after knocking off host Colorado, 12th-seeded Kansas upset the 4th-seeded Gamecocks 75-69 at Coors Events Center.
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Gamecocks on guard in second round of NCAA tournament

During its first-round upset of host Colorado on Saturday night, 12th-seeded Kansas had a lot of players step up. There was one in particular, though, that caught the attention of South Carolina.
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Gamecocks thump Jackrabbits in NCAA opener

Ashley Bruner recorded a double-double as the 4th-seeded Gamecocks routed No. 13 South Dakota State 74-52 on Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Tournament.
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White responds to Staley’s defensive challenge

When USC women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley challenged Sancheon White before the season, White didn’t think too much of it. But it was the senior guard’s attention to detail that turned her into a key contributor for the Gamecocks.
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Bound for Boulder! Gamecocks start NCAA journey in Colorado

It was a long wait Monday night before USC’s name was announced as the No. 4 seed in the Norfolk (Va.) Regional. The Gamecocks will face No. 13 seed South Dakota State in the first round Saturday at 4:10 p.m. in Boulder, Colo.
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Aggies end Gamecocks' run in SEC tournament

For the second time this season, Texas A&M and former Gamecock player Kelsey Bone dispatched USC. This time, the Aggies ended the Gamecocks’ SEC tournament run, 61-52, on Friday afternoon.