South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
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| University | University of South Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Athletic director | Jeremiah Donati | ||||||||||||
| Head coach | Dawn Staley (18th season) | ||||||||||||
| Location | Columbia, South Carolina | ||||||||||||
| Arena | Colonial Life Arena (capacity: 18,000) | ||||||||||||
| Conference | SEC | ||||||||||||
| Nickname | Gamecocks | ||||||||||||
| Colors | Garnet and black | ||||||||||||
| Student section | The Cockpit | ||||||||||||
| All-time record | 1,086–542 (.667) | ||||||||||||
| NCAA Division I tournament champions | |||||||||||||
| 2017, 2022, 2024 | |||||||||||||
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| AIAW tournament Final Four | |||||||||||||
| 1980 | |||||||||||||
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| Conference tournament champions | |||||||||||||
| Metro Conference: 1986, 1988, 1989 SEC: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025 | |||||||||||||
| Conference regular-season champions | |||||||||||||
| Metro Conference: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 SEC: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026 | |||||||||||||
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The South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Under head coach Dawn Staley, the Gamecocks have been one of the most dominant powerhouse programs in the country, winning NCAA Championships in 2017, 2022, and 2024, in addition claiming the SEC regular season championship 10 times and SEC tournament championship 9 times between the 2013-14 season to the 2025-26 season, essentially ruling the conference for over a decade. The program also enjoyed success under head coach Nancy Wilson during the 1980s in the Metro Conference, when it won five regular season conference championships and three conference tournament championships. The Gamecocks have the second most NCAA Championships, regular season conference championships, and conference tournament championships of any team in the SEC, trailing only Tennessee.