Sunday afternoon, the eyes of the college basketball world turned toward Birmingham. SEC commissioner Greg Sankey had a coin with two teams on it – and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament was on the line.
South Carolina is tied for first in the SEC with Texas, and Ole Miss is tied for fifth. Coach Dawn Staley has only lost to the Rebels twice in her career in Columbia. The Gamecocks are on a 19 game win streak in the series and lead all-time 31-17.
The site of this year’s SEC Tournament, while technically neutral, was full of South Carolina fans who helped fuel the Gamecocks to an 84-63 win over Vanderbilt in the tournament quarterfinals. Friday’s win moves Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks’ record in SEC Tournament games played in Greenville to 16-1.
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