South Carolina Women’s College Basketball Championship Wins - History, Appearances, Conferences

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A. The South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina.

A. The head coach of the South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team is Dawn Staley, who is in her 17th season.

A. The South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team competes in the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

A. The South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team plays its home games at Colonial Life Arena, which has a capacity of 18,000.

Year	Coach	Opponent	Score	Record
2017	Dawn Staley	Mississippi State Bulldogs	67–55	33–4
2022	Dawn Staley	UConn Huskies	64–49	35–2
2024	Dawn Staley	Iowa Hawkeyes	87–75	38–0

Year	Round	Opponent	Result
1982	First round	6 East Carolina	W 79–54
	Sweet Sixteen	2 Kentucky	L 69–73
1986	First round	10 Middle Tenn	L 77–78
1988	First round	9 Alabama	W 77–63
	Second round	1 Texas	L 58–77
1989	First round	11 Tennessee Tech	L 73–77
1990	First round	12 Bowling Green	W 93–50
	Second round	4 Northwestern	W 76–67
	Sweet Sixteen	1 Washington	L 61–73
1991	First round	10 Vanderbilt	L 64–73
2002	First round	14 Liberty	W 69–61
	Second round	6 Cincinnati	W 75–56
	Sweet Sixteen	7 Drake	W 79–65
	Elite Eight	1 Duke	L 68–77
2003	First round	12 UT Chattanooga	W 68–54
	Second round	4 Penn State	L 67–77
2012	First round	12 Eastern Michigan	W 80–48
	Second round	4 Purdue	W 72–61
	Sweet Sixteen	1 Stanford	L 60–76
2013	First round	13 South Dakota State	W 74–53
	Second round	12 Kansas	L 69–75
2014	First round	16 Cal St Northridge	W 73–58
	Second round	9 Oregon State	W 78–69
	Sweet Sixteen	4 North Carolina	L 58–65
2015	First round	16 Savannah State	W 81–48
	Second round	8 Syracuse	W 97–68
	Sweet Sixteen	4 North Carolina	W 67–65
	Elite Eight	2 Florida State	W 80–74
	Final Four	1 Notre Dame	L 65–66
2016	First round	16 Jacksonville	W 77–41
	Second round	9 Kansas State	W 73–47
	Sweet Sixteen	4 Syracuse	L 72–80
2017	First round	16 UNC Asheville	W 90–40
	Second round	8 Arizona State	W 71–68
	Sweet Sixteen	12 Quinnipiac	W 100–58
	Elite Eight	3 Florida State	W 71–64
	Final Four	2 Stanford	W 62–53
	National Championship	2 Mississippi State	W 67–55
2018	First round	15 North Carolina A&T	W 63–52
	Second round	10 Virginia	W 66–56
	Sweet Sixteen	11 Buffalo	W 79–63
	Elite Eight	1 Connecticut	L 65–94
2019	First round	13 Belmont	W 74–52
	Second round	5 Florida State	W 72–64
	Sweet Sixteen	1 Baylor	L 68–93
2021	First round	16 Mercer	W 79–53
	Second round	8 Oregon State	W 59–42
	Sweet Sixteen	5 Georgia Tech	W 76–65
	Elite Eight	6 Texas	W 62–34
	Final Four	1 Stanford	L 65–66
2022	First round	16 Howard	W 79–21
	Second round	8 Miami	W 49–33
	Sweet Sixteen	5 North Carolina	W 69–61
	Elite Eight	10 Creighton	W 80–50
	Final Four	1 Louisville	W 72–59
	National Championship	2 Connecticut	W 64–49
2023	First round	16 Norfolk State	W 72–40
	Second round	8 South Florida	W 76–45
	Sweet Sixteen	4 UCLA	W 59–43
	Elite Eight	2 Maryland	W 86–75
	Final Four	2 Iowa	L 73–77
2024	First round	16 Presbyterian	W 91–39
	Second round	8 North Carolina	W 88–41
	Sweet Sixteen	4 Indiana	W 79–75
	Elite Eight	3 Oregon State	W 70–58
	Final Four	3 NC State	W 78–59
	National Championship	1 Iowa	W 87–75
2025	First Round	16 Tennessee Tech	W 108–48
	Second Round	9 Indiana	W 64–53
	Sweet Sixteen	4 Maryland	W 71–67
	Elite Eight	2 Duke	W 54–50
	Final Four	TBD	TBD

Year	Seed
1982	3
1986	7
1988	8
1989	6
1990	5
1991	7
2002	3
2003	5
2012	5
2013	4
2014	1
2015	1
2016	1
2017	1
2018	2
2019	4
2021	1
2022	1
2023	1
2024	1
2025	1

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
1986	1	Semifinals	(4) Virginia Tech	W 67–54
1986	1	Championship	(3) Cincinnati	W 67–48
1988	1	Semifinals	(4) Southern Mississippi	W 86–77
1988	1	Championship	(3) Memphis	W 81–70
1989	1	Semifinals	(5) Cincinnati	W 63–60
1989	1	Championship	(2) Southern Mississippi	W 92–65

Year	Seed	Round	Opponent	Result
2015	1	Quarterfinals	(9) Arkansas	W 58–36
	1	Semifinals	(4) LSU	W 74–54
	1	Championship	(2) Tennessee	W 62–46
2016	1	Quarterfinals	(9) Auburn	W 57–48
	1	Semifinals	(5) Kentucky	W 93–63
	1	Championship	(2) Mississippi State	W 66–52
2017	1	Quarterfinals	(8) Georgia	W 72–48
	1	Semifinals	(4) Kentucky	W 89–77
	1	Championship	(2) Mississippi State	W 59–49
2018	2	Quarterfinals	(7) Tennessee	W 73–62
	2	Semifinals	(3) Georgia	W 71–49
	2	Championship	(1) Mississippi State	W 62–51
2020	1	Quarterfinals	(9) Georgia	W 89–56
	1	Semifinals	(5) Arkansas	W 90–64
	1	Championship	(2) Mississippi State	W 76–62
2021	2	Quarterfinals	(7) Alabama	W 75–63
	2	Semifinals	(3) Tennessee	W 67–52
	2	Championship	(4) Georgia	W 67–62
2023	1	Quarterfinals	(8) Arkansas	W 93–66
	1	Semifinals	(4) Ole Miss	W 80–51
	1	Championship	(3) Tennessee	W 74–58
2024	1	Quarterfinals	(9) Texas A&M	W 79–68
	1	Semifinals	(5) Tennessee	W 74–73
	1	Championship	(2) LSU	W 79–72
2025	1	Quarterfinals	(8) Vanderbilt	W 84–63
	1	Semifinals	(5) Oklahoma	W 93–75
	1	Championship	(2) Texas	W 64–45

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