South Carolina women's basketball announces Sept. 10 White House visit to celebrate 2024 NCAA championship

The South Carolina women’s basketball team is heading to the White House to celebrate its most recent national title. The Gamecocks will be in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, Sept. 10, the university announced on Thursday.

South Carolina finished off a perfect 38-0 season in April, beating Iowa in the national championship game to cap off the special year.

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President Joe Biden is welcoming both the South Carolina women’s basketball team and the UConn men’s basketball team to the White House on Tuesday, Sept. 10, per South Carolina’s release.

The Gamecocks made history last season, becoming just the fifth team ever to go undefeated for an entire season.

South Carolina wasn’t the favorite entering 2023-24 after Dawn Staley had to replace all five starters from the 2022-23 team. However, the Gamecocks were still able to put together an incredible year that included surviving against Tennessee in the SEC Tournament.

The Gamecocks played only one game within single digits in the NCAA Tournament — beating Indiana 79-75 in the Sweet 16.

South Carolina was led by star center Kamilla Cardoso and had several younger players who played a pivotal role throughout the year, including freshmen guards MiLaysia Fulwiley and Tessa Johnson.

While South Carolina had some stars on the offensive end, the Gamecocks really excelled defensively. Staley’s club led the nation in scoring defense, scoring margin and blocked shots per game in 2023-24.

The SEC powers are expected to once again be contenders in 2024-25, despite losing Cardoso.

South Carolina coach Dawn Staley shares strong take on future of women’s college basketball

Arguably the two biggest stars in women’s college basketball moved on to the WNBA after last season in Iowa guard Caitlin Clark and LSU forward Angel Reese. However, Dawn Staley believes the future of the sport is still in very good hands.

Staley doesn’t agree with any of the speculation that the sport will not be as popular moving forward.

“The game isn’t going anywhere. The game has been great for a very long time,” Dawn Staley recently told TMZ.

Staley believes that there are plenty of stars left in the sport and that if they are showcased correctly, women’s college basketball will continue to thrive. She believes the sport would have had excellent TV ratings earlier if it was shown regularly on TV.

Instead, it took Caitlin Clark for women’s college basketball to start being showcased properly, per Staley.

“I think that the decision makers and the people that pour the resources into our game decided to do that. And they decided to do it with a person like Caitlin Clark, who deserved it,” Staley said.

Even with Caitlin Clark and Angel Reese no longer in women’s college basketball, plenty of other stars remain. In fact, Staley has one on her own team.

“Now there’s some stars, now. I’ve got one of them. I coach one – Malaysia Fulwiley. You’ve got JuJu [Watkins]. JuJu’s balling. You’ve got Hannah Hidalgo at Notre Dame,” Staley said. “You have a lot of household names. Young names that our game can sustain itself if you pour in the type of resources that you poured in over the past two years.”