ESPN has Dawn Staley the Gamecocks ranked No. 3 in its first way-too-early Top 25 for the 2026-27 season, published not long after South Carolina lost Sunday to UCLA 79-51 in the national championship game.

UCLA is the 2026 champion -- but unranked in the first top 25 for next season. Runner-up South Carolina is No. 3.

South Carolina has gone through several ups and downs throughout the NCAA Tournament, but the team has found its support system.

Joyce Edwards was the first to tell her teammates after a win over UConn: Don't celebrate too hard, because there's still a game to play. USC takes on UCLA for the national championship on April 6.

An awkward moment involving South Carolina’s Dawn Staley, Agot Makeer, and Joyce Edwards from Monday’s postgame interview has gone viral on social media.

SEC Now asks Edwards to walk through her mindset during the two biggest plays of the Final Four as she explains how she will always make the right play that South Carolina needs.

South Carolina blew open a close game in the fourth quarter and cruised to a 78-52 win over TCU, advancing to the Final Four for the sixth consecutive season. South Carolina led by eight going into the fourth quarter,

COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina sophomore forward Joyce Edwards has been named to the 10-player Wooden Award All-America team. The Camden product is ranked 20th nationally in scoring (19.7 ppg) and she is among the top 15 rebounders in the SEC with a 6.7 rebound per game average.