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The South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in the Southeastern Conference. The program enjoyed its great 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. Under current Head Coach Dawn Staley, the Gamecocks have improved their success every year, culminating in winning the SEC Championship in and gaining a #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament in both 2014 and 2015. Following the 2014 season, Staley signed the #2 ranked recruiting class in the country, highlighted by the overall #1 recruit A'ja Wilson. ==History== The first Gamecocks women's basketball team to compete at an intercollegiate level dates back to 1923 when they were called the Pullets. The first varsity team, known as the Carolina Chicks, took to the court in January 1974 under the guidance of Pam Backhaus. The inaugural team compiled a record of 15-7 and were the South Carolina AIAW Champions. In 1977, with Pam Parsons as the head coach the women's basketball team, they changed their nickname to the Lady Gamecocks and made post-season trips every year with her at the helm. The program enjoyed its greatest run of success to date after joining the Metro Conference in 1983. During its eight seasons in the league, the Lady Gamecocks won the regular season championship five times and the conference tournament three times. When South Carolina joined the SEC, success was hard to come by during the first decade. The program struggled to compete in the premier Women's Basketball League under head coaches Wilson and Susan Walvius. Walvius' teams in 2001-02 and 2002-03 broke through to finish 25-7 and 23-8 respectively, earning trips to the NCAA tournament and reaching the Elite Eight in 2002. Walvius resigned after the 2007-08 season and Dawn Staley was named the new head coach of the Lady Gamecocks on May 7. Under Coach Staley, the Gamecocks improved every year between 2008 and 2015, starting with a record of 10-18 in 2008-09 up to claiming the SEC regular season and tournament Championship as well as reaching the NCAA Final Four with a 34-3 record in 2014-15. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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