Breaking: South Carolina Gamecocks finally trade center Kamilla Cardoso for $80 million…
Report: South Carolina Gamecocks confirms the departure of another key just now.
The South Carolina women’s basketball roster will take on a new look for the 2023-24 season. With that comes a little bit of an unknown as to the potential of next year’s team.
ESPN’s “way too early” Top 25 poll for the next college basketball season seems to reflect that.
Dawn Staley’s Gamecocks are ranked No. 7 by ESPN pundit Charlie Creme in his first look at how the sport’s teams could shape up for 2023-24. “A new era has arrived in Columbia,” Creme wrote.
Ahead of South Carolina, ESPN’s ranking has UConn at No. 1, followed by Utah, LSU, Iowa, Indiana and UCLA.
South Carolina (36-1) carried a wire-to-wire No. 1 ranking in the 2022-23 season before falling to Iowa 77-73 on Friday in the Final Four. LSU went on to defeat Iowa in Sunday’s national championship game.
The Gamecocks could lose up to seven seniors from the roster. The team had five seniors who could return for a final season. Star forward Aliyah Boston has already declared for April 10’s WNBA Draft, where she’s expected to be the No. 1 selection. Zia Cooke and Brea Beal are expected to turn pro as well, with Olivia Thompson telling The State she plans to be done with basketball. Laeticia Amihere has a decision to make of whether or not she’ll return.
Fifth-year seniors Kierra Fletcher and Victaria Saxton have no more eligibility.
Creme touted returning players Raven Johnson, Kamilla Cardoso and Bree Hall as next year’s team leaders.
“Cardoso could emerge as a dominating force with the extra minutes available with Boston’s departure,” he said.
South Carolina will add three high school signees from the 2023 recruiting class: guards Milaysia Fulwiley and Tessa Johnson, and wing Sahnya Jah. Fulwiley and Johnson were McDonald’s All-Americans.South Carolina Gamecocks center Kamilla Cardoso
