Staley says winning stacked SEC tourney tougher than ever
- South Carolina secured the No. 1 seed in the SEC tournament by winning a coin flip against Texas after both teams finished with a 15-1 record in conference play.
- SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey conducted the coin flip live, creating excitement in South Carolina's locker room.
- Coach Dawn Staley expressed excitement over the outcome of the coin flip but acknowledged the uncertainty in such a decision, stating, 'I didn’t know eight other sports use a coin flip.'
- Texas coach Vic Schaefer questioned the validity of the coin flip practice, indicating confusion over its significance.
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Staley says winning stacked SEC tourney tougher than ever
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Dawn Staley has won eight Southeastern Conference Tournaments since taking over as head coach at South Carolina in 2008.
Dawn Staley Wasn't Happy About Coin Flip Tiebreaker Until South Carolina Won Coin Flip Tiebreaker
Dawn Staley and the South Carolina Gamecocks will have the No. 1 seed in the SEC Women's Basketball Tournament — all thanks to a coin toss.Both South Carolina and Texas finished their respective regular-season conference schedules with identical 15-1 records and each won a game against each other. So with win percentage and head-to-head results equal, tournament seeding came down to a coin-flip tiebreaker.Faced with this possibility last week, t…
Coin Toss Decides No. 1 Seed In Conference Basketball Tournament
College Basketball’s Top 10 Leading Scorers This Season (1:20) Sunday afternoon marked the end of the women's college basketball regular season.Conference tournaments will be getting underway this week. The SEC Tournament should be incredibly entertaining; the conference features seven teams ranked in the latest AP top 25 poll, including No. 1 Texas and No. 6 South Carolina.Both the Longhorns and Gamecocks finished 15-1 in conference play this s…
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