Dawn Staley has seen better performances from her team on the biggest stage in the sport.
South Carolina, fresh off a huge win over No. 1 seed UConn in the Final Four, is getting run out of the gym by No. 1 seed UCLA in the national championship game on Sunday afternoon, airing live on ABC.
It's UCLA 55, South Carolina 30 toward the end of the third quarter. It's an absolute route in the national championship game.
Staley is not happy.
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Staley, a three-time national champion, will not be getting a fourth championship ring on Sunday. It's a tough outing for her and the Gamecocks roster.
College hoops fans are enjoying a rare bad game from Staley and Co.
It's rare to see a Dawn Staley-coached team play so poorly in this big of a stage on Sunday.
"UCLA WBB was the most disrespected 1 loss team in history. The Bruins are crushing the Gamecocks. Dawn Staley has no answers," one fan wrote.
"Dawn Staley is getting BEAT," one fan added.
"Dawn Staley should’ve spent more time preparing her team for the game and less time thinking about how she was gonna use today’s pregame to show up Geno," one fan added.
"With all the Geno – Dawn Staley talk, people forgot about UCLA and how good they actually are. We’re seeing that today," one fan added.
"Okay, I feel sorry for Dawn Staley…Geno, maybe u should apologize to her personally so she feels like she won something," one fan added.
"Genuinely curious how South Carolina beat Uconn bc they’re not an insanely talented or high IQ team a Dawn Staley team typically is. Like I don’t even know what you could say this South Carolina team’s identity even is. They’re just out there rn," one fan added.
It's a tough showing for Staley and Co., but at the end of the day, this UCLA team is just really, really good.
