Iowa vs. South Carolina wasn’t just about basketball

Head coach Dawn Staley of the South Carolina Gamecocks cuts down the net after beating the Iowa Hawkeyes in the 2024 NCAA Women’s Basketball Tournament National Championship at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse on April 07, 2024 in Cleveland, Ohio. South Carolina beat Iowa 87-75. (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images) Dawn Staley and her team were there to play, as was Caitlin Clark. But in America, everything is about Black vs. White. by John Celestand, Word In Black Was there ever any doubt? When looking at how dominant the South Carolina Gamecocks have been this season, winning 37 straight games coming into Sunday’s national championship game, it would be easy to say, of course not.& & Yet, anyone closely following women’s college basketball over the last two seasons would be foolish to think a team featuring Caitlin Clark, the presumptive No. 1 pick in the WNBA draft and all-time leading scorer in college basketball history, would go down lightly. They didn’t.& & RELATED:& Ice Cube Stirs the Pot With $5M Offer to Caitlin Clark In the end, The Gamecocks and their legendary coach, Dawn Staley, were too well-coached, athletic, big, talented, smart, and deep for the Hawkeyes overall. They completed an undefeated...