Dawn Staley faced the media following the South Carolina Gamecocks’ 79-51 loss to the UCLA Bruins in the national championship game on Sunday, and one of the several questions she fielded came straight out of the land of confusion.
While doing her postgame press conference duties at Mortgage Matchup Center in Phoenix, Ariz., Staley was asked about her level of excitement for having Saniyah Hall on her team next season.
It seemed like an ordinary question, but the reporter was asking the wrong person.
Hall committed to the USC Trojans, not South Carolina, which the reporter seemed to confuse with USC.
The reporter later backtracked upon realizing her mistake.
“Did something come over the transfer portal? That’s USC,” the 55-year-old Staley said, as the reporter apologized for her blunder.
You can watch the exchange here.
The good: USC got the #1 recruit for next season
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The bad: you asked the wrong USC about it pic.twitter.com/xOW2WKIWp5
Considering the loss the Gamecocks just suffered, Staley could have reacted to the question in a less friendly manner, but she handled it quite well.
South Carolina fell just a win short of winning the NCAA title for the second year in a row, and the Gamecocks will try to make another deep run and get the job done next season — without Hall in the lineup, of course.
