‘That’s not us’: No. 1 South Carolina looked unfamiliar in Final Four loss to Iowa

The locker room of the South Carolina women’s basketball team at American Airlines Center was filled to the brim Thursday afternoon with reporters from across the nation. Attention is far from uncommon for the nation’s No. 1 team, especially one with the Gamecocks’ star power. Reporters from a variety of media outlets swarmed South Carolina’s athletes, with little breathing room or space to walk around, ahead of the long-awaited game between USC and Iowa in the NCAA Tournament’s Final Four. Less than 36 hours later, the scene couldn’t have been...