When Mississippi State defeated UConn in the semifinals of the 2017 women’s Final Four in Dallas, Dawn Staley was as surprised as the rest of the country.
The South Carolina head coach, who had led her team to a win over Stanford, assumed their national championship opponent would be an epic UConn team riding a 111-game win streak and defending four consecutive titles.
“That was a huge moment in college women’s basketball,” Staley said Tuesday in a news conference. “Mississippi State took down the giant.”
