Olympic Connection in today's LSU-South Carolina game

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From Scott Hotard of The Advocate:


When he meets Dawn Staley at midcourt before today’s game, LSU women’s basketball coach Van Chancellor expects some good-natured ribbing between the two.

“She’ll remind me she won me a gold medal — tell me that three or four times,” Chancellor said. “I’ll remind her I’m the one who picked her to play for me.”

Staley, one of the great players in women’s basketball history, won three Olympic gold medals, the last with Chancellor as coach in 2004. She finished her professional career with Chancellor, playing two seasons on the Houston Comets he coached.

Nowadays, Staley and Chancellor are rivals.

Staley took over the South Carolina women’s program two seasons ago after leading Temple to six NCAA tournaments in eight seasons.

Chancellor left the Comets three years ago and has kept LSU among the nation’s elite in his return to the college game.

On the opening day of Southeastern Conference play, Chancellor and Staley reunite when No. 11 LSU (11-1) faces the Gamecocks (7-5) at 5 p.m. in Columbia, S.C.

Read Scott's entire article: http://bit.ly/4nmzLc

Posted by Bill Martin