We asked three South Carolina women's basketball players what it's like to play guard for Dawn Staley, an all-time great. "It's very hard," one said.

There’s a reason South Carolina women’s basketball coach Dawn Staley has been billed as the “CEO of Excellence” by Slam Magazine.

South Carolina, the No. 1 seed in its region, returned many players from last year’s title team but dropped three games this season, including a November road loss to UCLA that snapped a 43-game winning streak. The Gamecocks also suffered defeats to Texas and UConn in February, the latter ending their 71-game home winning streak.