Meet Dan. Dan is a coward who left the press conference after asking this question because Dan doesn’t care about basketball, or lifting up the amazing female athletes in the Final Four, or women in general. Dan is unlikely to ask this question of the other coach. Don’t be a Dan.
I asked South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley if she supports transgender women (biological males) playing women's college basketball.
"If you consider yourself a woman and you want to play sports or vice versa, you should be able to play."
Absolute lunacy.
I will stop at nothing to protect the achievements of our women and girls. Their successes will NOT be taken away by men. Biological men DO NOT belong in the locker room or on the court with our women and girls.
Mulkey: “…that team has been in these situations. My team hasn't.”
Some of LSU’s non-conference schedule:
Queens University
Miss Valley State
Kent State
SE Louisiana
Texas Southern
Niagara
Mcneese
Northwestern State
Coppin State
Jacksonville
That’s on Kim. Period.
The people who *should* take questions from the press pool are
@MichaelAmiridis
@RayTannerSC
and all members of the BOT.
As an alum, donor, and member of the Alumni Association Academy, I would like to know who all signed off on this?
What an absolute crock of shit this is… a former President choosing to visit is out of anyone’s control. Inviting him on the field AND then tweeting about it using official accounts and the University hashtag is a CHOICE. 🤬
Not just media… Bluder called the game a “bar fight” before it even started. Geno said “it wasn’t basketball they were playing.” Two white coaches with majority white teams, choosing those words. The list goes on.
Its disgusting. And
@espn
just leans in and amplifies it all.
I left last years Final Four mad, upset, and sick to my stomach… the comments were nasty, mean, and downright racist (I said it.). I can only imagine how these young women felt. Revenge season indeed. Show no mercy. 🤙🏼
It’s this for me.
You know who’s somewhere in these swarms of people?
@dawnstaley
You know who else? Kids, parents, grandparents. FAMS, even some Iowa jerseys. Black, white, old, young. People screaming, cheering, crying.
Nothing beats LOVE. “Dan from Outkick” can kiss my ass.
This headline from
@thestate
is beyond inappropriate. It’s downright heartless.
I’m as critical as the next guy about performance, but associating via headline to the work of the Hilinski family to promote awareness of mental health for student athletes is beyond the pale.
Please just keep talking about Clark, and Bueckers, and LSU, and whomever else… leave us alone to cook.
@GamecockWBB
now has:
✔️ back-to-back 100 pieces
✔️ 29 and 38 point wins over top-15 opppnents
✔️ 9 (!!) different double digit scores in 2 games
✔️ Fulwiley 👀
🤫🤭🫣🤗
A’ja had the chance to play for (literally) any team in the world. She stayed home and changed the landscape of
@GamecockWBB
and the entire sport. Banners, rings, records, accolades... most importantly a legacy that will carry on. All done with grace, a smile, and pearls! 🤙🏼
Wow! This little girl has grown up to be quite the superstar 💫 ... on AND off the court! 🌟
What do you want to say to A’ja as she celebrates SENIOR NIGHT & plays her last regular season home game for
@GamecockWBB
?!
#AW22
🐔🏀☝🏽🙌🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Some perspective. Back to last postseason,
@GamecockWBB
is 36-3 in it’s last 39 games.
Dawn talks a lot about how small the margins are. The 3 losses? By a *total* of 4 points!!
Yesterday sucked. No sugar coating. But the sky isn’t falling.
#perspective
#NetWorth
#fallforward
As
@henrymcmaster
is at the podium, South Carolina now officially the only state on east coast, the only state in southeast, the only state in however you want to define it... WITH NO STAY AT HOME ORDER. It’s simply unexplainable.
I’ve listened to some of Dawn’s postgame remarks. I’ve listened to some of Mulkey’s postgame remarks.
Y’all know who I ride with, so maybe I’m biased. But there’s a big difference in who is saying what here. Pay attention. It matters.
I listen to
@dawnstaley
here and feel lots of emotions. I’m married to a bad ass woman once employed by same University, so it hits different. Dawn’s right… this has the opportunity to be transformational to and for all woman, on campus and otherwise.
#paywomen
#payblackwomen
“Today is a big day for me … the game of women’s basketball and gender equity across the nation.”
@dawnstaley
on her 7-year, $22.4 million contract extension with
@GamecockWBB
(via
@SECNetwork
)
I just want to be clear here. Because for many months, you,
@POTUS
, and others have vehemently told us the intelligence community (CIA, FBI, etc) couldn’t be trusted.
JUST INTRODUCED w 42 fellow GOP senators resolution to honor members of military & intel community who carried out mission to take out Soleimani, a terrorist responsible for the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people across the Middle East, including 603 US service members.
“Kavanaugh wrote, the nation's chief executive should be exempt from ‘time-consuming and distracting’ lawsuits and investigations” 👈🏼 FOCUS people. I’m sure it’s just a coincidence.
Found this video from the last
@GamecockWBB
“Teddy Bear Toss.” A great memory. Looking for you to show out again this year Columbia!! 🤙🏼🐻
cc:
@dawnstaley
Yes!! This!!
#Gamecocks
women’s basketball is 96-4 in their last 100 games. Just sit with that. Run covers 2-3 uniquely different teams, COVID, illness, injury, road, home, freshman, transfers, not having good night, name it… NINETY SIX WINS.
Oh, and we far from done! 😤😤
Just remember, the system didn’t “fail.” It’s not “broken.” The current system works exactly as it was intended by those who built it. And that’s the problem.
There’s a rule in our house: if a team we root for is playing in a game where confetti falls on the winner, YOU GO!! Don’t ask questions. Just make it happen.
And if you’re lucky enough to see them win? Grab some confetti.
🎉🎟🏆🏀🤙🏼
This is so awesome!!! Yet another showing of LOVE, the perfect theme for this years team.
@dawnstaley
continues to show us all what it means to be a dream merchant
It’s not even about Caslen to be honest. Leaders put people in positions where they can excel. But Governor McMaster did the opposite, setting Caslen up for failure from day one.
Now here we are. Cleaning up a big mess.
It’s that simple. And that sad.
That is a big time win. Massive. Coming off COVID pause, on the road, slow start, against a top-10 team. Took some guts to get it done.
Carry on
@GamecockWBB
🙌🏼🤙🏼
It will never get old. Don’t allow it to get old. This is an absolutely incredible run
@GamecockWBB
is on. Remember to celebrate every win and every achievement.
AND PACK YOUR SCISSORS!! ✂️
FYI, not only is this real, it was sponsored locally, because we know people will say it was "outside instigators". FYI, Joe got just under 70% of the vote in Richland County.
Gamecock Nation: Ya'll have been awesome so far in chipping in to get to our million-dollar match!
We still have a ways to go!
All new contributions count:
WATCH: “A lot of people in Memphis have worked harder than a bunch of ugly strippers to try to get this done…”
@SenBrentTaylor
’s unfortunate choice of words on a hotel/motel taxes bill draws priceless (and appropriate) disdain from Senator
@CharlaneOliver
behind him. 🤔
In between these two photos…
@aa_boston
:
WNBA All-Star
WNBA ROY
NCAA champion
SEC Champion
2× Defensive POY
3× first-team All-American
2x SEC POY
4× First-team All-SEC
Played in 3 Final Fours
Me:
Got four years older.
If you woke up feeling inconvenienced because “they” got it wrong, get over yourself.
Too many, too close would love to be as safe and dry as you this morning.
We got lucky here in Columbia and other parts of SC. Full stop.
About leaders in states that will ultimately ban abortion:
They won’t expand Medicaid.
They won’t fund contraceptive access.
They won’t provide childcare.
They won’t fund education.
They won’t restrict gun access in any form.
But will label themselves pro life?? 🤬🤬
Imagine sitting on this tweet in your drafts while SC went to three consecutive Final Fours, won a Natty, won 42 in a row… just waiting hit “send tweet.” 😂😂
There’s always a torch. It was held in Storrs for a long, long time.
… if it hadn’t been passed before today, it has now. Officially. Period.
This
@GamecockWBB
team is a living dynasty. Not afraid of anyone. Gets everyone’s best shot. The team others are trying to become!!
Still no word on why this 12’ high tribute to
@SteveBenjaminSC
exists in downtown Oklahoma City. But I had to find it on my latest visit.
Pose needs some work. I’ll do better next time. 🤣🤣
I’m fine that my recent tweets (or whatever) stirred up something. Have no problem holding administration accountable. And if they’re pleading the 5th, I’ll hear that tomorrow. Phone calls coming.
Dawn Staley's South Carolina team is the only squad this year (men's & women's) to finish undefeated in the regular season 👏
Building something special 🐐
#WHM
Everyone has their own metric for great and Jay says you need titles…that’s fine and fair. He uses Diana and Breanna as examples at UCONN… Clark chose to build at a place that had nowhere near the history. Pretty sure Clark would have multiple national titles at South Carolina
“What’s in a Name?”-
@thepivot
I was asking
@dawnstaley
if she’d met
@CoachTomlin
b/c that’s a leadership lesson worth big $$. Then, a master of her craft began to speak on evolving. As the legend said, “Everyone has to Pivot”, even women’s basketball.
@DavidEickholt
Isn’t that a cute little rant. Perhaps ole Coach what’s her name (I honestly have no idea what her name is) should learn to recruit better.
Under a Carolina sky... some hoops outside in the plaza tonight. Excited for
@dawnstaley
@FrankMartin_SC
and their teams. It’s going to be a fun season!!
Excellent news. Couldn’t think of someone more deserving. I’m thrilled for Judge Childs:
Biden to nominate SC Judge Michelle Childs, a USC law grad, to influential DC Circuit
Boat captain: it’s a beautiful sunset. Let’s take an anniversary photo. 📸
Me and
@BlondeScientist
: we understand the assignment. ✌🏼
Just like we’ve understood the assignment for the last 10 years: love fiercely and live life to the fullest! HAPPY ANNIVERSARY TO US. ❤️❤️❤️
We’re going to learn a lot about this Gamecocks WBB team today. Everybody knows they didn’t play their best yesterday.
Playing Tennessee for 3rd time in 23 days. No surprises. No secrets. Just roll out the ball and play.
As for me and mine, we believe. It’s GO TIME!!!
117,662.
That’s the the number of graduates, who (after next few days), will have walked across a
@UofSC
stage, shaken
@HarrisPastides
hand, and received their diploma during his tenure.
More than one-third of all the living alumni of this great University.🤙🏼
Somebody made a conscious choice to select the photos for this graphic. Somebody approved that selection. And then somebody hit “send tweet.” All y’all…
This couple is from a small upstate NY town, near where I grew up. They come to
#WFinalFour
every year; except in 2017 when health challenges made them miss.
That year (!!!) they gave me their tickets. Then today I randomly saw them in Minny. My heart is so full.
#Fullcircle
These allegations from
#mizzou
have me some kind of way. I’ll say this... few people in this world I respect more than Dawn Staley and Ray Tanner. They will deal with this, one way or another.
#Gamecocks
Oh BTW.... “You gonna’ come at the king, you best not miss.”