How head coaches Geno Auriemma and Dawn Staley stack up entering Sunday's top-10 showdown between UConn and South Carolina.

Connecticut's Geno Auriemma and South Carolina's Dawn Staley headline the group of 15 head coaches on the 2025 Naismith Women's College Coach of the Year watch list heading into the home stretch of the season.

South Carolina has won the four most recent meetings, but UConn leads their series 9-5 since 2007. This is a must-watch matchup every season because of the history behind both pro

Score prediction, picks for South Carolina women's basketball's matchup with UConn, matching Dawn Staley and Geno Auriemma

Here is everything to know ahead of ESPN'S 'College GameDay' coming to Columbia for South Carolina women's basketball vs UConn on Sunday.

South Carolina's Dawn Staley, UConn's Geno Auriemma and LSU's Kim Mulkey headline the midseason watch list for the Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year award. Notre Dame's Niele Ivey may have the inside track for now with the Fighting Irish sitting atop the AP Top 25 and Coaches Polls.

Geno Auriemma vs. Dawn Staley. Paige Bueckers, Sarah Strong and the nation's top-rated offense on the road against the reigning champs.

"Familiarity really helps when you’re playing a team in a program like UConn." Those were Dawn Staley’s words before tipoff. The post Dawn Staley Publicly Blasts South Carolina After Geno Auriemma’s UConn Crushes 71-Game Streak appeared first on EssentiallySports.

With just two weeks remaining until March, the top 10 matchup between South Carolina and UConn could not come at a better time. Both teams have bounced back from losses earlier this month, but both coaches see this specific game as the perfect test for their squads.

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Sunday's matchup not only features two national championship contenders, but also two of the top coaches in the sport in UConn's Geno Auriemma and South Carolina's Dawn Staley. REQUIRED READING ...

The watch list for the 2024-25 Werner Ladder Naismith Women’s College Coach of the Year award was released on Wednesday.