Locked On Gamecocks - Daily Podcast On South Carolina Gamecocks Football & Basketball Locked On Podcast Network

Dawn Staley said in a recent radio appearance on 107.5 The Game that South Carolina's women's basketball team will be playing their season opener this November in Las Vegas, Nevada. The issue, however, is that they currently don't have an opponent as the original opponent backed out for publicly unknown reasons.

This past weekend, the USC Trojans landed two of the best portal prospects in women's basketball for this offseason cycle: Stanford's Kiki Iriafen and Oregon State's Talia Von Oelhoffen, the former of whom was expect to visit Dawn Staley and South Carolina's women's basketball program this week. With these two decisions being made, some members of the WBB sphere are legitimately posing the question of whether or not the Trojans, led by Juju Watkins, are now better than the Gamecocks, in spite of Carolina's undefeated national title run last season.

You might be thinking that there's no way that Dawn Staley and South Carolina's women's basketball program could actually get better this offseason coming off the heels of a 38-0 undefeated national championship run. However, rumblings came out on Thursday afternoon that Stanford transfer Kiki Iriafen, who's widely considered the best portal prospect out there, is slated to visit Columbia this next week.

Recently, the NCAA passed new communication rules that will allow FBS teams the option to have helmet communications between the coaching staff and one player on offense and defense next season. With the experience Dowell Loggains and other assistants have from their NFL days, Shane Beamer and South Carolina's Football team should hold the upper hand in terms of efficient use of helmet communications and tablets compared to other programs. How seamless could the transition be? Andrew dives into that conversation, along with the question posed by 107.5 The Game on the football program's national relevancy, and gives his thoughts on the future outlook of South Carolina's baseball team!



FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN)

Recently, the NCAA passed new communication rules that will allow FBS teams the option to have helmet communications between the coaching staff and one player on offense and defense next season. With the experience Dowell Loggains and other assistants have from their NFL days, Shane Beamer and South Carolina's Football team should hold the upper hand in terms of efficient use of helmet communications and tablets compared to other programs.