South Carolina’s women’s basketball head coach, Dawn Staley is clearly one of the elite coaches in the sport. In 16 seasons as the leader of the Gamecocks women’s team, she has won three national championships and has led them to six final four appearances in the last nine years.

The Gamecocks (30-3) entered the SEC Tournament ranked fifth in the country and projected to be a No. 2 seed. But after throttling three league foes, a No. 1 seed now seems to be a lock.

South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley makes the case for why her team should have been the top overall seed in the women's NCAA tournament.