Wooley began writing letters to each player before South Carolina’s first meeting with Texas on Jan. 12. The teams will meet for a fourth time on Friday night in the Final Four. Capstone is GLOWING GARNET! @GamecockWBB is Final Four bound for the fifth-straight year AND @GamecockSoftbll takes the series against #3 LSU 🤙

Final Four weekend gets underway on Thursday with media day. Follow all the news with Thursday’s schedule. All times are Eastern. All events are closed to the public. Thursday, April 3 9:00 – South Carolina practice (First 15 minutes open to the media) 10:50 – Texas practice (First 15 minutes open to the media) 11:35 – Cori Close opening statement,

Emerging as top seeds from the Birmingham Regions 2 and 3, South Carolina (34-3) and Texas (35-3) last met on March 9 in the SEC tournament final. The reigning national champion Gamecocks avenged a 66-62 road loss on Feb. 9 with their 64-45 win in the league championship that gave them a 2-1 edge in the season series.