Many women's basketball eyes will be on Las Vegas this week when three of the top four teams in the country play in the Players Era Women's Championship.

From the Players Era in Las Vegas to Bahamas tournaments, the next 10 days are filled with big nonconference games.

South Carolina women's basketball will play UConn at least once the next two seasons and Dawn Staley addressed those claiming Gamecocks "ducked" the series.

South Carolina women's basketball will continue its non-conference series with UConn next season, facing the Huskies early on the 2026-27 schedule.

The background has been repeated ad nauseam, but for the unaware: by the end of last season, South Carolina knew it lacked an elite scorer and a dominant big, so the Gamecocks went into the portal and got the nation’s leading scorer and an imposing 6-6 post who was a few rebounds short of averaging a double-double.