Video: Fans welcome Gamecocks home

Coach Dawn Staley cuts the net Sunday after defeating Florida State to get into the Final Four women’s basketball tournament in Tampa. Tracy Glantz/The State

A welcome home party was held for the Gamecocks women’s basketball team, which returned to Columbia Sunday evening.

Head coach Dawn Staley and selected players addressed the excited crowd of hundreds of fans who gathered outside the front entrance of the Colonial Life Arena at the corner of Lincoln and Greene Streets.

This story was originally published March 29, 2015 at 8:55 PM with the headline "Video: Fans welcome Gamecocks home."

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