2009–10 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
	† 2010 SEC Tournament winner ; Rankings from AP Poll

2009–10 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
2009–10 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
Conference	Southeast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. Not ranked
AP	No. Not ranked
2009–10 record	14-14 (7-9 SEC)
Head coach	Dawn Staley;
Assistant coaches	Lisa Boyer; Carla McGhee; Nikki McCray;
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The 2009–10 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team will represent the University of South Carolina in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks will be coached by Dawn Staley. The Gamecocks are a member of the Southeastern Conference and will attempt to win the NCAA championship.

Offseason[]

May 4: The Gamecocks will participate in the 2009 US Virgin Islands Paradise Jam at University of Virgin Islands. The event is celebrating its tenth anniversary. Games will be played at the U.V.I. Sports and Fitness Center, a basketball facility located in Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.^[1]
May 15: The South Carolina women's basketball 2009 recruiting class has been ranked the fourth-best in the nation by All-Star Girls Report. The Gamecocks have added four players for the 2009–10 season, including Kelsey Bone and Ieasia Walker who were named ESPNrise.com All-Americans this week. Only Baylor, North Carolina and California signed better classes than the Gamecocks, according to the organization's rankings.^[2]
May 16: Gamecocks basketball coach Dawn Staley returned to her alma mater, the University of Virginia, to give the valedictory address ^[3]
May 17: Gamecocks signee Kelsey Bone was named one of 14 finalists for the 2009 USA Women's U19 World Championship Team
May 22:Dawn Staley announced that Ebony Wilson (Newark, N.J./Rend Lake College/Malcom X Shabazz) has signed a National Letter of Intent to attend the University of South Carolina and play basketball for the Gamecocks. She will have three years of eligibility beginning with the 2009–10 academic year.^[4]

The Gamecocks will participate in the Carolina's Challenge on December 20. From December 28–29, the Gamecocks will participate in the St. Joseph's Hawk Challenge.

Player	Games Played	Minutes	Field Goals	Three Pointers	Free Throws	Rebounds	Assists	Blocks	Steals	Points

Round	Pick	Player	WNBA Club

2009–10 SEC women's basketball standings
v t	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 Tennessee^†	15	–	1	.938	32	–	3	.914
No. 19 Kentucky	11	–	5	.688	28	–	8	.778
	9	–	7	.563	21	–	13	.618
No. 21 LSU	9	–	7	.563	21	–	10	.677
Vanderbilt	9	–	7	.563	23	–	11	.676
No. 23 Georgia	9	–	7	.563	25	–	9	.735
Florida	7	–	9	.438	15	–	17	.469
South Carolina	7	–	9	.438	14	–	15	.483
	7	–	9	.438	17	–	15	.531
Auburn	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
	4	–	12	.250	12	–	18	.400
	4	–	12	.250	12	–	18	.400

† 2010 SEC Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

v t South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball
Venues	Carolina Coliseum (1974–2002) Colonial Life Arena (2002–present)
Rivalries	Clemson
Culture & lore	History Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Garnet Army
People	Head coaches Retired jerseys
	2009–10 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22
NCAA national championships in bold; NCAA Final Four appearance in italics.