Mar 30, 2025; Birmingham, AL, USA; Technicians work to clean the game ball after a number of blood related issues occurred during the first half of an Elite 8 NCAA Tournament basketball game between the South Carolina Gamecocks and the Duke Blue Devils at Legacy Arena. Credit: Vasha Hunt-Imagn Images
The top-seeded South Carolina Gamecocks held off the No. 2-seeded Duke Blue Devils 54-50 in Sunday’s Elite Eight to capture another regional championship and advance to their fifth straight Final Four.

However, it did not come without controversy.

The Gamecocks turned up the defense in the second half. After trailing 42-38 heading to the final quarter, they held the Blue Devils to 8 points in the fourth quarter and used a 10-0 run spanning the end of the third and beginning of the fourth quarter to pull in front and capture the Birmingham 2 Regional championship.

They were on the receiving end of some very questionable calls late in the game.

Many fans watching the game thought the refs should be investigated.

“the refs for this South Carolina Duke game need to be investigated IMMEDIATELY.,” one fan said.

“Watching this NCAA women’s officiating crew totally give this game to South Carolina. #rigged #unfair,” a second fan stated.

“Carolina won the game, but the @NCAA should still investigate the ref who made this call #MarchMadness #Gamecocks #DawnStaley #FinalFour,” a third fan added.

“This south carolina dark magic man investigate them,” one final fan commented.

Dawn Staley Has Turned South Carolina Into A Powerhouse

CLEVELAND, OHIO – APRIL 07: Head coach Dawn Staley of the South Carolina Gamecocks cuts down the net (Photo by Gregory Shamus/Getty Images)
South Carolina women’s basketball and Dawn Staley beat Duke in the Elite Eight to head to another Final Four.

Dawn Staley and the Gamecocks escaped another close battle, this time making the Final Four for a fifth straight season.

Under Staley, the Gamecocks have been one of the most dominant programs in the country, winning NCAA Championships in 2017, 2022, and 2024.

They also claimed the SEC regular season championship and SEC tournament championship nine times each from the 2013-14 season to the 2024-25 season.

VIDEO: Some Dude Just Dropped The Cold Hard Truth On Why All Of These NFL Prospects Are “Dating White Women”

Unless this is your first day in America, then you know race relations in this country dominate just everything, and that includes NBA and NFL drafts

During the most recent NFL Draft in Detroit, social media was buzzing as athletes showed up to the red carpet event with their girlfriends and family. Many of the incoming NFL rookies were African-American and were spotted with white women, which has become the usual theme for years.

The same thing happens with the NBA Draft.

This year, the discourse on the NFL Draft and NBA Draft has gotten even louder as African-American women openly pondered why so many of the players never have a partner that is the same race as them.

One guy on TikTok decided to answer that question by revealing that the vast majority of his division-1 friends in college or headed to the league are dating or married to white women and explained why.

He stated that some of them had told him that their white girlfriend looked up to Taylor Swift while their girlfriend looked up to Megan The Stallion. He then states the guy asks how many white women he has seen doing the Megan Thee Stallion challenge as opposed to Black women.

He then dove into another story of a friend who relayed that his Black girlfriend started to request money from him as soon as she found out about his NIL money. She wanted her hair and nails done. He then added that the Black women would be upset if they went to places like Chipotle, and she demanded steak houses.