The four No. 1 seeds for the 2025 Women's NCAA Tournament were not surprising, but not everyone was happy with the overall seeding order chosen by the selection committee. Despite being a No. 1 seed for the fifth consecutive year,

Dawn Staley was blunt in her reaction to the South Carolina women's basketball team not earning the top overall seed in the NCAA Tournament bracket.

South Carolina’s women’s basketball head coach, Dawn Staley is clearly one of the elite coaches in the sport. In 16 seasons as the leader of the Gamecocks women’s team, she has won three national championships and has led them to six final four appearances in the last nine years.