When Dawn Staley brought South Carolina to the small HBCU in Baltimore, Maryland, Coppin State, the final score (90-48) was never the point. It was about the moment. “This is a measuring stick,” Staley said. Those words framed the entire afternoon. Not as charity. Not as optics. But as access. And in women’s basketball, access still matters—especially for HBCU programs. A Measuring Stick, Not a Favor Staley made it clear why this game happened. She has lived the other side of it. “I can remember when I was at Temple, we couldn’t get very many high-level Division I teams to play us on our home
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