{"id":228302,"date":"2026-03-31T09:00:25","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228302\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T09:00:25","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T09:00:25","slug":"this-is-march-dawn-staley-provides-work-excuse-ahead-of-elite-8-game-against-tcu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228302\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018This is March:\u2019 Dawn Staley provides work excuse ahead of Elite 8 game against TCU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) &#8211; Dawn Staley is looking to help all Gamecocks fans who have to work the day of, and after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/03\/29\/preview-gamecocks-take-tcu-chance-6th-straight-final-four-appearance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/03\/29\/preview-gamecocks-take-tcu-chance-6th-straight-final-four-appearance\/\">Monday\u2019s Elite 8 matchup against TCU! <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">This championship coach is providing a work note excuse for all the FAMS waiting to see their beloved Gamecocks play.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In the note, Staley asks the public to be excused from work so they can use their energy to support the team.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The Gamecocks will be playing on Monday, March 30, at 9 p.m., and the game will air on ESPN.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">You can see the full work excuse note below:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">Due to the late-night tip-off of the South Carolina Gamecock women\u2019s basketball game against TCU on Monday night, all dedicated FAMS may experience the following on Tuesday morning:<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">As a result, we respectfully request that FAMS be excused from all responsibilities on Monday night and Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">This isn\u2019t just a game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">This is March.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">And we\u2019re coming for everything.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-2\">We appreciate your understanding\u2026 and your support.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Feel more informed, prepared, and connected with WIS. For more free content like this, subscribe to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/newsletter\/\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">email newsletter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/page\/apps\/\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">download our apps<\/a>. Have feedback that can help us improve? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wistv.com\/2026\/03\/30\/this-is-march-dawn-staley-provides-work-excuse-ahead-elite-8-game-against-tcu\/mailto:wis-webproducers@gray.tv?subject=[please%20include%20the%20article%27s%20headline%20here]\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 WIS. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) &#8211; Dawn Staley is looking to help all Gamecocks fans who have to work the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228303,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[254,2055,116,118,117,2060,2058,2057,2059,2061,2056],"class_list":{"0":"post-228302","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-fort-worth","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breaking-news-video","10":"tag-fort-worth","11":"tag-fort-worth-headlines","12":"tag-fort-worth-news","13":"tag-live-speeches","14":"tag-live-updates","15":"tag-live-video","16":"tag-press-conference","17":"tag-real-time-coverage","18":"tag-video-updates"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228302","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228302"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228302\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228303"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228302"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228302"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228302"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}