BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A day after Chloe Kitts announced her season-ending ACL tear on social media, South Carolina coach Dawn Staley took the podium at SEC basketball media days and said her plan was simple: It will be business as usual for the second-ranked Gamecocks.

Staley traveled to Birmingham with sophomore forward Joyce Edwards, senior guard Ta'Niya Latson and Kitts' media days replacement, junior guard Tessa Johnson. Their job this season?

“I just really need them to be themselves. Chloe is irreplaceable for what she brings so tangibly and intangibly,” Staley said Tuesday. “All the players on our roster, with the exception of our two transfers and our freshman, they know what it's about.”

With or without Kitts, the Gamecocks were already facing significant turnover this y

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