“What a year!”: Darius Rucker hosts concert for national champion Gamecock women
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s most famous alum made good on his promise to come home and put on a show.
After the Gamecock women’s basketball team beat Louisville in the Final Four to advance to the national title game, Darius Rucker tweeted out that he would play a free concert on campus if the Gamecocks brought home another national championship.
Sunday night, he made delivered.
Rucker returned to his alma mater to play a free show in a packed-out Colonial Life Arena for students to celebrate the school’s latest national champions.
He brought hip-hop star Nelly with him, and had the whole team with head coach Dawn Staley with him on stage to put a final bow on the magical 2021-22 season.
