by Eddie Pipkin
It’s my predictable meditation on March Madness and the wonderful lessons that are imparted by coaches and teams as the yearly drama unfolds. This year the focus has been on women’s basketball as female hoop heroes like Caitlin Clark, Paige Bueckers, and Kamilla Cardosa have entertained b-ball fans across the nation. The University of South Carolina Gamecocks won their third NCAA national championship Monday night, beating Iowa, the team that knocked them out last year, and finalizing an improbable undefeated season, 30 games without a loss. That takes a special kind of teamwork, passion, and commitment, and, as always, as ministry team managers we should pay attention to what they had to say about one another, the secret sauce to their epic accomplishment.
Coaches and players on the championship team remarked on the unique team spirit which powered their successful season. As recorded in The Atheltic’s daily basketball blog, “The Bounce,” coach Dawn St