The White Home hosted not one, however two NCAA championship groups Tuesday when the South Carolina ladies’s and UConn males’s basketball groups visited with President Joe Biden to have a good time their 2024 nationwide titles.
Up first was South Carolina, which defeated Caitlin Clark and Iowa in April for this system’s third nationwide championship since 2017. Daybreak Staley, who coached all three championship groups, joined Biden hand-in-hand to stroll to the ceremony within the White Home’s East Room.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Joe Biden and South Carolina Gamecocks Head Coach Daybreak Staley arrive for a celebration of the 2023-2024 College of South Carolina Gamecocks Ladies’s Basketball NCAA championship workforce within the East Room on the White Home on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Gamecocks ended their season undefeated and beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 87-75 for his or her third NCAA Championship with Head Coach Daybreak Staley. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos) (Andrew Harnik through Getty Photos)
There, Biden was offered with a No. 46 South Carolina jersey with a nod to his standing because the forty sixth U.S. president.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Joe Biden holds up a workforce jersey given to him throughout an occasion to have a good time the 2023-2024 College of South Carolina Gamecocks Ladies’s Basketball NCAA championship workforce within the East Room on the White Home on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Gamecocks ended their season undefeated and beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 87-75 for his or her third NCAA Championship with Head Coach Daybreak Staley. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos) (Andrew Harnik through Getty Photos)
Biden praised South Carolina for serving to elevate the profile of ladies’s sports activities in the course of the ceremony.
“I believe it’s truthful to say everybody, everybody watches ladies’s sports activities now,” Biden mentioned. “When new followers look ahead to the primary time, when younger ladies see their idols, they see the facility of your instance.”
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Joe Biden, accompanied by South Carolina Gamecocks Head Coach Daybreak Staley (R), speaks throughout an occasion to have a good time the 2023-2024 College of South Carolina Gamecocks Ladies’s Basketball NCAA championship workforce within the East Room on the White Home on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Gamecocks ended their season undefeated and beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 87-75 for his or her third NCAA Championship with Head Coach Daybreak Staley. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos) (Andrew Harnik through Getty Photos)
He then posed for a photograph with members of the workforce.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Joe Biden poses for {a photograph} throughout an occasion to have a good time the 2023-2024 College of South Carolina Gamecocks Ladies’s Basketball NCAA championship workforce within the East Room on the White Home on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Gamecocks ended their season undefeated and beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 87-75 for his or her third NCAA Championship with Head Coach Daybreak Staley. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos) (Andrew Harnik through Getty Photos)
South Carolina Rep. James Clyburn (D) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R) had been available to have a good time the Gamecocks.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10: Rep. James Clyburn (D-SC) (L) and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) communicate throughout an occasion to have a good time the 2023-2024 College of South Carolina Gamecocks Ladies’s Basketball NCAA championship workforce within the East Room on the White Home on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Gamecocks ended their season undefeated and beat the Iowa Hawkeyes 87-75 for his or her third NCAA Championship with Head Coach Daybreak Staley. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos) (Andrew Harnik through Getty Photos)
Later within the day, Biden hosted the UConn males, who secured their second consecutive nationwide championship with a win over Purdue in April’s nationwide title sport. Biden escorted head coach Dan Hurley to the East Room for the ceremony.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Joe Biden and Connecticut Huskies head coach Dan Hurley arrive for a celebration of the 2023-2024 College of Connecticut Huskies Males’s Basketball NCAA championship workforce within the East Room of the White Home on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Huskies beat the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 for his or her sixth NCAA Championship and their second championship in a row. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos) (Andrew Harnik through Getty Photos)
Guards Stephon Fort and Cam Spencer had been among the many UConn gamers in attendance. Each had been chosen in June’s NBA Draft.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10: Guard Stephon Fort (L) and Guard Cam Spencer (R) arrive for a celebration of the 2023-2024 College of Connecticut Huskies Males’s Basketball NCAA championship workforce within the East Room of the White Home on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Huskies beat the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 for his or her sixth NCAA Championship and their second championship in a row. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos) (Andrew Harnik through Getty Photos)
Heart Donovan Clingan, who, like Fort was a lottery decide within the draft, offered Biden along with his No. 46 UConn jersey.
“Clearly, you have to have one thing within the water up there,” Biden mentioned in a nod to a program that now has six nationwide championships.
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10: Heart Donovan Clingan (L) presents U.S. President Joe Biden with a workforce jersey throughout a celebration of the 2023-2024 College of Connecticut Huskies Males’s Basketball NCAA championship workforce within the East Room of the White Home on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Huskies beat the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 for his or her sixth NCAA Championship and their second championship in a row. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos) (Andrew Harnik through Getty Photos)
Biden then confirmed off his new gear for the cameras.
US President Joe Biden holds up a jersey given to him throughout an occasion to have a good time the College of Connecticut males’s basketball workforce for his or her 2023-2024 championship season, within the East Room of the White Home on September 10, 2024, in Washington, DC. (Photograph by Drew ANGERER / AFP) (Photograph by DREW ANGERER/AFP through Getty Photos) (DREW ANGERER through Getty Photos)
WASHINGTON, DC – SEPTEMBER 10: U.S. President Joe Biden reacts as he’s given a workforce jersey throughout a celebration of the 2023-2024 College of Connecticut Huskies Males’s Basketball NCAA championship workforce within the East Room of the White Home on September 10, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Huskies beat the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 for his or her sixth NCAA Championship and their second championship in a row. (Photograph by Andrew Harnik/Getty Photos) (Andrew Harnik through Getty Photos)
