South Carolina Goes Viral for Dawn Staley Louvre Joke After Museum Heist

South Carolina Cracks Louvre Heist Joke Regarding Dawn Staley Statue

Earlier this year, legendary South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball head coach Dawn Staley was honored with a statue outside of the Gamecocks' home arena in Columbia. They commemorated this moment with an X post of Staley standing in front of the statue with the caption, "Hang it in the Louvre ✨".

The Gamecocks women's basketball team's X account then commented on this initial post on October 22 (in the wake of the Louvre heist news) and wrote, "They have room now".

This post has gone viral, amassing over 280,000 views in about 16 hours since it was posted. While some are upset about the timing and insensitive nature of the post, most who are interacting with it have found the statue joke hilarious, which they're making clear with their comments.

"This is my kind of carrying on lmaooo, yes admin," one X user wrote in a reply.

"," the Gamecocks' official X account added.

Another fan said, "Y’all so petty…and I love it! #GoCocks ".

Others are posting GIFs that suggest they're trying (and failing) to contain their laughter.

"We cannot be serious," one fan wrote along with a GIF of two women laughing hysterically.

Of course, there's a hope that the stolen jewelry will be recovered. But regardless of whether that happens, Gamecocks fans are clearly still going to find light in this situation.