Recruiting is a win-some, lose-some game, and South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley was just reminded of that. Although the Gamecocks were targeting four-star guard Kaylor Buse from West Linn, Oreg., she announced she has committed to TCU.
While the news isn’t all that surprising, it doesn’t make this sting any less for Staley and the Gamecocks. Buse’s final schools included TCU, Utah, Washington and Oregon, in addition to South Carolina. As you’ll notice, South Carolina was the farthest school from her home state of Oregon.
4⭐️ recruit Kaylor Buse (ranked #52 in the Class of 2027) has committed to TCU 🐸 pic.twitter.com/YkjdGqYgJ8
— E J 🏀 (@EJayArrow) September 15, 2026
Another sign that the Gamecocks weren’t going to land her was the timing of her announcement. As we previously wrote, Buse’s commitment ceremony was set weeks before she was supposed to be on-campus for a visit to Columbia. As for her decision to choose TCU, she said it came down to her relationship with Horned Frogs head coach Mark Campbell:…