South Carolina Basketball

Winning Friday 'the Most Important Thing' To South Carolina Basketball

... the most important thing right now. The NCAA Tournament is after the conference tournament. Our main focus is winning and advancing and trying to win the tournament. That’s the only thing we are focused on right now – and having fun.”. The Gamecocks (22-9, 12-6 SEC) enter the SEC Tournament knowing that a win Friday last season against Georgia could have been the difference in the end between being in the NCAA Tournament or on the outside. They don’t want to leave anything up to chance, an often-discussed topic in the past month. There’s also a major difference between last year’s situation heading into the SEC Tournament and the one for the current Gamecocks. The 2016-17 resume is a whole lot stronger than the 2015-16 resume, with four wins against Top 50 RPI teams. Gamecocks coach Frank Martin rattled off the improvements on the resume ...

Duke Lost To South Carolina Because They Were Too Easy To Hate

... that unless you went to Duke, you have to root against them. *watches zero seconds of college hoops for like two years*. *hears Duke is losing in the second round* __link__/b I 515 bu 6 Kx. — Albert Burneko (@Albert Burneko) March 20, 2017. But as fun a dynamic as that creates for fans during the tournament, it presents a unique challenge for Duke players. It’s something the New England Patriots in the NFL and, indeed, other similarly ‘unlikable’ teams have to overcome in their respective sports. When you’re the team everybody loves to hate, every win becomes more difficult. Suddenly, teams that would otherwise have little motivation to do anything other than succumb are driving on effortlessly for victory, chasing the kind of glory South Carolina enjoyed on Sunday. When you antagonize your opponents simply by the nature of being who you are, you’re constantly having to rise to ...

We Can’t Ignore The Enormous Potential Of South Carolina/florida Iii In The Elite Eight

... derivative. Memo: they want another shot at Florida. Also, quite simply, they’ve beat them already. While the Gators came away with a 88-66 win on February 21 in Gainesville, that was against a Gamecocks team that was pressing and having the prospect of seeing another sure NCAA bid drift away. The 57-53 South Carolina win at CLA on January 18 was the team we’d had grown used to seeing in the regular season: a grind-it-out defense that forced turnovers (16) and gave up nothing beyond the arc (Florida was 0-17 from three in that one). Granted, the Gators aren’t going to go 0-17 from deep again for a while against any team, but if they do end up beating the Badgers and it does turn out to be South Carolina in the Elite Eight, this will be a completely different Gamecocks squad that the one they faced in February. Finally, it’s Florida, and we’re supposed to beat them in everything, and Will Muschamp used to coach their football team and Steve Spurrier won a national championship there, etc. Again, this doesn’t ...

The Players' Tribune

... one ball, and only one player can shoot at a time. So naturally, this is a sport where egos can overtake teamwork if you’re not careful. But in that moment in particular, I could see there was none of that on this team. There was only love. Photo By Bob Donnan/USA TODAY Sports. Before we took the floor against Marquette in the first round, I told our guys to stay true to themselves. I told them not to worry about the stage or the opponent. Just play basketball. Play like we practice. I let them know that we weren’t there because somebody had drawn our name out of a hat. We had earned that spot. We had established ourselves as a very good team, and that was our reward. Then we went out and we played like we belonged. And after we won that game, our prize was a matchup with the most celebrated team in college basketball. The team that just about anyone with any sense had chosen to win the whole tournament. I’ve seen these guys lose. But I have never seen them defeated. At halftime against Duke, we were down by seven points. But honestly, the vibe in ...

South Carolina Coach Frank Martin Addresses Confederate Flag Protesters

... flag at a parking garage next to Bon Secours Wellness Arena. The background: The first- and second-round games were being played in Greenville because they were relocated by the NCAA from North Carolina after that state passed a bill many consider discriminatory against the LGBTQ community. But Greenville was able to host the games only because the state of South Carolina removed the Confederate flag from its statehouse grounds in the wake of a hate-crime shooting in 2015 that killed nine at Charleston's historic Emmanuel AME Church. So fresh off the signature win in South Carolina men's basketball history — an 88-81 second-round win over Duke — Gamecocks coach Frank Martin hit the pause button to address the topic. "It's unfortunate, but it's America. And you think we all agree on everything? Our state is united. Our state believes in peace and harmony. That's why this event is being held in our state right now. Our state's progressive. Our state has incredible people that's about moving forward. "But it's ...

South Carolina High School Boys Basketball Statistical Leaders

... Spartanburg Day (Spartanburg). 48 - Zion Williamson, Spartanburg Day (Spartanburg). 47 - Dontarius James, Andrew Jackson (Kershaw). 47 - Zion Williamson, Spartanburg Day (Spartanburg). 43 - Zion Williamson, Spartanburg Day (Spartanburg). Single Season Rebound Leaders. 22 - Ben Johnson, Faith Christian (Summerville). 22 - Travis Walters, Loris. Spartanburg Day junior Zion Williamson scored 1,289 points and grabbed 455 rebounds this season. Single Season Assist Leaders. 13 - Trey Mc Gowens, Wren (Piedmont). 13 - Lewis Turman, Calhoun Falls Charter (Calhoun Falls). 12 - Lewis Turman, Calhoun Falls Charter (Calhoun Falls). 12 - Bishop Richardson, Spartanburg Day (Spartanburg). 104 - Zion Williamson, Spartanburg Day (Spartanburg). 103 - Isaiah Desantis, North Myrtle Beach Christian (Longs). ...

Will Muschamp's Happy For Frank Martin, South Carolina Basketball Team

... program. Extremely, extremely happy for him. “I think the world of the guy and the job he does and what he represents and how he represents the University of South Carolina. I’m certainly pulling for him on Sunday (vs. Duke).”. Muschamp then took a friendly jab at Martin, who also has freshman tight end Evan Hinson on his roster. “Hinson, I’m going to continue to recruit for Frank. I coached him for those first two shots in the SEC Tournament against Alabama,” Muschamp said. “Frank coached him on the air ball.”. Hinson isn’t the only player on Martin’s team who Muschamp said could play football. “There’s no doubt,” Muschamp said, when asked if shooting guard Duane Notice profiles as a safety. “(Rakym) Felder could play corner,” Muschamp added. “I could outfit a team.”. The South Carolina men’s basketball team faces the Blue Devils on Sunday night (8:40 p.m. ET, TNT). Muschamp, whose team has practice on Monday morning, will try to travel to Greenville for the game. “Right now, we’ve been so busy. We’ve gone three days in a row, purposely for me to push our guys through it,” Muschamp said. “Thursday was a very ...