Frank Martin came to the University of South Carolina five years ago to build the Gamecocks program to contend and challenge for championships. After monumental wins over Marquette and Duke in the opening rounds of the NCAA Tournament, bringing the feeling of victory in March Madness to the program for the first time in 44 years, USC’s coming closer to…
Wednesday is travel day for both the Gamecock men’s and women’s basketball teams as they go all across the USA for the next stage of their NCAA Tournament journeys. Frank Martin’s guys are headed north to New York City for their first Sweet 16 appearance since the field grew past 32 teams. Seven-seed USC faces three-seed Baylor on Friday night…
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Panthers quarterback Cam Newton’s offseason “sabbatical” is going to be a little longer than expected. Newton will undergo surgery on March 30 to repair a partially torn rotator cuff in his right throwing shoulder, according to team spokesman Steve Drummond. Drummond said Tuesday that Newton will miss minicamp and OTAs, but is expected to be ready…
UMass officially announced the hiring of Winthrop’s Pat Kelsey as the team’s new head coach on Tuesday. Kelsey, 41, took Winthrop to the NCAA tourney this season, his fifth with the Eagles. He was previously an assistant at Xavier and Wake Forest, where he worked for Skip Prosser. “UMass is a national college basketball brand with a proud, powerful tradition,”…
CONWAY, S.C. (CCU) – Jaylen Shaw scored 22 points and senior Elijah Wilson had 16 as Coastal Carolina defeated Loyola (Md.) 72-63 to move on to the semifinals in the College Basketball Invitational. It was not easy as the Chanticleers (19-18) fell down 18-2 to start the game before slowly getting back into the flow of the game. It was…
At 6:00 Tuesday, No. 6 Clemson (16-4) will face off against College of Charleston (8-12) for the first time since 2008. This is no ordinary game between the two teams, as it will be head coach Monte Lee’s first time playing against his old team since taking the job at Clemson in 2015. Clemson has won 15 of its last 17…
COLUMBIA, S.C. (USC SID) – Fresh off a pair of thrilling NCAA Tournament Second-Round victories, South Carolina men’s and women’s basketball will hold a Sweet 16 Pep Rally Tuesday at the Freedom Plaza by Colonial Life Arena. The event, which gets underway at 6 p.m., will feature speeches from University of South Carolina President Harris Pastides, a member of the Gamecock…
CLEMSON, S.C. (ESPN) — Clemson head coach Brad Brownell is returning for an eighth season, the school announced Monday. Brownell’s status with the program was in question following a 17-16 campaign in which the Tigers lost 12 games by six points or fewer. Clemson was 6-12 in the ACC and lost at home in the NIT to Oakland to end…
COLUMBIA, S.C. — When the clock hit :00 on the scoreboard, Frank Martin simultaneously secured his biggest and most impactful win of his time at South Carolina. The Gamecocks’ takedown of Duke proved once and for all there can be another regional power, and this one–like Duke–might not be going anywhere for a long time. As the Gamecocks prepare for…
Sindarius Thornwell, the 2017 SEC Player of the Year, is making it known: Sunday night’s win over Duke was the biggest of his career. Click the video to watch Thornwell break down USC’s 88-81 win. Categories: Local Sports, Sports, USC Gamecocks Tags: Gamecocks
