The University of South Carolina football team gathered at the new practice facility on Thursday afternoon for its 10th official workout of the spring. The squad practiced in helmets and shoulder pads on another gorgeous spring day in Columbia.
Charlie Bussey, the first Academic All-American in any sport in Clemson athletics history and quarterback of Clemson’s first ACC Championship football team in 1956, died early Thursday morning at his home in Clemson, S.C. at the age of 80. Bussey had suffered in recent months from a lung disease called Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.
The women’s Final Four will have a familiar feel to it with three of last year’s teams back in the national semifinals.
Connecticut’s Breanna Stewart and Notre Dame’s Jewell Loyd are unanimous selections for the 2014-15 AP women’s All-America team.
No. 3/4 South Carolina takes on No. 2/2 Notre Dame Sunday at 6:30 p.m. (ET) at Amalie Arena in the program’s first NCAA Final Four appearance. Both teams have just two losses to go with their regular-season and conference tournament titles.
The University of South Carolina football team will wrap up its spring drills on Saturday, April 11, with the annual Garnet & Black Spring Game. Admission is free for the noon contest at Williams-Brice Stadium.
South Carolina (20-9, 5-4 SEC) is back in action with a three-game SEC series at Mississippi State (19-12, 3-6 SEC). First pitch on Thursday is 8 p.m. ET with the game televised on ESPNU.
South Carolina junior Matt NeSmith has been named the SEC Men’s Golfer of the Week, the league office announced Wednesday.
Dabo Swinney said his defense was ahead of the offense during Clemson’s second stadium scrimmage on Wednesday afternoon. The Tigers worked for two hours and ran nearly 100 plays in perfect weather. It was the last full scrimmage until the Tigers hold their Spring Game on Saturday, April 11 at 2:30 pm in Memorial Stadium on the Clemson campus.
P.J. Dozier might be a homegrown Gamecock, but Wednesday night he proved he can play with the best prep players in the country.
Dozier scored 14 points in 20 minutes at the McDonald’s High School All-American Game in Chicago. His West team lost to the East 111-91.
