South Carolina Basketball

The Price Tag For Celebrating With The Gamecocks In Phoenix

... Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks guard PJ Dozier (15) goes up for a shot in traffic in the second half of their NCAA Tournament game against Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks forward Chris Silva (30) tries to block a shot attempt by Florida Gators guard Kasey Hill (0) in the first half of their NCAA Tournament game inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks guard Sindarius Thornwell (0) scores in the first half of their NCAA Tournament game against Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks forward Chris Silva (30) grabs a rebound in the second half of their NCAA Tournament game against ...

Gamecocks Women Look To Book Own Trip To Final Four

... Florida State 80-74 in the 2015 Greensboro Regional final to clinch their first-ever Women’s Final Four bid. Rob Kinnan-USA TODAY Sports. Revenge will definitely be on the minds of the Seminoles: it’s the Gamecocks that denied them their first-ever trip to the Final Four with an 80-74 win two years ago on Wednesday. While some of the names have changed (Aleighsa Welch, Tiffany Mitchell, Tina Roy, Adut Bulgak, Maegan Conwright), others are still around (A’ja Wilson, Bianca Cuevas-Moore, Shakayla Thomas, Brittany Brown, Leticia Romero, Ivey Slaughter). Semrau and her older players definitely have the book on South Carolina; whether or not this is a different result remains to be seen. John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports. Thomas, Brown, Romero and Slaughter all started in the Greensboro Regional two years ago. Thomas and Romero, along with Baylor transfer Imani Wright, have combined for 38.2 points and 12.1 rebounds a game this season, with Thomas leading the way in points and boards __link__/6.0). One stat that pops out is the fact that the Noles outrebound their opponents by a +9 ...

This One Is Forever

... their win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Frank Martin celebrates with his players after their NCAA Tournament win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks guard Duane Notice (10) celebrates in the locker room after their win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks guard Sindarius Thornwell (0) is interviewed in the locker room after the team's win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks senior guards Justin Mc Kie (20), Duane Notice (10) and Sindarius Thornwell (0) celebrate with the NCAA regional trophy after beating Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez ...

Gamecocks Crash Into Final Four

... Chiozza (11) in the second half of their NCAA Tournament game inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. Florida Gators guard Kasey Hill (0) drives past South Carolina Gamecocks guard Duane Notice (10) in the first half of their NCAA Tournament game inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks guard PJ Dozier (15) scores on a floater in the second half of their NCAA Tournament game against Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks forward Chris Silva (30) tries to block a shot attempt by Florida Gators guard Kasey Hill (0) in the first half of their NCAA Tournament game inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks forward Maik Kotsar (21) grabs a rebound in front of Florida Gators forward Gorjok Gak (12) in the second half of their NCAA Tournament game inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks head coach Frank Martin yells out instructions in the second half of their ...

The Surprise Of The Final Four

... Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks guard Sindarius Thornwell (0) leads a fast break in the second half of their NCAA Tournament game against Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks guard PJ Dozier (15) goes up for a shot in the first half of their NCAA Tournament game against Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks forward Maik Kotsar (21) celebrates with teammates after his basket in the second half of their NCAA Tournament game against Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina's bench cheers in the second half of their NCAA Tournament game against Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks guard Duane Notice (10) retrieves a pass in front of Florida Gators guard Chris Chiozza (11) in the second half of their NCAA Tournament game inside Madison ...

How Crazy Would It Be If Tar Heels, Gamecocks Meet In Ncaa Title Game? This Crazy

... Hill celebrate after watching Luke Maye's shot fall to give the Tar Heels the win over the Kentucky Wildcats, earning another trip back to the Final Four. Casey Toth __link__. Just think: Gamecocks vs. Tar Heels. Charleston vs. Asheville. Peaches vs. tobacco. Pat Conroy vs. Thomas Wolfe. Strom Thurmond vs. Jesse Helms. Refrigerator Perry vs. Michael Jordan. More? Barbecue vs. barbecue. David Pearson vs. Richard Petty. Lee Dedmon vs. Kevin Joyce. The Confederate flag vs. HB 2. Vanna White vs. Andy Griffith. Darius Rucker vs. James Taylor. Speaking of Rucker, the lead singer of the Hootie & the Blowfish anthem “Let Her Cry,” was crying himself in the stands in the waning seconds of South Carolina clinching its first-ever Final Four berth. Even @dariusrucker is getting a little emotional after that win! #Final Four __link__/Vlqrl Kav S 5. — Gamecock Athletics (@Gamecocks Online) March 26, 2017. Like many Gamecocks fans, Rucker was never sure he would see this day. But seventh-seeded South Carolina has become this tournament’s “Sin-derella” story, led by all-everything senior guard Sindarius ...

South Carolina Basketball Gets Same 'ridiculous' Fan Support In New York

... said. “They are awesome. I’m just happy that the country gets to see how great Gamecock fans are, not just in football, but for everyone else. I’m ecstatic. Understand, we got kinda shut out of tickets down in Greenville last week. Our fans learned really fast. They figured out a way to get into this building. “They were phenomenal. I’m so ecstatic. I’ve gotta think it’s gotta be even more, from what I’m understanding, coming in here Sunday.”. Martin noted that the support from Gamecock fans ranges from soccer games to women’s basketball to volleyball, praising the love that fans have for South Carolina. And now as the Gamecocks advance to the Elite 8 against Florida on Sunday, Martin and the Gamecocks are looking forward to hopefully having a home-court feel once again. “Our fans are taking this ride with us and, eventually, we’re either going to party together or we’re going to cry together,” Martin said. “It’s one or the other. There’s not another alternative there. But that’s the way it needs to be. We — in fact, I want fans to cry when I cry. I want them to be mad when I go home mad. That’s the only way you know that you got something going on.”. Get Breaking ...

How 'bout That?' South Carolina Basketball Crashes Into First Final Four

... team came up with a saying as they “were scrambling a little bit.” Martin brought up the concept of a tug of war, painting the picture of two groups of people pulling in opposite directions and how a team can fail when one person lets go of the rope. “I don’t care how hard it is, you can’t let go of the rope or your team’s going to lose,” Martin told his players. “So we started saying, we’re in a difficult moment right now, hold on to that rope, don’t let that rope go. I don’t care how hard it gets, don’t let that rope go. And our guys are fully invested in it. …. “They don’t panic, they stay the course, they hold on to that rope.”. When Florida made a massive push to take the lead at halftime, that’s what the Gamecocks thought back to and drew more heart — if more was ever needed — to grind out a win after 15 minutes of one-possession basketball in the second half. “We don’t give up,” Thornwell said. “We don’t let go of that rope. We have a saying about don’t let go of the rope. Our mindset was we are not going to let go of that rope. We sustained the run and we know it was going to a 20-minute half.”. The second half ...

South Carolina's Chris Silva Started In Gabon. Now He's In The Elite Eight

... to believe in our mission, that are going to believe in what we want to do. Once they believe, then we can teach them the technique. It all starts with our mindset.”. South Carolina's Frank Martin gave a great answer to an @SIKids reporter __link__/g 2 VIUAOk 2 Y __link__/DFt 5 RKq 3 v 6. — Sports Illustrated (@SInow) March 25, 2017. Here Silva’s natural aggression helped earn him immediate playing time as a freshman. But it does not come without its prices. One is often felt by teammates in practice. ”Man, I’ve gotten my lip busted at least 10 times this year from him, just trying to get a rebound, and I don’t even guard him,” says sophomore Hassani Gravett. “But you want somebody that’s gonna be that bruiser. He’s not a cheap or dirty player, but he’s gonna go with that Russell Westbrook motor all the time.”. Frank Martin and South Carolina's surprising Cinderella story written by senior trio. The other comes in games, when Silva too often finds himself on the wrong end of a referee’s whistle. As a freshman he committed 9.4 fouls per 40 minutes, fouling out of three games and picking up four fouls in 12 more. But the Gamecocks’ coaches are careful ...