South Carolina Basketball

The Price Tag For Celebrating With The Gamecocks In Phoenix

... __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks guard PJ Dozier (15) cuts part of the net after the team's NCAA Tournament win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks forward Maik Kotsar (21) cuts part of the net after the team's win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks forward Maik Kotsar (21) celebrates with fans after their win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina celebrates their win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina celebrates their NCAA Tournament win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks forward Chris ...

This One Is Forever

... New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina celebrates 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 ...

The Surprise Of The Final Four

... Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina Gamecocks forward Chris Silva (30) cuts part of the net after the team's win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. USC's PJ Dozier demands that the crowd throw up four fingers to signify their Final Four spot in the NCAA tournament after their win over Florida. C. Rush Special to The State. Gamecocks fans celebrate the men's basketball team's big NCAA tournament win over Florida. C. Rush Special to The State. USC's Sindarius Thornwell speaks to the crowd during the Gamecocks return celebration after their NCAA win over Florida. C. Rush Special to The State. USC players and athletic director Ray Tanner congratulate head coach Frank Martin after their return from their big NCAA win over Florida. C. Rush Special to The State. Gamecocks fans celebrate the men's basketball team's big NCAA tournament win over Florida. C. Rush Special to The State. USC's Duane Notice laughs ...

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

... got better from there for the senior, the heart and star of a South Carolina team never expected to make any noise in the NCAA Tournament soaking in every ounce of the biggest moment of his basketball career to date. A half hour or so later, Thornwell bounced through the congested court at almost the same spot he was when Notice’s dunk went through the hoop, sending South Carolina one step farther on its improbable barge into the Final Four. With the net coach Frank Martin cut down and threw to him draped around his neck, a regional champs snap back on backward and the East Regional trophy clutched adoringly in his right arm, Thornwell finally found the platform to share the message he was about to deliver at center court during the celebration before finding out the microphone was turned off. Amid the pandemonium on the court, Thornwell crashed in on PJ Dozier’s interview, just as he and the Gamecocks have crashed the NCAA Tournament. He draped his arm around Dozier and told a few a message for the world. “Tell ...

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

... 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 ...

Gamecocks Women Look To Book Own Trip To Final Four

... Network. After the Gamecocks men’s basketball team beat one Florida team to advance to its first Final Four in program history, South Carolina’s women are looking to beat another Florida team to get to its second national semifinal. Dawn Staley and her team will face Sue Semrau’s Florida State Seminoles in a rematch of the 2015 Greensboro Regional final; the winner heads to Dallas to the Women’s Final Four to take on Stanford on Friday. Tiffany Mitchell and South Carolina defeated 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 ...

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

... 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 Thornwell of Lancaster, S. C. Thornwell and UNC’s unlikely last-shot hero, Luke Maye, once played on a Charlotte-based travel team together. That is one of the many connections between the two border states. Yeahhhh lukeeeeee my team united brother. — sindarius thornwell (@Sin_City_803) March 26, 2017. The idea of a Duke-North Carolina national final occurred to many people before the 2017 NCAA men’s basketball tournament ever began. The idea of a South Carolina-North Carolina final occurred ...

Gamecocks Crash Into Final Four

... win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. Gerry Melendez __link__. South Carolina's bench celebrates a breakaway dunk by South Carolina Gamecocks guard Duane Notice (10) 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 Sindarius Thornwell (0) celebrates with teammate Duane Notice (10) after his breakaway dunk 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 players begin to celebrate as the clock runs out 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 Duane Notice, Sindarius Thornwell and PJ Dozier celebrate 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 coaching staff after their win over Florida inside Madison Square Garden in New York on Sunday. ...

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

... Tournament games last weekend in Greenville. Things didn’t change a whole lot with the site moving to New York on Friday for the regional round, as the Gamecocks once again were playing in front a loud, garnet-clad crowd at Madison Square Garden. “It feels great,” guard PJ Dozier said. “Even at the hotel earlier today, seeing all the fans that came out to support, it’s really a blessing. We can’t thank them enough for the support that they have given us throughout the year. That really has gotten us here.”. That certainly was the case in the first two games of the NCAA Tournament for the Gamecocks, as they enjoyed the privilege of playing less than 100 miles from Columbia. Fans packed Bon Secours Wellness Arena, pumping in the noise and getting behind the Gamecocks well. Really, the presence just carried over from what has been a steadily increasing fan base in recent years. Martin pointed out ...