Men's tennis heads to ITA Kick-off Weekend
By Collyn Taylor | Jan. 23, 2014Two matches against top-25 opponents are all that stands between the South Carolina men’s tennis team and national recognition.
Two matches against top-25 opponents are all that stands between the South Carolina men’s tennis team and national recognition.
Three days after dropping their first conference game to No. 17 Texas A&M, the No. 10 Gamecocks returned to the Colonial Life Arena Sunday, where they preserved their undefeated home record by beating Alabama 77-51.
The final 10 seconds of South Carolina’s SEC clash with Ole Miss played out like the season finale of a primetime drama.
The men’s basketball team is still searching for its first SEC win and perhaps with coach Frank Martin being commemorated this weekend, the results will turn out in the Gamecocks’ favor on Saturday when they face Ole Miss.
Just about every time the South Carolina women’s basketball team has been tested this season, they have risen to the occasion.
The South Carolina men’s basketball team stormed out of the gates Wednesday night against Texas A&M, building a double-digit lead with just over five minutes played.
Old is set to meet new in Colonial Life Arena on Saturday, when South Carolina honors several former members of the men’s basketball team during the 2014 Legends Weekend.
After stumbling through last season and finishing 13-12 overall and 6-7 in the conference, coach Kevin Epley and the Gamecock women’s tennis team are hoping for a much better campaign this year.
Despite having the best preseason ranking in more than seven years, the South Carolina men’s tennis team is out to prove that they can build on their No. 18 finish in last year’s final rankings.
The South Carolina men’s and women’s track and field team kicked off its 2014 season this past weekend as they hosted the first Gamecock Open.
Freshman guard Duane Notice received some attention from college teams while playing high school basketball. He was given three stars by ESPN’s recruiting department. But South Carolina sticks out like a sore thumb on his list of potential schools.
The South Carolina basketball program garnered some increased recognition over the past week with the announcement that the most recent SEC Freshman of the Week award on both the men’s and women’s side went to Gamecocks.
After winning by a margin of less than 20 points for the first time all season in a 76-61 victory at Charlotte on Dec. 8, the South Carolina women’s basketball team watched as the majority of campus emptied following final exams.
While South Carolina students were enjoying their month off in-between semesters, there was no rest for the men’s basketball team.
In one of the most exciting BCS championships ever, as well as the swan song for the BCS era, Florida State was able to hang on to complete its perfect season and claim the title.
Clemson used an opportunistic interception with a little more than a minute left to play to power past Ohio State in a 40-35 shootout.
Standing on stage, Connor Shaw was straight-faced as ever. The senior quarterback had just finished his last collegiate game and was being named its most valuable player.