Men's Basketball remain undefeated with win over Lipscomb
By Joe Crevier | Nov. 29, 2015South Carolina’s 6-0 start is its best since the 2003-04 season, which was the last time the Gamecocks earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament.
South Carolina’s 6-0 start is its best since the 2003-04 season, which was the last time the Gamecocks earned a berth to the NCAA Tournament.
Frank Martin announced Tuesday that three new players will join his team this season.
Three players will transfer from South Carolina’s men’s basketball team, head coach Frank Martin announced Wednesday afternoon.
South Carolina head coach Dawn Staley announced on Monday morning via her twitter account that former Virginia center Sarah Imovbioh will play her final year of college basketball as a Gamecock this upcoming season.
South Carolina announced on Wednesday that long-time supporters Morris and Sheila Creggers are endowing a women’s basketball scholarship in the name graduating senior Aleighsa Welch. The couple is also making monetary contributions towards the women’s basketball program and facility enhancements. “I am grateful to the Creggers and the University to be recognized in this way,” Welch said.
South Carolina sophomore forward Demetrius Henry announced via his twitter account on Tuesday that he plans on transferring from the University.
It’s been a whirlwind of a year for former South Carolina forward Aleighsa Welch.
Aleighsa Welch, the pride and soul of this past season's South Carolina women's basketball team, became the first Gamecock to be drafted since 2003 on Thursday night when she was selected 22nd overall by the Chicago Sky in the 2015 WNBA Draft.
The NCAA tournament has come and gone and aside from the upsets that drive people crazy, another interesting aspect of March Madness is watching the NBA’s future stars compete at college’s highest level.
Sunday night’s game against Notre Dame marked the third straight game in which South Carolina fell behind early.
As South Carolina wrapped up its last practice before traveling to Tampa Bay to face Notre Dame in the semifinals of the Final Four, head coach Dawn Staley gathered her team and repeated one specific phrase multiple times to her players.
When South Carolina faces Notre Dame in the Final Four on Sunday, it will be the biggest game in program history.
Last season, the South Carolina women’s basketball team was a No. 1 seed in the 2014 NCAA tournament , but bowed out with a loss to North Carolina in the Sweet 16 . It seemed like the Gamecocks were so close to putting everything together, but were seemingly missing a piece to the puzzle. That puzzle piece might be this year’s freshman class.
All season long, South Carolina believed it was talented enough to make the Final Four. As it turns out, the Gamecocks are.
The Gamecocks have never gotten this far before and we believe that, no matter what happens in Tampa Bay, they're worth seeing through to the end.
One year removed from an impressive freshman campaign that was deemed worthy of the SEC freshman of the year award, South Carolina sophomore center Alaina Coates said she felt like she had “simmered a little” in her sophomore season.
When the final buzzer sounded, the South Carolina players and coaches jumped and hugged each other, happy as ever.