One year following a loss in the Sweet 16 despite its one-seed, South Carolina once again enters this season’s NCAA tournament as one of the nation’s top seeds and the Gamecocks are trying to get over the hump, so to speak.
Today is March 18, which means we are one month away from the beginning of the NBA playoffs. The grueling regular season is dwindling down, award season is within arms reach and most importantly teams are frantically fighting for playoff seeding.
Coming off an SEC tournament championship, the South Carolina women’s basketball team (30-2) gathered Monday night at Colonial Life Arena to watch the NCAA tournament selection show along with some of its most dedicated fans.
South Carolina’s defense was dismal in 2014, ranking in the bottom half of the league in just about every defensive category.
South Carolina led for most of the afternoon, but a two-run ninth inning put Kentucky ahead 4-3 heading to the bottom of the inning.
Starting the first conference weekend this season South Carolina (15-3) swung past Kentucky (13-4) for the 10-1 win.
Final score: South Carolina 63 Missouri 54 What does it mean? It’s survive and advance time for South Carolina and the Gamecocks lived to see another day by defeating Missouri 63-54 in the first round of the SEC tournament Wednesday night.
Here’s everything you need to know about South Carolina’s first round opponent in the 2015 SEC tournament.
South Carolina outpaced its opponents in series play against Miami (Ohio) finishing the second game of the weekend 7-0.
In a game that had many ups and downs, South Carolina looked like it would get run out of the gym early in the first half and yet led by as many as 11 points in the second half before ultimately losing to No. 18 Arkansas 78-74 in heartbreaking fashion on senior night.
Playing in its third game in as many days, the No. 5 South Carolina baseball team (9-3) enjoyed one of its best offensive performances of the season during Wednesday’s 11-3 victory against High Point (2-8).
Following a tough weekend of matchups, the South Carolina men’s and women’s tennis teams are both slated to face off against LSU and Texas A&M this weekend.
No. 1 South Carolina women’s golf team will look to continue its good play when heading to Hilton Head Island this weekend for the Darius Rucker Intercollegiate.
South Carolina will compete for a conference win in its last home game of the season against Arkansas in the Colonial Life Arena for senior night.
Fifth ranked South Carolina (7-3) came into Monday’s rubber match with Clemson eager to extend their series-winning streak over the Tigers to seven.
The South Carolina softball team improved to 15-5 on the season after a powerful weekend of multiple homeruns, shutout performances, and strong defense. The Gamecocks hosted the Carolina Classic this past weekend, and began their part Friday afternoon against Charleston Southern. Nine of the players had hits, five drove in runs, and 7 scored in the Gamecocks 10-3 win over the Buccaneers. They continued play on Saturday against Marshall, where sophomore Nickie Blue pitched a 2-hit shutout in the team’s 2-0 win.
This past Tuesday, No. 5 Wisconsin faced a tough road test when going up against No. 14 Maryland . The matchup was supposed to be the best game on that particular night and it lived up to its hype.