0 comments by Louis Dragner on 8/16/2010
I will apologize a head of time, there should be no basketball talk in August but this is kind of big news for Gamecocks basketball fans. ESPN announced today that USC will open the 2010-2011 basketball season at Michigan State. The Spartans were a final four team last year and should be a preseason top five team […]
0 comments by flounder on 7/20/2010
The NBA Summer League concluded on July 18th and the summer session yielded mixed results for two former Gamecocks. Former USC point guard Devan Downey and former Gamecocks forward Carlos Powell gave it their best while stating their case for a chance at a NBA career. Let’s take a look at both – Devan Downey played […]
0 comments by flounder on 7/14/2010
A bit of interesting news in the last 24 hours out of USC Gamecocks Basketball Camp, the idea of redshirting their F/C Sam Muldrow for the 2010-2011 season. The idea it seems, first reported by Phil Kornbult, is to save his talents for next season so he can play along side recent transfer Murphy Holloway. […]
0 comments by flounder on 7/7/2010
Former USC Gamecocks Basketball star Carlos Powell will take part this summer on the New York Knicks Summer League team. Mr. Powell will be part of the 16-man roster of the New York Knickerbockers entry in the 2010 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas, July 11-17. You will recall, Carlos Powell decided to leave the […]
0 comments by flounder on 5/19/2010
It now seems Murphy Holloway is headed to the University of South Carolina Gamecocks basketball team to continue his basketball career after transferring out of Ole Miss according to mulitple media reports. Murphy Holloway is set to announce Wednesday at Dutch Fork HS that he will walk on at USC thus paying his own way and […]
0 comments by flounder on 5/14/2010
It is offical now, the Ole Miss Rebels Athletics Department has denied Murphy Holloway’s appeal and will not be allowed to transfer to Clemson or South Carolina. Holloway desired to leave Ole Miss to be closer to his family and his young daughter. Most, including himself, expected that Ole Miss would not release him to USC because it’s another SEC school, […]
0 comments by flounder on 4/15/2010
Louisiana-Monroe coach Orlando Early has resigned to join Darrin Horn’s staff as an assistant at the University of South Carolina. The fifth-year head coach met with his team Wednesday night at 7 p.m. to announce his plans to take over as an assistant at USC according to The News-Star. Orlando Early, 42, was 60-92 […]
0 comments by flounder on 4/11/2010
USC basketball coach Darrin Horn landed 6-10 Carlton Geathers today according to his mother and other reports, this after his official visit to Columbia. Geathers, a center who played for Carvers Bay HS, was offered after news of Archie being denied another year as Horn had a scholarship to use this coming year. Geathers had offers […]
0 comments by Billy Koehler on 4/6/2010
On Tuesday, the NCAA denied USC Gamecocks forward Dominique Archie’s request for a sixth year of eligibility. The denial ends the career of the forward from Augusta. Archie and Coach Darrin Horn had stated publicly that they thought their request was a toss-up. Initially it was expected that the appeal would revolve around whether Archie […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 4/1/2010
Well by now you have figured out that we here at LOHD are big NCAA Tournament fans. It is the true way to determine a champion, let the teams play it out. I wish the BCS would follow suit and have a playoff. Now that I have gotten that off my chest, let’s take a […]
0 comments by flounder on 3/30/2010
South Carolina senior guard Devan Downey has been named an Honorable Mention All-American by the Associated Press, the organization announced on Monday. In the 2009-10 campaign, he became South Carolina’s first-ever SEC scoring champion this season, posting an impressive 26.2 points per game in league play. The 2010 AP All-American teams are listed […]
0 comments by flounder on 3/28/2010
Here is some of my rambles related to a great day of watching good basketball. Game1: MSU v UT I know I am getting this posted a bit late as right now the Vols are leading the Spartans at half 41-39. MSU has to depend on their post play in the second half or it […]
0 comments by flounder on 3/27/2010
Well, here we are with the final eight teams battling it out for a trip to Indianapolis for the Final Four. If you are like me, your bracket is broken and now just watching for fun as no chance exists to win the office pool. Game 1: Butler v KSU Today will be […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 3/26/2010
Well half of the Sweet 16 games have been played and Butler did do it, as we found out last night. Tonight’s slate of games are even more interesting, with NIU playing Michigan State, and Tennessee playing Ohio State. I personally don’t see Duke having any problems with Purdue, even though that is the only […]
0 comments by Louis Dragner on 3/22/2010
Well the NCAA tournament once again has proven to be the best post-season out there. If your sweet-sixteen bracket included St. Mary’s and Northern Iowa, then you are doing a lot better than me. On the other hand, if you had Kansas winning it all, you are in the same boat as me. Its seems […]
