South Carolina men’s basketball team has added two walk-ons to its roster, head coach Darrin Horn announced on Wednesday. Shane Philips (Sr. – G – 5’10 – 170 – Pittsburgh, Penn./Wheeling Central) and Alex Irwin (Sr. – F – 6’4 – 170 – Richmond, Va./Woodbury Forest/Sewanee) will begin participating with the team. In looking for […]

The University of South Carolina men’s basketball team has landed two solid recruits today accoring to their AAU coach and GamecockCentral.  Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville, Fla.) four-star shooting guard Carlos Morris and point guard Ian Baker have committed to Coach Darrin Horn’s squad. Morris is rated the #96 player on the 247 top 100 and had offers from Missouri, […]

Gamecocks Head Basketball Coach Darrin Horn is on hot pursuit for Carlos Morris out of Jacksonville, F.L. The 6’5” shooting guard is rated by most as a three star prospect and is said to be considering South Carolina, Cincinnati, Providence, Georgia, Arkansas, West Virginia and Oklahoma State. Morris averaged 13 points, 6 rebounds and 4 […]

Former South Carolina Gamecocks guard Ramon Galloway has been cleared to play at La Salle University. The NCAA granted Galloway a hardship waiver based on the fact Galloway chose La Salle so that he could assist nearby family members with health issues.  Galloway transfered this past summer from USC to La Salle.  Galloway will have two […]

The South Carolina basketball team did not get the verbal pledge from Kedar Edwards that was reported Monday night.  Seems the Orlando Sentinel was wrong when they wrote (HERE) that Edwards pledged to be a Gamecock over the weekend at a AAU tourney in Orlando. Edwards’ AAU coach, Dana Dingle, has come out to deny this commitment […]

The South Carolina Gamecocks basketball recruiting class for 2012 has landed Kedar Edwards. Edwards committed to USC over the weekend while at a AAU tourney in Orlando.  The Orlando Sentinel first reported this – HERE. Edwards, a New York City native, is currently attending school in Orlando, FL. According to a recent story in the New York Post, the […]

The Southeastern Conference’s basketball league will look much different next season and really will be good overall for the state of the league.  Change is good and what it does is simply puts the SEC standings in a No. 1 through No. 12 format rather than by six-team divisions. Due to this change in having all the teams lumped together, […]

Well-traveled Murphy Holloway has gone from Irmo to Oxford to Columbia and now back to Oxford.  Seems this is going to be his last stop despite rumors of a continued stay as part of the South Carolina basketball team.  If you recall, Holloway signed to be a Ole Miss Rebel out of high school and spent two years […]

South Carolina basketball coach Darrin Horn somehow got in the “rumor mix” for the vacant basketball opening at Murray State.  Fans and pundits on twitter gave it some traction yet Coach Horn quickly squashed the speculation before any traction was made or USC fans could think “what if.” When I heard it, I did not […]

The South Carolina Gamecocks men’s basketball program landed their third commitment in the class of 2011 as junior college guard Brenton Williams gave his pledge to Coach Darrin Horn.  Williams visited USC over the weekend and the commitment to be a Gamecock was made.  Williams spent one year at Santa Fe Junior College in Gainesville, […]

Blame college football recruiting on missing the news that former South Carolina basketball player Austin Steed will be a member of the East Carolina Pirates basketball team in 2011-2012.  He will have one year of eligibility to play basketball for ECU. After news of Murphy Holloway leaving Horn’s program, I began to think on where […]

South Carolina men’s basketball Coach Darrin Horn is having a stressful week.  Murphy Holloway announced today that he would be transferring back to Ole Miss.  Holloway never played for USC but was being eyed to help the program greatly in the upcoming season. Murphy Holloway is the fourth player this week to walk away from Horn’s […]