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South Carolina Basketball: Gamecocks Lose to Arkansas

Arkansas defeated the South Carolina Gamecocks by the score of 76-65.  The loss moves USC’s record to 9-15 overall, 1-9 in SEC play.  The ‘Cocks have lost five straight and nine of the last ten games. The Gamecocks had no answer for Arkansas’s B.J. Young as he coasted to a 27-point effort. USC got good effort from […]

South Carolina Basketball: Quick Tennessee Preview

South Carolina (9-13, 1-7 SEC) clashes with Tennessee (11-12, 3-5 SEC) in a mid-week showdown and here is your quick preview of the basketball game.  Game InfoDate: Wednesday, February 8, 2012Tipoff: 8 p.m. ETLocation: Knoxville, Tenn.Television: SEC Network (check local listings) Now on to the preview…. The Vols lead the all-time series 35-23 and currently have […]

SEC Basketball Power Poll 2012: Week Ending 2/5/12

This South Carolina Gamecocks blog joins forces with other SEC bloggers to vote in the SEC Basketball Power Poll. Here are is our ballot for the week ending Feb. 5, 2012:   1. Kentucky Wildcats Best team top to bottom and made USC look silly the other night. 2. Florida Gators Playing strong team basketball and […]

Gamecocks Basketball: Video Review of Last 3 Games

The South Carolina men’s hoops program is having a very tough year and here is some video highlights of the last three games. We have been out-of-pocket in our coverage of the hoop’s squad mainly due to National Signing Day but also it seems that it is the same thing each outing.  Hard to write […]

Is the Colonial Life Arena Hurting the Basketball Program?

This season isn’t going as Gamecock fans hoped.  In fact, the last few seasons haven’t gone as fans had hoped.  The team hasn’t made the NCAA tournament since 2004 and hasn’t won a tournament game in a much longer time than that.  There are many problems.  Today, I want to focus on the Colonial Life […]

Gamecocks Basketball: What Has Happened?

The USC Gamecocks blew their best chance of winning an SEC game this season at Auburn yesterday.  They lost to the Tigers by the score of 63-52.   This is the second straight year that the Gamecocks have lost to Auburn. Some national pundits considered Auburn the worst major D-1 program last year and of course they beat USC […]

South Carolina Loses to Florida: Three Things Learned

The South Carolina Gamecocks lost to the Florida Gators by the score of 79-65.  The loss moves USC’s overall record to 8-9 and 0-3 in SEC play. So what did we learn in the defeat, here is our takeaways: 1.  USC needs one more offensive threat to emerge:  Bruce Ellington had 17 points and Malik […]

USC vs. Vandy Basketball: Will the Late Start Play a Factor

Football season is over now and there is no reason for fans not to show up tonight for the SEC home opener against Vanderbilt.  Well there are actually two reasons –  the game is on TV and tipoff is at nine o’clock eastern.  There has been plenty of talk about ESPN putting east coast games on at nine o’clock […]

Gamecocks Basketball: Three Keys to Beating Kentucky

The South Carolina men’s basketball team (8-6) travels to face No. 2 Kentucky (14-1) on Saturday to open up SEC play.  The game will take place at Rupp Arena with a tip scheduled for 4 p.m.  Kentucky holds a 44-10 advantage in the all-time series against South Carolina, including a 23-2 upperhand in games played […]

Gamecocks Basketball: Quick USC-Upstate Preview

The South Carolina Gameoccks basketball team square off in a home game against the USC-Upstate Spartans.  Tip-off is noon today at the Colonial Life Arena. Here is a quick preview: The Gamecocks (6-6) are 5-3 for the season when playing at home and have won four of their last five games.  The Spartans (8-5) have […]

South Carolina Basketball: Five Things Learned in Wofford Win

The South Carolina Gamecocks defeated the Wofford Terriers by the score of 57-45.  This win gives USC is fourth win in the past five games, the lone loss was against second ranked Ohio State. Nailing the three point shots is what contributed to the win as USC hit a season high 11 three-pointers.  The Gamecocks […]

Gamecocks Basketball: Quick Wofford Terriers Preview

The South Carolina basketball squad (5-6) will battle with the Wofford Terriers (7-5) in the Colonial Life Arena at 7 p.m. in what will be a crucial test for both teams as both are in need of win out-of-conference. USC is 4-3 at home this year but they face a Wofford team that has a […]

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