Archive for April, 2007

Apr200725

semerson

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Baseball: Looking ahead

There’s lots of talk around here about the Road to Omaha, much of it on this very web site. Now with the season winding down, we should probably actually look at the, well, road to Omaha.
There’s just four weekends left in the SEC regular season, so it’s time to start thinking about what comes next. [...]

Apr200712

semerson

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Scheduling issues

Oh, those were the days. Remember when USC was going to fill next year’s men’s basketball schedule with titans such as Canisius, Sparkling Cider State and Lower Richland High?
Well, never mind all that.
Here’s the list (so far) of nonconference teams the Gamecocks are set to play: Providence, Clemson, Southern California and Baylor. Four solid [...]

Apr200707

semerson

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USC: The cradle of … NBA rookies?

The rule of thumb among college coaches is you need at least three future NBA players to be good enough to win an NCAA championship.
Apparently you only need two to win an NIT title.
Ex-Gamecocks Renaldo Balkman and Tarence Kinsey both exceeded expectations even before the season began, Balkman by becoming a first-round pick and Kinsey [...]

Apr200707

semerson

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Wallace off to a good start

While Tre’ Kelley stays in Columbia and rehabs his surgically-repaired knee, his best friend Brandon Wallace is off to a good start in the uphill climb to impress NBA scouts.
Wallace has had a great performance at the Portsmouth Invitational, a pre-draft camp for senior college players. Wallace, a 6-foot-9 center at USC, recorded a double-double [...]

Apr200706

semerson

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Channeling Providence

Oh this is rich. I promised myself I would do my best to let this subject die away until basketball season, but this has to be pointed out:
The folks at ESPN must have a wicked sense of humor.
The worldwide leader announced Thursday that the SEC and Big East would inaugurate an “invitational” (don’t call it [...]