Archive for July, 2009

Downey's moniker

Devan Downey needs a nickname. And quickly, before he graduates. In anticipation of his senior season, Downey’s summer work has included finding another name  by which to call himself . According to Dion Bethea, his former AAU coach and still a close confidant, the South Carolina point guard has been looking for “something cool,” that [...]

Recruiting and money

We’re back. After a week of vacation in the beautiful, and muggy, capital of our fair country, we have returned to Columbia and are ready to blog, write and Twitter. (More on that later.) In the meantime, I thought I’d pass along a story written by my friend Gentry Estes of the Mobile Press-Register. Estes [...]

Secondary violations addendum

You may have seen my story today on the secondary violations issue. If not, here’s a link. I wanted to quickly expand on something I wasn’t able to in the story because of the usual space limitations: The fact that USC (and Clemson) release their secondary violations on their own, unlike a lot of other [...]

Some schedule notes

We still have a ways to go before we know all 14 nonconference opponents for the South Carolina men’s basketball team. While we wait, we can start filling in some of the dates. Baylor will be visiting USC in early January, probably the first week of the new year, according to that school’s sports information [...]

Why the schedule is already better

When you heard that Richmond has been added to South Carolina’s nonconference schedule, a few of you may have yawned. Other than those whose minds wander back to 1998. But if you want USC to make the NCAA tournament this year, and want it to have better computer numbers to show the selection committee, this [...]

Bracketology in July … really

Yes, it’s the summer, and the news is slow. And not only that, but sometimes we’re late reporting that slow news. A couple weeks ago, once the NBA early-entry deadline passed, a bunch of top 25 lists cropped up. One we missed was bracketologist Joe Lunardi posting his latest projected 2010 NCAA tournament bracket on [...]

Along comes a Spider

Sorry, but you knew that had to be the headline. Richmond (the Spiders) will visit South Carolina next season in men’s basketball, according to a published report. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported Wednesday that South Carolina will host the Atlantic 10 team on an unspecified date. USC coach Darrin Horn declined comment, saying through team spokesman [...]