Archive for October 29th, 2009

The preseason hoops polls (updated)

South Carolina gets a bit more preseason respect from the writers than the coaches in the basketball polls, both out today.
The AP writers poll has the Gamecocks 13th among the “also receiving votes” crowd, or a total of 38th.  The Gamecocks got 28 votes, or voting points. (If you don’t know, you get one point [...]

Q&A with Tennessee writer

We return to one of our more popular segments, going behind enemy lines (to borrow a phrase) for an interview with a counterpart on the opposing beat. This week it’s Wes Rucker, who has for several years now covered Tennessee for The Chattanooga Times Free Press.
I also answered questions about South Carolina for Wes, and [...]