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1 team loc : start this turning SEC Coach of the Year and m tional runner-up, and on and on and o ... what could possibly hold this tear back? At his preseason press conferenci Fogler spoke of the maturity factor thf teams have to possess in order to cros (the line from "good" to "great," the pois needed to elevate themselves from mer contenders year-in and year-out to cor sistent champions. Aftpr Hmnnincr an pvhihitinn cram Basketbal off to fast | common folklore | It was last December 28 when W0LO-TVs Terry Chick, cigar in mouth, strolled into the press restrooms at halftime of South Carolina's 85-81 loss to Charleston Southern and gave the assembled media his oracle. "It's official," he said of the Gamecocks. "They stink." What Chick (and anyone else who covered basketball last year) didn't know was that just seven days after his pronouncement the Gamecocks would begin an 11-game SEC win streak with a 66-56 victory over Auburn, an unbelievable, gut-check run that silenced the critics and helped propel South Carolina to its first-ever SEC title in any sport. This season, with expectations having soared right through the rafters at Frank McGuire Arena, another slow start would not only be considered embarrassing, it would be downright intolerable. With USC Head Basketball Coach Eddie FogleFs squad ranked in the top 10 in both the Associated Press (seventh) and USA Today (eighth) polls, having been picked to win the SEC title on Media Day in Birmingham, Ala., returning four starters and featuring two All-America candidates in its starting backcourt, having Fogler as the re fTTTTVH |4?1 1 cows 1 I J198 DRASTIC I mW MARKDOWNS on I Skirts^Pants, Sweaters, I iCRflTE, Columbia-Richland Mall & 6790 Garners Ferry Lexington-738 W. Main St (next to Food Lion) v . ' l by 13 points to Marathon Oil last Thurs day night, Fogler and his players echoe that sentiment, only this time they t seem to have gotten the message aboc a month earlier. Starting point guard and three time captain Melvin Watson, who su fered through a miserable exhibitio performance due to a severe head cole talked about what this year's Game cocks have to do. "It's our job to maintain the recog nition that we got last year," he saic "Coach Fogler has done his job re cruiting, bringing in the best plaver in the state, and now it's really up t us to take this program to another le\ el." Back-up point guard Hagen Rous< who led all USC scorers in exhibitio: with 17 points, echoed his mentor. "I don't care if it is 'just' an exh: bition," Rouse said. "Against the schec ule and in this conference you have"t ! ^rfoadrunnefS j JUNGOFLATE I COFFEEHOUSE I , ^PALM C Partner 728 Pickens St. P^ogrt 799-7363 Welcome! Sur St. Thomas Moi Mass Schedule: SaL Vigil: Sun: 11 am & 6pm Daily: Mon. - Thurs. 12:1' Rev. Timothy Li 1610 Greene St 799-5870 El East Tennessee Join over 2,200 grad ETSU! We offer ove and master's de; certificates in busine waivers and assii assistantships for Afr are a For more inform School of G East Tennesse Johnson C (423) (423) 41 E-mail: grad When responding, Visit ETS http://ww >ks to get season i- come out every night and give an inn tense, emotional performance. "As far as me scoring a lot of points in an exhibition game, this doesn't mate' ter. Everybody knows that as Melvin Watson and Bj Mckie go, so goes this 'g program." e Watson says ifs imperative for this l- year's squad to come together early in the season and play the kind of has e ketball they played last January and 3- February all year long. ^ But, he also thinks this Gamecocks ^ team has to avoid the kind of overconfidence that might have hurt them in the Marathon Oil exhibition. p. "We have to realize right away that n nobody's going to lay down for us," Wati) son said. "As far as the expectations go, 5- those types of things we have to block out. I think it's important that we get r. off to a good start this year because we 1. do have many tough non-conference s- games. "If s a chance to make a statement. 0 To be the best, you've got to play the r~ best." ii.L. n i? ij cc a vv hlsuu mm uie vjamecucms up uu ^ the new season for real against Maryland in Minneapolis, Minn., Friday as part of the BCA Classic. I- Game time is set for 7 p.m. and o will be televised nationally by ESPN. 256-ROAD j 256-7623 ! JJITEDELIVER^! HEJjjTjl ] Thursday, Nov. 13 7 p.m. Baptist Student Union 700 Pickens Street 799-3854 Campus Ministry] ship Among Lutherans and Methodists Soul: Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. am* "Rrearl for the World* The Crime of Hunger." iday Worship: 5:30 p.m. re Catholic Center 5 pm Newman Club Meetings: Tues. 7 pm Confessions: 5 pm Sat. 3:30 - 4:30 or by appt. jewski, Chaplain ( Across from Nursing School) rsu ! State University uate students enrolled at ir 35 Ph.D., Ed.D., Ed.S. gree programs, plus ;ss and nursing. 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A pre-match ceremony will be held to honor seniors Heather Larkin, Lori Drost and Shani Abshier. Equestrian team The Lady Gamecock Equestrian team had a very successful outing this past weekend in Clemson, increasing [ FUNI jkMPMPM PhM iii 1 i? I i?ii i ? Bayer 4Notice: Plasma donors an subject to medical sc * - ri a--, i. -aisrf.Hif.s- b . '-Jaan X* * want Anr*1 bo^ -i Forms of C contract vselfcare.. ison footfa \ by The 1 their lead in the region. USC outlasted Georgia and Converse and were the High Point Champions for the weekend. The Lady Gamecocks scored 68 points to win the invitational. Individually, Jennifer Conner became High Point Champion in the Hunt Seat Competition and Mundy Burns was Reserve High Point Champion in the Western Competition. Swimming teams The USC men's swimming and diving team defeated Georgia Southera 140-96, improving their record to 3-2. Jimmy Cho, Andrew Cho, Chris Lyons and Chad Seldon were all double winners for the men. 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