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SOFTBALL
The Lady Gamecocks were
picked to finish second in the
SEC East, according to the SEC
Preseason Coaches' Poll. The
coaches picked No. 9 LSU to
win the conference.
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by Nathan Brown
Sports Editor
Fifty-six.
Standing by itself, 56 means absolutely
nothing, but put into the
context of USC basketball, it has a
peculiar way of linking Carolina and
the Auburn Tigers.
Auburn comes into tonight's
game against the Gamecocks ranked
seventh in the nation, according to
the ESPN/USA Today poll, and the
Gamecocks are coming off their
eighth SEC contest of the year. And
as any math major knows, seven
times eight equals nothing other
than 56.
But wait, it gets stranger.
In the past two games between
USC and Auburn, the Gamecocks
held the Tigers to 56 points and
grabbed a win in both cases. In 1997,
Carolina defeated the Tigers 66-56
in Columbia and in 1998 followed
that with a win in Auburn, 61-56.
Now, here comes the biggest
stretch of relating the number 56 to
the two schools. If you take the number
32 (remember this number, it's
important) and add the three and
the two, you get five.
Then, if you take the three and
two and multiply them, you get six.
So in a fashion similar to going
around your elbow to get to your
butt, you get 56.
But by now, you're probably wondering,
"Why the heck does 32 matter?"
Well, 32 is the number of USC's
LeRon Williams, who has been suspended
for the rest of the season
by USC coach Eddie Fogler, and the
Auburn game is the first contest hell
miss.
"As a result of his first suspension,
LeRon had certain conditions
that needed to be met after his reinstatement,"
Fogler said Monday.
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"Unfortunately, one of these conditions
was not met, and LeRon has
been suspended for the remainder
of the year."
Williams' suspension overshadows
the Gamecocks' recent success.
USC has won two games in a row
for the first time this season since
defeating JacksonviUe and the College
of Charleston on Nov. 30 and
Dec. 4. By the way, Carolina held
Jacksonville to 56 points.
Senior BJ McKie was the leading
scorer in both of these games. In
fact, McKie has been Carolina's leading
scorer for 14 of its 20 games this
year.
Ironically, however, McKie didn't
lead USC in points when he broke
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performances against Vandy and
Ole Miss did earn him SEC Player
of the Week.
With Williams gone for the
season and Antonio Grant and Tony
Kitchings out with injuries, McKie
will have to continue his strong play,
while his teammates must elevate
their own, if the Gamecocks are to
have any chance against the Tigers.
Auburn enters tonight's game
with the best record in the SEC, a
remarkable 20-1 overall, while the
Gamecocks have the only losing
record in their conference at 7-13.
"I'm surprised [that Auburn is
this good]; so is [Auburn coach] Cliff
Ellis," Fogler said. "But you don't
win 20 by luck. They're legitimate."
The tip-off time is slated for 7:30
p.m., but the actual starting time
could vary, depending on the completion
of the women's game beforehand.
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ended both USC games in
st week, and surprise, surthe
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