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SEC News & Notes Bass hooks weekly honor LSU forward Brandon Bass has been named SEC player of the week for a stellar performance in last Saturday’s 69-62 upset of Mississippi State. The 6-foot-8-inch Bass scored 26 points, pulled down 11 rebounds and managed five blocks against the Bulldogs. The sophomore also helped hold Lawrence Roberts to 3-of-ll shooting for the game. It was Bass’ third consecutive double-double. Bass was also a key component in Wednesday’s 70-60 comeback win over Ole Miss. Down by as many as 10 points in the second half, Bass led LSU’s rally, finishing with 14 points, 11 rebounds and five blocked shots. Bass is averaging a near double-double on the season, at 17.7 points and 8.8 rebounds a game. BILL FEIG/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Louisiana State's Brandon Bass puts the ball up and over Mississippi State’s Lawrence Roberts for two of his 26 points Saturday. Crimson Tide, Gators to tangle in Gainesville Alabama will travel to Florida on Saturday in a battle of one conference-loss teams. The Gators will be coming off a Tuesday night contest with Mississippi State, with the Crimson Tide having taken on USC on Wednesday. Florida went to 5-1 in conference play after Saturday’s 80-72 win over USC. Alabama is coming off of a 75-47 throttling of Georgia that pushed its record to 6-1 in the conference. The Crimson Tide also beat in-state rival Auburn 60-55 on Wednesday. Earnest Shelton led the Tide with 22 points, including five 3 pointers. Kennedy Winston, last week’s SEC player of the week, scored 16 points, including 12 beyond the arc. ■ BLOOM Continued from pagel3 attend a Weight Wachers convention. 31) Permanently change my cell phone ringed to “He/en Is A Place On Earth” by Belinda Calisle. 45) Re-alphabefce the Thomas Cooper Library usinghe fourth letter of every author’s middloiame. The commercial} are slightly more enjoyable than th halftime show. Slightly. The ones Jhate the most are the ones that will just show some random event or series of events, none of which involve the product being advertised, and then just show you the product name and* that’s it. The commercial is over, and I am confused. For example: In some far away land, a squirrel defecates on a legal pad. The squirrel finds something more interesting to do, like go find nuts, and scurries away. The camera pans back, the screen fades to black, and an ominous voice-over tells us to “Do the Dew” or something like that. Yes, this is just an example, but bad advertising is all the same: bad The only good commercial during last year’s Super Bowl was the Budweiser commercial with the donkey and the horse farting (any time an animal farts is guaranteed humor), and they have already said they aren’t showing that one this year. 1 guess that means I only have one thing to look forward to on Super Bowl Sunday: the Super Bowl. Comments on this story? E-mail gamecocksports@gum.sc.edu ■ ODOM Continued from paje 13 individual meeting! after the Florida game, they will remai on the team. “The opportunit I have is to help them realize they’re mtside the confines of the team, what’s 1st for our team, and we got to get themto the point where they become like usAnd they care more about — there’s a kr word ‘care’ — they care more about usteam, then they do about their own deres,” Odom stated. Without Tisby itthe lineup in the 80 72 loss to the Gatorhn Sunday, the team was without one of its limited, thick post defenders. Gonner provided a spark in USC’s comeback victory over Vanderbilt’s streaky shooting as he impeccably pushed and handled the ball in the Commodores’ zone. Nonetheless, the lack of care outweighed his solid play of late. Amid these potentially distracting situations, USC heads into tonight’s game against the Razorbacks (14-6,2-5 SEC) in need of a string of victories. To be considered a postseason presence, the team will need to manifest the same magnificence it did in its three road losses to then top-10 teams, as well as in the majority of its 10 home victories. “We all need correcting. We all need it from time to time. And that’s what we had last weekend, a chance to cleanse ourselves,” Odom said. “Here’s a chance to take that on,” Odom said. “Yeah, it comes at a time where, hey, we’re home tomorrow night, and we got these other games, and some people look at them as winnable, and I don’t argue with that, that’s fine. Maybe that’s good. Maybe this gives us something to concentrate on so we don’t feel the pressure of the games themselves.” Comments on this story? E-mail gamtcocksports@gwm.sc.edu Men’s golf to tee off in Gainesville tourney By JASON SCHIEIDER THE GAMECOCK It’s February, flks. And that can only mean one thig: It’s golf season. Alright, so maybe ;olf isn’t the first thing that crosses yur mind in early February. But for ISC coach Puggy Blackmon and the *arolina golf team, February means it’s me to hit the links as the Gamecocks hid to Gainesville, Fla., to participate iithe University of Florida’s SunTrust <ator Invitational. After what Blackron described as a somewhat mediocre J1 which saw the Gamecocks finish srenth, third and 13 th in respective totnaments, he said he feels this season’s team has shown quite a bit of promise, as well as quite a bit of diversity in age and experience. “We had some freshmen step up,” Blackmon said, “And I think this is the first time since I’ve been here we’ve got a good seasoning of older players with a lot of,experience, and we’ve got some talented freshmen.” Possible standouts on this year’s team include two seniors, two juniors and two freshmen. Blackmon said he expects team seniors Alex Hamilton and Jake Thompson — both Academic All Americans — to provide the leadership necessary for a successful team. Eirik Johansen of Norway, a 2002 03 All-American, and Robert Svensson of Sweden comprise a duo of talented juniors whose play will be key to the team’s success this year. The freshmen class, which Blackmon called “one of the best I’ve seen in my time here,” is most notably comprised of the 2003 South Carolina Junior champion Mark Anderson and local product Warren Thomas. Both, Blackmon said, have proved very capable of putting up low numbers. Unfortunately, this weekend’s tournament allows for only five players per squad. All six of the aforementioned w players, however, will travel to Gainesville with the team. “We’re going to play the five-man team, and one player will play as an individual, which will be good because that will really give us a feel for who’s ready to play,” Blackmon said. As far as the competition goes, the field looks to be quite challenging. Florida, which seems to be the team’s primary competition and the frontrunner in the field, returns nine players from last year’s team, which finished sixth overall in the NCAA and second in the SEC behind Georgia. The most notable of the returnees are First-team All-American Man Every and All-American Honorable Mentions Brett Stegmaier and Jessie Mudd. Rounding out Florida’s top five are redshirt freshman Manuel Villegas and senior Duke Butler IV, both of whom are ranked in the top 80 individually in the SEC. So, as the metaphorical bell rings for the golf team’s season this weekend in Gainesville, the Gamecocks will tiy to keep their heads down, left arms straight and come out swinging. -:_II_ ; * _ Comments an this story? E-mail gamecocksports@gwmJc.edu _ Interested in taking The Gamecock Challenge? If you can beat the editors, you’ll win a free Gamecock T-shirt. Send your picks to gamecocksports@gwm.sc.edu by 2 p.m. Thursday. We’ll select ONE person’s picks, at random, to be our Reader of the Week. 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