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February 14th — Alabama
— I don’t think USC will
beat Alabama. But, since I
promised myself I wouldn’t
let this column take a turn
to Negativetown, anything
is possible. If Carolina can
beat Florida in Gainesville,
they can certainly beat
Alabama in Columbia. One
positive of this game is that
not only is it in Columbia,
but it is also going to be
televised on ESPN. This
could break the record
for “most guys trying to
secretly watch a Carolina
basketball game while not
making their girlfriends
mad on Valentine’s Day.”
February 18th —
Kentucky — This is a
game that Carolina can
win. They should have
won at Kentucky if it
wasn’t for Patrick Sparks
hitting a three from the
locker room and Rajon
Rondo hitting the luckiest
shot since those early 90s
commercials where Larry
Bird would play it off the
backboard, through the
rafters, around the corner,
and off the Hamburgler’s
head for nothing but net.
All of that for a Big Mac.
February 23rd — at
Georgia — Once again,
a game the Gamecocks
should win. Somehow
the first time these two
teams met, Levi Stukes
got an open look at the
game-winning shot despite
being the only member of
Georgia’s team that can hit
a three-pointer. The rest of
that team couldn’t hit sand
if they fell off a camel in
the middle of the desert.
This game also gives me
a chance to unload the
rest of my Dennis Felton
(Georgia’s head coach)
jokes. For a guy that
looks that much like Steve
Harvey, he really doesn’t
have a sense of humor.
February 25th —
Vanderbilt — Not only is
this another game Carolina
should win, but playing
Georgia and Vanderbilt
back-to-back gives us a
chance to decide which
huge white guy looks more
like a caveman.
Is it Georgia’s Dave
Bliss or Vanderbilt’s Ted
Skuchas? The country
hasn’t been this divided
since Bush versus Kerry. It
should come down to the
wire.
February 28th — LSU
— This game worries me.
Not only is Glen Davis one
of the better post players
in the SEC, but at 310
pounds he looks like he is
in the process of digesting
Brandon Wallace and
Tarence Kinsey. This guy
has made sandwiches bigger
than Stephen McDowell.
He is built like the black
Kirstie Alley, only he is
6 foot 9. If Carolina can
slow him down, they have
a chance.
March 4th — at Auburn
— Auburn is not good, but
they beat Ole Miss (who
beat Carolina) by eight.
That makes me nervous.
But then I remember that
they lost to Mississippi
State by 18, and everything
is back to normal. Auburn
is to basketball what Adam
Morrison’s mustache is to
facial hair - a disgrace.
If Carolina doesn’t win
enough of their remaining
games to make the NCAA
tournament, it won’t be
because they didn’t have a
favorable schedule. So go
ahead and make me look
stupid. I’m due.
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double play with runners
on first and second in the
bottom of the ninth.
USC pitcher Arik Hempy
heid Elon hitless through
the first four innings on
Saturday with both of the
Phoenixes’ runs coming
unearned.
USC will stay at home
for a weekend series with
Radford beginning Friday.
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tilt against Alabama on
ESPN, followed by a CBS
broadcast on Saturday
against the Kentucky
Wildcats.
“We still believe that
we have a chance (for this
season),” said Wallace.
“We’re a group of fighters,
and we still believe it.”
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USC guard Lea Fabbri drives against a Kentucky defender during the team’s win against
the Wildcats last Thursday. The Gamecocks have won three consecutive league road
games for the first time in more than a decade.
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the game out of reach.
USC shot 63 percent
from the field in the second
half and 51 percent for the
game. The Gators missed 6
of 7 three-point attempts in
the second half and weren’t
able to mount a rally.
Johnson’s career-best
night followed an 18
point performance against
Arkansas and a 15-point
scoring night against
Mississippi State.
With the win against
Florida under its belt, the
women’s basketball team
will head to Auburn on
Thursday.
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