After the South Carolina men's basketball team's upset second-seeded Duke Sunday, it's clear the athletics department and administration made the right choice by taking a patient approach to Frank Martin’s tenure.
SEC Player of the Year Sindarius Thornwell scored 29 points in the Gamecocks round-of-64 win.
South Carolina earned a No. 1 seed in the Stockton regional for the 2017 NCAA Tournament, but will miss star center Alaina Coates.
To win their first NCAA Tournament game since 1973, the Gamecocks will need to stop the most efficient 3-point shooting team in the country.
Alabama outrebounded South Carolina 42-27 in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament.
Senior guard Sindarius Thornwell represented South Carolina by being named the SEC Player of the Year, the first player in the program to earn conference POY honors since John Roche earned the ACC's designation in 1970.
Playing without Alaina Coates in the SEC Tournament title game win showed South Carolina's potential not only for the NCAA Tournament, but for the 2017-18 season.
Kaela Davis was the key piece for South Carolina as the Gamecocks won their third straight SEC Tournament.
Kentucky made them work for it in the second half, but the Gamecocks pulled away in the final minutes, securing an 89-77 win and a berth in another SEC final.
South Carolina may have All-Americans A'ja Wilson and Alaina Coates at its disposal, but the Gamecocks are having a lot of success with a four-guard lineup.
Stingy defense and a strong performance from A'ja Wilson helped South Carolina win handily Friday against Georgia in the SEC quarterfinal.
After a bumpy regular season, the Gamecocks don't have the smoothest ride in this weekend's SEC Women's Basketball Tournament.
With four players scoring in double figures, the South Carolina men's basketball team defeated Tennessee 82-55 Saturday night at Colonial Life Arena.
Despite not having SEC leading rebounder and field goal shooter Alaina Coates, South Carolina rolled past Texas A&M on the road Thursday night.
With three losses in the month of February, the South Carolina men's basketball is feeling the effects of losing four players last spring.
Despite a close score early in the second half, the Gamecocks suffered their third straight loss against No. 13/12 Florida Tuesday night.
The South Carolina men's basketball team is a contender to win the SEC regular season title, but its past two conference losses could be costly as the Gamecocks have several tough road matchups coming up.