Category Archives: 2012-13 Basketball

The 2012-13 season has concluded. What now?

Posted on March 20, 2013 by

The Gamecocks’ season ended last Wednesday night in Nashville with a disappointing loss to Mississippi State, 70-59.  State jumped out to an 11-point lead over the last 10 minutes of the first half and Carolina never really threatened from there … Continue reading →

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Around the internet

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

You can find us on the Half Cocked Show podcast here. We also voted in the end-of-regular season SEC power poll here. Ken Pomeroy calculated the odds of victory for each team during each step of the SEC tournament.  Our … Continue reading →

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Better Know Mississippi State (yet again)

Posted on March 13, 2013 by

For the third time this season, the Mississippi State Bulldogs and the South Carolina Gamecocks will square off on the hardwood.  The teams split their regular season meetings, with State winning by two in Starkville back in January and the … Continue reading →

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Brenton Williams drops 38, Gamecocks win final home game over State 79-72

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

On what was supposed to be a night where the focus was on Lakeem Jackson, Brenton Williams stole the show, scoring 38 points while using 38 percent of our possessions in 31 minutes, and the Gamecocks turned over State just … Continue reading →

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Better Know An Opponent: Mississippi State (redux)

Posted on March 5, 2013 by

The Gamecocks wrap up their home schedule this Wednesday evening with a match-up against fellow cellar dwellers Mississippi State.  South Carolina comes into this game on a three-game skid, the most recent of which included some interesting roster decisions.  State … Continue reading →

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Missouri demolishes Gamecocks inside, 90-68

Posted on March 1, 2013 by

The game went about as badly as expected.  In our preview, we indicated we didn’t see a way that the Gamecocks could stop Missouri inside.  But we meant Missouri might hit 60-65% of its shots inside, while holding the Gamecocks … Continue reading →

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Better Know An Opponent: Missouri (redux)

Posted on February 28, 2013 by

The Gamecocks continue through their portion of the season with nothing but return games from prior match-ups (this Saturday’s game in College Station is the exception) as they welcome Missouri to our Columbia for the first time ever. Many Gamecock … Continue reading →

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