The third-ranked University of South Carolina baseball team got swept by Kentucky over the weekend – dropping all three games of a key early-season road series.
The sweep moved the Wildcats to 21-0 on the year (and 3-0 in SEC play) while the Gamecocks fell to 15-4 (and 0-3 in the SEC). Prior to last weekend, [...]
Gamecocks Swept
Great Baseball Weekend
There’s a new March Madness in South Carolina … baseball.
With the University of South Carolina men’s basketball program reeling (and Clemson University’s hoops team only recently breaking even), sports fans in the Palmetto State are turning their attention earlier than ever to the diamond, where both programs are ranked in the Top 20.
In fact the [...]
Gamecocks Sweep Elon
The third-ranked University of South Carolina baseball team swept Elon over the weekend – improving to 6-0 on the season.
The two-time defending national champions blanked the Phoenix (formerly the “fighting Christians”) 6-0 on Sunday behind the pitching of junior Colby Holmes – who tossed 5.2 scoreless innings. USC’s arms dominated this series – giving up [...]
Gamecocks Hold At No. 3
The two-time defending national champion University of South Carolina baseball team held onto its No. 3 national ranking after an uninspiring season-opening sweep of Virginia Military Institute (VMI).
After struggling through its first two games against the Keydets, the Gamecocks’ offense exploded in the second game of a doubleheader on Saturday – scoring thirteen runs (including [...]
In Vino, Baseball
University of South Carolina baseball coach Ray Tanner is following the lead of football coach Steve Spurrier and getting into the wine business.
Beginning in April, a pair of “Ray Tanner Limited Reserve” wines commemorating the Gamecocks back-to-back baseball national championships will go on sale.
Sheesh … nobody ever lost a nickel capitalizing on the gullibility of [...]
Gamecock Baseball Ranked Third
CLEMSON NO. 16 ACCORDING TO BASEBALL AMERICA POLL
If you think the stakes are high for the University of South Carolina’s football team this year … imagine the pressure on back-to-back NCAA “Coach of the Year” Ray Tanner, whose Gamecocks have won back-to-back national championships.
Can Tanner’s crew pull off the three-peat?
To do so they’ll have to [...]
Source: Scott Wingo Didn’t Take His SAT Exam
A curious thing is alleged to have happened five years ago when Scott Wingo joined roughly thirty other high school students in taking the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) in Greenville, S.C.
According to a source who was in the room at the time – a source who went to high school with the future college baseball [...]
Ray Tanner Wins Again
After leading the University of South Carolina baseball team to its second consecutive national championship on Tuesday, Gamecocks’ head coach Ray Tanner went “back-to-back” himself.
The 53-year-old Smithfield, N.C. native was named “Coach of the Year” by Collegiate Baseball newspaper for the second year in a row.
With Tanner at the helm, USC not only repeated as [...]
Celebrate Good Times
For the second year in a row, a Gamecock flag is flying above the dome of the S.C. State House in celebration of a national title …
S.C. Gov. Nikki Haley (a Clemson fan) has raised a University of South Carolina flag in honor of the school’s second consecutive College World Series championship. USC defeated Florida [...]
Back-To-Back Champs!
After waiting more than a century for its first national championship, the University of South Carolina didn’t have to wait nearly as long for its second …
The Gamecock baseball team – which defeated UCLA last summer to claim the school’s first national title in a major sport – added a second championship to the trophy [...]
USC Is Numero Uno
Nearly a year after winning the College World Series, the University of South Carolina baseball team is back on top.
The Gamecocks earned the No. 1 ranking in the nation from Baseball America on Monday, stealing the top spot from the Virginia Cavaliers – who had held it for the last five weeks.
South Carolina (44-12, 22-8 [...]
No Hangover
Armed with the No. 2 ranking in America, the University of South Carolina baseball team overcame a shaky start to easily dispose of an intra-state rival and avoid a hangover after last weekend’s big series win over top-ranked Vanderbilt.
The defending national champions breezed past the College of Charleston 8-3 on Tuesday night, putting the game [...]
