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The game will be broadcast on the SEC Network and WatchESPN, according to the South Carolina web site.
 
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I watched a bit of this. I didn't see Wilson and both teams seemed to be having a hard time getting started.
 

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Rather inauspicious start for the Gamecocks. Strange starting lineup (A'ja Wilson at the shooting guard) which Dawn abandoned after early turnovers. So Carolina turned the ball over 12 times which is what has kept poor-shooting USC in the game. Coates has been So Carolina's best player so far. Wilson pulled early and then returned playing in the post though not particularly effective there either.
 

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Not a good sign for South Carolina at all. The Trojans were 22-13 last year and lost their 2 main scorers Crook and Harberts from last season and aren't even ranked. For SC to be in such a dog fight reminds me of all the unranked teams they faced last season and only won by single digits.

I assume SC will figure it out and pull away from USC in the 2nd half, but if their fans think they are threats to win a NC, this is a game they should win by 30.
 

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South Carolina will likely be better later in the season after they've integrated Wilson and White into their rotation. How good is to be determined, but they'll be better.
 

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South Carolina will likely be better later in the season after they've integrated Wilson and White into their rotation. How good is to be determined, but they'll be better.
So will everyone else. UCONN has 4 freshmen and 1 sophomore to integrate into the lineup and 2 new starters in Chong and Stokes. My point was that SC fans (and some UCONN fans - not you) went on and on about good SC would be because they brought back all 5 starters. They can't have it both ways.

On edit - 44-42 South Carolina is up in the 2nd half. Really unimpressive performance by the #3 team in the nation.
 
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Not a good sign for South Carolina at all. The Trojans were 22-13 last year and lost their 2 main scorers Crook and Harberts from last season and aren't even ranked. For SC to be in such a dog fight reminds me of all the unranked teams they faced last season and only won by single digits.

I assume SC will figure it out and pull away from USC in the 2nd half, but if their fans think they are threats to win a NC, this is a game they should win by 30.

Agree- Southern Cal has some talented players, but for South Carolina, this hasn't been the pre-NC tour de force you see at times in the regular season.

Still can't wait for our game with them at Gampel in February. I've got my ticket...
 

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KML's three Mater Dei teammates on that 2011 MNC-winning team are only a combined 5-15 for 13 points.
 
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52-51 S. Carolina with 8:00 to play. Couple good moves by Wilson. She's wearing shorter shorts than everyone wears nowadays. Not "Dr. J" short, but about 8" above the knee...
 
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I get espn3 but for some reason SEC games I get user not authorized.
 

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I mean, USC is light years better than UMass-Lowell, but if South Carolina ends up winning a by this thin a margin, some second-place votes are going to swing to Notre Dame.
 
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my cable provider does not have contract with SEC, so I cannot watch any games from the SEC.
 

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I guess SC will pull it out, but still...ND is going to move to no. 2 after this weekend, I predict.
 

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I mean, USC is light years better than UMass-Lowell, but if South Carolina ends up winning a by this thin a margin, some second-place votes are going to swing to Notre Dame.
I hadn't refreshed and so didn't see yours til I had written my like-minded prediction!
 

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68-60 under a minute. Not impressive. At all.
 

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70 - 61 South Carolina. Not impressive for the #2 ranked team.

ND could be #2 on Monday.
 
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Gamecocks with some nice 3-point shooting with about 5 minutes left in the game...otherwise this game was tight all the way. Alaina Coates looks pretty good...I wouldn't trade Nurse for Wilson based on this game.
 
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Final 70-61. Much closer than S. Carolina expected, I think. Suspect Dawn will get the rough edges knocked off tho
 

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Sure, South Carolina didn't look good tonight, but they won the game, which is really the goal for the first game of the season. I doubt that much insight can be gained on opening night because of the jitters that cannot be calmed by practice or exhibition game blowouts. Overreacting one way or the other seems unwarranted to me. How the Gamecocks develop over the season is far more important than how they looked tonight.
 
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