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#STRecruiting Notebook 3-19

TE Drake Dabney (6-6 230)  of Cypress, TX was offered by USC.  Some other offers are Houston, Arizona, Boston College, Iowa State, Kansas State, Louisville, Purdue, TCU, Vanderbilt and others. 2022 FS Sam McCall of Lakeland, FL was offered by USC.  He also plays wide receiver.  West Virginia also has offered. USC target WR Micheal …

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#STRecruiting: Green keeping #Gamecocks in mind as process drags on

Cornerback Art Green of Hutchinson JC, KS continues to hear a lot from USC but it’s going to be a long time before a decision is rendered.  Utah and Iowa State are his most recent offers.  He’s not yet made any visits because he has fulfilled the one year residency rule at Hutchinson, but he’ll …

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Smitty Smack: The First Four is a bore by Matt Smith

Another NCAA tournament is upon us and there is excitement and anticipation for 64 colleges and universities … wait, make that 68. What should we make of the First Four? Why do we subject these mid-major conference champions (and ourselves) to these hanging chads at the edge of our brackets? Imagine you are a member …

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#STRecruiting Notebook 3-18

Clemson target TE Braiden McGregor was offered by Florida State.  He visited there Friday after visiting Clemson earlier in the week. USC OL commit Issiah Walker visited Florida State Saturday. USC target WR Michael Wyman of Greensboro, NC visited Florida Saturday. Byrnes RB Rahjai Harris was offered by Charlotte.

#STRecruiting: #Gamecocks & Auburn battling at top for Georgia LB

LB Desmond Tisdol of Rochelle, GA has made several recruiting visits over the past three months.  His stops have included USC, Auburn, Florida State, Georgia, North Carolina and Georgia Southern.  Tisdol said he’s still keeping things open and will come up with a favorites list later in the summer.  But he said two teams are …

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Baseball Weekend Recap (VIDEO)

It was a tough weekend for the USC and Clemson baseball teams.  The Gamecocks lost leads on Saturday and Sunday and were swept by Georgia in their SEC opening series.  And Clemson lost in 10 innings Sunday to Notre Dame as the Irish came to Doug Kingsmore Stadium and won two of three.  Conversely, Coastal …

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Clemson 2 seed in NIT, will host Wright State; Gamecocks left out

    Clemson (19-13) has landed a No. 2 seed in the National Invitation Tournament and will play host to Wright State Tuesday night at 7:00 PM on ESPNU.  Clemson’s Brad Brownell coached Wright State 2006-10. South Carolina (16-16) falls short of inclusion in either the NCAA or NIT fields. Clemson’s bracket would lead them …

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Wofford to Jacksonville, Duke, Virginia to Columbia

The NCAA Tournament field was announced Sunday night.  The Wofford Terriers, regular season and tournament champions of the Southern Conference and riding a 20 game winning streak, were made the 7th seed in the Midwest Region and assigned to Jacksonville, FL.  The Terriers will face Seton Hall on Thursday.  The winner of that game will …

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#STRecruiting Weekend Notebook….

6-6 Christian Brown, the Columbia native who played this season at Oak Hill Academy, VA Friday announced a commitment to Georgia.  Brown made Georgia one of his first official visits.  He also took official visits to Clemson, UNLV and Oklahoma State and unofficial visits to USC.  According to Brown’s mother Melody Davis, early exposure to …

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#STRecruiting: Huntley sees common thread thru his top six schools

Hammond DL Alex Huntley Friday night revealed the six schools he considers his top six and the programs he will focus on moving forward in the recruiting process.  Huntley has his list down to USC, Georgia, Texas, Oklahoma, LSU and Stanford.  He has visited the first four and is hoping to see the other two …

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Sad song in Music City as #Gamecocks fall to Auburn 73-64 in SEC Tournament (VIDEO/AUDIO)

Technically, Auburn’s 73-64 win over USC in the quarterfinals of the SEC Tournament in Nashville Friday was an upset.  By the seeds, Auburn was #5 and USC #4.  But, this was no upset.  The Tigers were headed to the NCAA Tournament regardless of the outcome and in the second half they just went out and …

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#STRecruiting: Florida TE gets first look at #Clemson

Clemson’s junior day last week attracted a high number of highly recruited prospects who were well known by Tiger recruiting enthusiasts.  One visitor flying somewhat under that radar was TE Diego LaMonica (6-5 227) of Miami.  He’s got some high-major offers and is just now cultivating the relationship with Clemson, and that got a kick-start …

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