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Before the NCAA Tournament, Matt Jones got South Carolina basketball fans fired up. Our founder and fearless leader called the Gamecocks, “The worst 7 seed in NCAA Tournament history.”
Matt has a knack for antagonizing fan bases from across the SEC, but this one seemed to stir the pot more than normal. Earlier today, the Columbia newspaper The State published a story on his trash-talking and subsequent mea culpa.
Matt’s jab didn’t just anger fans, it got to South Carolina head coach Frank Martin. Martin told Paul Finebaum: “If we’re the worst seven-seed in his opinion, he must not be very good at what he does.