Last season South Carolina’s near meteoric rise was a surprise to many of the preseason prognosticators. I feel like it was me and some Gamecock fans who thought Frank Martin and company might be pretty good. Both Garnett & Black Attack and I predicted an 11-7 record in conference while the rest of the SEC figured the ‘cocks would end up around 7-11. The roster rebuild wasn’t quite complete, but there was experience and enough talent for the Gamecocks to finally get to the NCAA tournament if things went well, and they were a probably just a loss at Missouri from getting a tourney bid.