South Carolina has evolved as much as anyone under a single coach. Last season, Frank Martin largely eschewed his reputation as a grind it out style coach for an offense which switched gears into a tempo which ranked among the top 20 teams in the country. Martin’s approach defensively is much the same so the tempo increase has all come on the offensive side. Will the switch in approach be enough to vault the Gamecocks past the rest of the middle of the league?