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South Carolina Mistakenly Invited to 2016 NCAA Tournament on Selection Sunday

The South Carolina Gamecocks were one of the bubble teams kept out of this year's NCAA tournament, though a mistake on Selection Sunday had the team believing it was going dancing.

Per Jeremy Turnage of WIS-TV 10, South Carolina athletic director Ray Tanner said the team was notified around 6:30 p.m. ET on March 13 (Selection Sunday) by NCAA officials it was one of 68 teams invited to the NCAA tournament only to be told minutes later the invitation was a mistake.