In the end, Frank Martin and South Carolina beat out a slew of like-minded coaches and programs for Jermaine Couisnard.
Louisville, Virginia Tech, Illinois and West Virginia showed interest in the 6-foot-4, 185-pounder, but the Gamecocks were the team with a history of physical guards that got Couisnard to join their 2018 class. Couisnard committed to USC on Saturday.
“The schools that were recruiting him, they’re all kind of in the same mold,” said Corey Evans, national analyst for Rivals.com. “He definitely found the perfect niche in South Carolina.”
Couisnard was barely on the national radar in November when he began a prep year at Montverde Academy in Florida.