While reporters sat outside the South Carolina basketball offices on Thursday afternoon and waited for Frank Martin to emerge, a number of Gamecocks players were seen walking from the building to their cars.
None had flashing golden hair.
Brian Bowen, USC’s stylish – and controversial – new member of the program, has to sit for two semesters before he’s eligible to play for Martin’s team. Those are the NCAA rules for a transfer. But Bowen, who is at Carolina after a hectic semester at Louisville, isn’t your typical transfer. He’s linked to the FBI scandal that took down Cardinals coach Rick Pitino.