Frank Martin drew a firm line in the sand on Monday. He did not sidestep. He did not equivocate.
On one side of Martin’s line are “some dirty people,” as he called them. On the other side are Martin’s program and those still doing it the right way in college basketball, he said.
“We’re claiming college basketball to be dirty. It’s not dirty, man,” South Carolina’s head coach said. “There’s some dirty people in college basketball, it doesn’t mean college basketball’s dirty.”
He spoke on the subject at length, and at times at elevated volume, in response to questions at his regularly scheduled Monday news conference, and if he’s bluffing, he’s all-in.