Mark Kingston, only eight months a Gamecock, is an information gatherer. The South Carolina baseball coach wants to be prepared for everything related to his job. He’s picked the brains of Ray Tanner, former USC players and current Gamecocks to make these early days in garnet and black as natural as possible.
Speaking ahead of the most anticipated series of every year, Kingston on Thursday confirmed he had done his homework.
“In terms of great rivalries around the country,” Kingston said at Founders Park, “I’d put Clemson-South Carolina No. 1.”
The Gamecocks (6-3) and 14th-ranked Tigers (8-0) begin their annual traveling weekend series Friday in Columbia.