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Sapakoff: College of Charleston slugger Carl Wise a big miss for Gamecocks, Tigers

The Carl Wise recruiting process wasn’t very complicated for the College of Charleston. Three years ago, Cougars head coach Monte Lee placed a phone call.

Wise: “Hello.”

Gene Sapakoff

Lee: “Hi, Carl, this is Coach Lee. Do you want to play for the College of …”

Wise: “Yes.”

The Cougars lucked out without having to conduct as much as a campus tour. Overlooked by South Carolina, Clemson and every other NCAA Division I school but Charleston Southern, Wise has become the catalyst hitter in the No. 20 Cougars’ torrid lineup.