There’s some excitement around Columbia about what the South Carolina basketball program is building. Most of it, however, is centered around the transfer portal class and the return of Meechie Johnson. There’s never too much of a good thing, of course, but one player being overshadowed in the hype is the one that was one of the best centers in the SEC late last season: Josh Gray.
The 7-footer is the tallest player on South Carolina basketball’s roster by four inches, standing well above new transfers B.J. Mack and Stephen Clark. He is the only true center on the team, and while basketball as a whole has been shifting toward a more positionless game in recent years, a good rim protector is always going to be a net plus for any team.