I’m going to start off by making a bit of an understatement here: The South Carolina men’s basketball team has been having a rough go of it early this season.
The very first time we saw the 2018-19 Gamecocks suit up, it was in a 77-72 exhibition loss to a Division II Augusta squad. While dropping a game like that is never a good look, it didn’t count against USC’s record, and plenty of high-profile programs have slipped up in these contests against lower-level opponents throughout the years. I wasn’t exactly thrilled, but I wasn’t ready to mash the panic button either.