Frank Martin, wearing a gray quarter-zip pullover on a January morning in Columbia, tried painting a picture of his future self. On an island. In tropical attire.
“I’ll have the Tommy Bahama shorts, Tony Soprano shirt, a pair of flip-flops,” he said. “And I’m gonna be staring into the ocean about 10 hours a day and doing nothing but reflecting.”
That’s when, the South Carolina coach said, he’ll fully relive what happened March 26, 2017, in Madison Square Garden.
The Gamecocks (12-7, 3-4 SEC) and the 20th-ranked Florida Gators (14-5, 6-1) meet again Wednesday evening in Gainesville’s O’Connell Center.