Sunday afternoon was rough for several bubble teams, including South Carolina.
With automatic bids at stake in conference tournaments, several upsets occurred including Texas, St. John’s, Maryland, Southern Miss and Missouri State all losing.
Four of those five teams should earn an at-large bid with Maryland being a bubble team.
With conference tournament winners earning an automatic bid, four or five teams on the bubble will not make the NCAA Tournament.
USC had a case for getting in after advancing to the SEC Tournament semifinals, but a 13-17 SEC record will make it tough on the Gamecocks now.