re: USA Today Preseason Basketball Poll released

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I get that it is preseason, but I don't think I've ever seen a major conference team that made it to the Final Four (especially one of only a few SEC teams to ever make it) get so little respect the following year.

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I give South Carolina a lot of props for making the final four (I hope we make it there one day), but how can you not understand the skepticism? Y'all were a great defensive team with one and sometimes 2 scorers and you got hot in the tournament. You lost both of those guys. You don't have a recent history of success outside of last season. Your incoming class was ranked 63rd by 247 composite. The best player you landed was ranked 151. The other 4 were all outside of the top 300 prospects. Show me another final four team that had the same question marks South Carolina has.

I get that you believe in the guys coming back and in your coach, but there is plenty of reasons for skepticism.