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2016-17 Basketball Season Thread - WBB vs. MSU - W 67-55 - NATIONAL CHAMPS!!!
Posted on 11/6/16 at 7:33 pm
Posted on 11/6/16 at 7:33 pm
Record: (26-11, 12-6)
Coaches:
Frank Martin - Head Coach (5th Year)
Matt Figger - Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (5th Year)
Perry Clark - Assistant Coach (5th Year)
Bruce Shingler - Assistant Coach (1st Year)
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Andy Assaley - Director of Basketball Operations
Scott Greenawalt - Strength and Conditioning Coach
Doug Edwards - Student-Athlete Development
Mark Rodger - Athletic Trainer
Jay Gibbons - Director of Men's Basketball Video Services
Dushawn Davis - Director of Social Media
Jarett Gerald - Special Assistant to Head Men's Basketball Coach
Brian Steele - Student Assistant Coach
Ryan McIntyre - Graduate Student Manager
Roster
0 Sindarius Thornwell G - SR
1 Kory Holden G - JR (Transfer)
2 Hassani Gravett G - RS SO
4 Rakym Felder G - FR
5 TeMarcus Blanton G - RS SO
10 Duane Notice G - SR
12 Khadim Gueye F - FR
13 Tommy Corchiani G - FR (Walk-On)
14 Ran Tut F - JR
15 PJ Dozier G - SO
20 Justin McKie G - SR
21 Maik Kotsar F - FR
23 Evan Hinson G - FR (Walk-On, Football Scholarship)
24 Sedee Keita F - FR
30 Chris Silva F - SO
31 Jarrell Holliman F - RS JR (Walk-On)
34 John Ragin G - SO (Walk-On)
2016-17 Top Performers (Overall):
PPG: Sindarius Thornwell (21.4)
RPG: Sindarius Thornwell (7.2)
APG: PJ Dozier (2.8)
FG%: Chris Silva (.542)
3FG%: Rakym Felder (.436)
FT%: Sindarius Thornwell (.827)
2016-17 Top Performers (SEC):
PPG: Sindarius Thornwell (22.1)
RPG: Sindarius Thornwell (7.5)
APG: PJ Dozier (2.9)
FG%: Chris Silva (.547)
3FG%: Justin McKie (.406)
FT%: Sindarius Thornwell (.832)
Non-Conference Schedule:
11/11/16, vs.Louisiana Tech, W 85-76
11/13/16, vs.Holy Cross, W 81-49
11/15/16, vs.Monmouth, W 70-69 OT
11/18/16, vs.South Carolina State, W 92-50
11/23/16, vs.Michigan, W 61-46
11/26/16, vs.Syracuse, W 64-50
12/01/16, vs.Vermont, W 68-50
12/04/16, vs.Florida International, W 70-54
12/12/16, vs.Seton Hall, L 64-67
12/17/16, at USF, W 77-66
12/21/16, vs.Clemson, L 60-62
12/27/16, vs.Lander, W 90-62
12/30/16, at Memphis, L 54-70
1/4/17, at Georgia, W 67-61
1/7/17, vs. Texas A&M, W 79-68
1/11/17, at Tennessee, W 70-60
1/14/17, vs. Ole Miss, W 67-56
1/18,17, vs. Florida, W 57-53
1/21/17, at Kentucky, L 69-85
1/24/17, vs. Auburn, W 98-69
1/28/17, at Missouri, W 63-53
2/1/17, at LSU, W 88-63
2/4/17, vs. Georgia, W 77-75
2/7/17, vs. Alabama, L 86-90 4OT
2/11/17, at Mississippi State, W 77-73
2/15/17, vs. Arkansas, L 76-83
2/18/17, at Vanderbilt, L 62-71
2/21/17, at Florida, L 66-81
2/25/17, vs. Tennessee, W 82-55
2/28/17, vs. Mississippi State, W 63-57
3/4/17, at Ole Miss, L 70-75
***SEC Tournament***
3/10/17, vs. Alabama, L 53-64
***NCAA Tournament***
3/17/17, vs. Marquette, W 93-73
3/19/17, vs. Duke, W 88-81
3/24/17, vs. Baylor - W 70-50
3/26/17, vs. Florida - W 77-70
4/1/17, vs. Gonzaga - L 73-77
Coaches:
Frank Martin - Head Coach (5th Year)
Matt Figger - Associate Head Coach/Recruiting Coordinator (5th Year)
Perry Clark - Assistant Coach (5th Year)
Bruce Shingler - Assistant Coach (1st Year)
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Andy Assaley - Director of Basketball Operations
Scott Greenawalt - Strength and Conditioning Coach
Doug Edwards - Student-Athlete Development
Mark Rodger - Athletic Trainer
Jay Gibbons - Director of Men's Basketball Video Services
Dushawn Davis - Director of Social Media
Jarett Gerald - Special Assistant to Head Men's Basketball Coach
Brian Steele - Student Assistant Coach
Ryan McIntyre - Graduate Student Manager
Roster
0 Sindarius Thornwell G - SR
1 Kory Holden G - JR (Transfer)
2 Hassani Gravett G - RS SO
4 Rakym Felder G - FR
5 TeMarcus Blanton G - RS SO
10 Duane Notice G - SR
12 Khadim Gueye F - FR
13 Tommy Corchiani G - FR (Walk-On)
14 Ran Tut F - JR
15 PJ Dozier G - SO
20 Justin McKie G - SR
21 Maik Kotsar F - FR
23 Evan Hinson G - FR (Walk-On, Football Scholarship)
24 Sedee Keita F - FR
30 Chris Silva F - SO
31 Jarrell Holliman F - RS JR (Walk-On)
34 John Ragin G - SO (Walk-On)
2016-17 Top Performers (Overall):
PPG: Sindarius Thornwell (21.4)
RPG: Sindarius Thornwell (7.2)
APG: PJ Dozier (2.8)
FG%: Chris Silva (.542)
3FG%: Rakym Felder (.436)
FT%: Sindarius Thornwell (.827)
2016-17 Top Performers (SEC):
PPG: Sindarius Thornwell (22.1)
RPG: Sindarius Thornwell (7.5)
APG: PJ Dozier (2.9)
FG%: Chris Silva (.547)
3FG%: Justin McKie (.406)
FT%: Sindarius Thornwell (.832)
Non-Conference Schedule:
11/11/16, vs.Louisiana Tech, W 85-76
11/13/16, vs.Holy Cross, W 81-49
11/15/16, vs.Monmouth, W 70-69 OT
11/18/16, vs.South Carolina State, W 92-50
11/23/16, vs.Michigan, W 61-46
11/26/16, vs.Syracuse, W 64-50
12/01/16, vs.Vermont, W 68-50
12/04/16, vs.Florida International, W 70-54
12/12/16, vs.Seton Hall, L 64-67
12/17/16, at USF, W 77-66
12/21/16, vs.Clemson, L 60-62
12/27/16, vs.Lander, W 90-62
12/30/16, at Memphis, L 54-70
1/4/17, at Georgia, W 67-61
1/7/17, vs. Texas A&M, W 79-68
1/11/17, at Tennessee, W 70-60
1/14/17, vs. Ole Miss, W 67-56
1/18,17, vs. Florida, W 57-53
1/21/17, at Kentucky, L 69-85
1/24/17, vs. Auburn, W 98-69
1/28/17, at Missouri, W 63-53
2/1/17, at LSU, W 88-63
2/4/17, vs. Georgia, W 77-75
2/7/17, vs. Alabama, L 86-90 4OT
2/11/17, at Mississippi State, W 77-73
2/15/17, vs. Arkansas, L 76-83
2/18/17, at Vanderbilt, L 62-71
2/21/17, at Florida, L 66-81
2/25/17, vs. Tennessee, W 82-55
2/28/17, vs. Mississippi State, W 63-57
3/4/17, at Ole Miss, L 70-75
***SEC Tournament***
3/10/17, vs. Alabama, L 53-64
***NCAA Tournament***
3/17/17, vs. Marquette, W 93-73
3/19/17, vs. Duke, W 88-81
3/24/17, vs. Baylor - W 70-50
3/26/17, vs. Florida - W 77-70
4/1/17, vs. Gonzaga - L 73-77
This post was edited on 4/2/17 at 7:15 pm
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Posted on 11/6/16 at 7:33 pm to CayceCock13
Record: (33-4, 14-2)
Coaches:
Dawn Staley - Head Coach
Lisa Boyer - Associate Head Coach
Nikki McCray-Penson - Assistant Coach
Fred Chmiel - Assistant Coach
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Melanie Balcomb - Dir. of Coaching Offensive Analytics
Cynthia Jordan - Director of Basketball Operations
Freddy Ready - Director of Player Development
Ariana Moore - Special Assistant to Head Coach
Hudson Jacobs - Video Coordinator
Marcella Shorty - Athletic Trainer
Katie Fowler - Sports Performance Coach
Roster:
0 Victoria Patrick FR - G
1 Bianca Cuevas-Moore JR - G
3 Kaela Davis JR - G
4 Doniyah Cliney SO - G
10 Allisha Gray JR - G
12 Araion Bradshaw FR - G
15 Tiffany Davis SR - G
21 Mikiah Herbert Harrigan FR - F
22 A'ja Wilson JR - F
35 Alexis Jennings JR - F
41 Alaina Coates SR - C
52 Tyasha Harris FR - G
Non-Conference Schedule:
11/14/16, at Ohio State, W 92-80
11/20/16, vs. Hampton, W 92-38
11/21/16, vs. Maine, W 79-42
11/22/16, vs. Saint Peter's, W 93-38
11/27/16, vs. Louisville, W 83-59
12/01/16, at Texas, W 76-67
12/04/16, at Duke, L 63-74
12/11/16, vs. Minnesota, W 98-58
12/15/16, vs. Clemson, W 83-61
12/18/16, vs. UCLA, W 66-57
12/21/16, at Savannah State, W 70-30
1/1/17, vs. Alabama, W 93-45
1/5/17, at Auburn, W 73-47
1/8/17, at Florida, W 81-62
1/12/17, vs. Georgia, W 66-63
1/15/17, at LSU, W 84-61
1/19/17 vs. Ole Miss, W 65-46
1/23/17 vs. Mississippi State, W 64-61
1/26/17, at Georgia, W 62-44
1/30/17, vs. Tennessee, L 74-76
2/2/17, vs. Kentucky, W 75-63
2/5/17, at Arkansas, W 79-49
2/9/17, vs. Auburn, W 60-41
2/13/17, at UCONN, L 66-76
2/16/17, vs. Vanderbilt, W 82-51
2/19/17, at Missouri, L 60-62
2/23/17, at Texas A&M, W 80-64
2/26/17, vs. Kentucky, W 95-87
***SEC Tournament***
3/3/17, vs. Georgia, W 72-48
3/4/17, vs. Kentucky, W 89-77
3/5/17, vs. Mississippi State, W 59-49 - SEC Tournament Champions!!!
***NCAA Tournament***
3/17/17, vs. UNC-Asheville - W 90-40
3/19/17, vs. Arizona State - W 71-68
3/25/17, vs. Quinnipiac - W 100-58
3/28/17, vs. Florida State - W 71-64
3/31/17, vs. Stanford - W 62-53
4/2/17, vs. Mississippi State - W 67-55
Coaches:
Dawn Staley - Head Coach
Lisa Boyer - Associate Head Coach
Nikki McCray-Penson - Assistant Coach
Fred Chmiel - Assistant Coach
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Melanie Balcomb - Dir. of Coaching Offensive Analytics
Cynthia Jordan - Director of Basketball Operations
Freddy Ready - Director of Player Development
Ariana Moore - Special Assistant to Head Coach
Hudson Jacobs - Video Coordinator
Marcella Shorty - Athletic Trainer
Katie Fowler - Sports Performance Coach
Roster:
0 Victoria Patrick FR - G
1 Bianca Cuevas-Moore JR - G
3 Kaela Davis JR - G
4 Doniyah Cliney SO - G
10 Allisha Gray JR - G
12 Araion Bradshaw FR - G
15 Tiffany Davis SR - G
21 Mikiah Herbert Harrigan FR - F
22 A'ja Wilson JR - F
35 Alexis Jennings JR - F
41 Alaina Coates SR - C
52 Tyasha Harris FR - G
Non-Conference Schedule:
11/14/16, at Ohio State, W 92-80
11/20/16, vs. Hampton, W 92-38
11/21/16, vs. Maine, W 79-42
11/22/16, vs. Saint Peter's, W 93-38
11/27/16, vs. Louisville, W 83-59
12/01/16, at Texas, W 76-67
12/04/16, at Duke, L 63-74
12/11/16, vs. Minnesota, W 98-58
12/15/16, vs. Clemson, W 83-61
12/18/16, vs. UCLA, W 66-57
12/21/16, at Savannah State, W 70-30
1/1/17, vs. Alabama, W 93-45
1/5/17, at Auburn, W 73-47
1/8/17, at Florida, W 81-62
1/12/17, vs. Georgia, W 66-63
1/15/17, at LSU, W 84-61
1/19/17 vs. Ole Miss, W 65-46
1/23/17 vs. Mississippi State, W 64-61
1/26/17, at Georgia, W 62-44
1/30/17, vs. Tennessee, L 74-76
2/2/17, vs. Kentucky, W 75-63
2/5/17, at Arkansas, W 79-49
2/9/17, vs. Auburn, W 60-41
2/13/17, at UCONN, L 66-76
2/16/17, vs. Vanderbilt, W 82-51
2/19/17, at Missouri, L 60-62
2/23/17, at Texas A&M, W 80-64
2/26/17, vs. Kentucky, W 95-87
***SEC Tournament***
3/3/17, vs. Georgia, W 72-48
3/4/17, vs. Kentucky, W 89-77
3/5/17, vs. Mississippi State, W 59-49 - SEC Tournament Champions!!!
***NCAA Tournament***
3/17/17, vs. UNC-Asheville - W 90-40
3/19/17, vs. Arizona State - W 71-68
3/25/17, vs. Quinnipiac - W 100-58
3/28/17, vs. Florida State - W 71-64
3/31/17, vs. Stanford - W 62-53
4/2/17, vs. Mississippi State - W 67-55
This post was edited on 4/2/17 at 7:16 pm
Posted on 11/11/16 at 3:44 pm to CayceCock13
Looking forward to seeing what kind of team this year's will be. We lost a lot w/ our bigs & Carrera but hopefully Silva can stay out of foul trouble & Kostar can be active on the boards & play defense. Excited to see how much Dozier has improved. He played good imo as a freshman last year. He showed you flashes of how much potential he has. Expect big things from him this year. Thornwell & Notice are the rocks this year. Notice will get more PT not coming off the bench. When him & Sin are hitting their shots they're almost unguardable because of their ability to put the ball on the floor & make plays driving it. Gonna be a fun year to watch.
Posted on 11/12/16 at 8:10 pm to CayceCock13
Thanks for starting this thread, CayceCock13!! 
I liked the game we played versus LA-Tech (we won 85-76): we played more up-tempo and with a quicker pace which Coach Martin said we would. We shot the ball fairly well, and shot VERY well from the 3-pt line (50% - 9-18).
Our bigs started out struggling with Silva, Kotsar, and Gueye picking up 2 early fouls each missing a lot of minutes. I saw some good things from the youngsters, especially in Kotsar who made plays all over the floor stealing one ball and slapping another one away from behind when LA-Tech was on a fast break. Gueye picked up 3 fouls in 1 minute of play, and was benched from then on. Gravett scored 7 1st half pts and 0 in the 2nd half, but he too showed his scoring capability hitting one from downtown.
Thornwell played very strong with 18 pts, and leading the team with 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and adding a block and a steal. Both Notice and Dozier combined to shoot 9-16 and 5-9 from the arc, and scored 17 pts each. Silva straightened himself out in the 2nd half to end up with 11 pts and 2 blocks.
Hopefully the young bigs improve on picking up the speed of the game and reduce the early fouling: I felt we could have dominated LA-Tech in rebounding, but didn't (we still held the edge 35-29) due to having to shuffle all our bigs in and out of the game with the fouling.
We need to improve on FT shooting a bit, but perhaps the one game isn't a good enough sample size yet.
We play Holy Cross tomorrow at 6 pm. It will be their season-opener. They lost 20 gms last season. Let's go Gamecocks!!
I liked the game we played versus LA-Tech (we won 85-76): we played more up-tempo and with a quicker pace which Coach Martin said we would. We shot the ball fairly well, and shot VERY well from the 3-pt line (50% - 9-18).
Our bigs started out struggling with Silva, Kotsar, and Gueye picking up 2 early fouls each missing a lot of minutes. I saw some good things from the youngsters, especially in Kotsar who made plays all over the floor stealing one ball and slapping another one away from behind when LA-Tech was on a fast break. Gueye picked up 3 fouls in 1 minute of play, and was benched from then on. Gravett scored 7 1st half pts and 0 in the 2nd half, but he too showed his scoring capability hitting one from downtown.
Thornwell played very strong with 18 pts, and leading the team with 7 rebounds and 6 assists, and adding a block and a steal. Both Notice and Dozier combined to shoot 9-16 and 5-9 from the arc, and scored 17 pts each. Silva straightened himself out in the 2nd half to end up with 11 pts and 2 blocks.
Hopefully the young bigs improve on picking up the speed of the game and reduce the early fouling: I felt we could have dominated LA-Tech in rebounding, but didn't (we still held the edge 35-29) due to having to shuffle all our bigs in and out of the game with the fouling.
We need to improve on FT shooting a bit, but perhaps the one game isn't a good enough sample size yet.
We play Holy Cross tomorrow at 6 pm. It will be their season-opener. They lost 20 gms last season. Let's go Gamecocks!!
Posted on 11/13/16 at 5:21 pm to CayceCock13
It appears Rakym Felder is back from suspension because he just entered and played his first collegiate minutes.
Posted on 11/13/16 at 5:47 pm to CayceCock13
One thing that has jumped out to me in these first 2 games, PJ can shoot from distance. He looks like a totally different player so far this year.
Posted on 11/13/16 at 7:22 pm to CayceCock13
Gamecocks win 81-49 to improve to 2-0. They'll conclude their 3 games in 5 days start to the season by hosting a tough and dangerous Monmouth on Tuesday night.
Thornwell led the team again with 20 pts: Dozier scored 15 pts, and McKie added 10 pts. The team shot 50% (12-24) from the 3-pt. arc, 59% (27-46) overall, and 94% (15-16) from the FT line. That's back-to-back games to open the season shooting 50% or better from 3-pt distance, and the team isn't being stingy on taking the shots either (21-42 thus far).
The team has a lot of height, athleticism, and quickness, and Coach Martin is looking to rotate everyone heavily, at least during the early part of the season. That will help the team be able to keep playing a physically overwhelming style of game once the SEC season kicks in...
Thornwell led the team again with 20 pts: Dozier scored 15 pts, and McKie added 10 pts. The team shot 50% (12-24) from the 3-pt. arc, 59% (27-46) overall, and 94% (15-16) from the FT line. That's back-to-back games to open the season shooting 50% or better from 3-pt distance, and the team isn't being stingy on taking the shots either (21-42 thus far).
The team has a lot of height, athleticism, and quickness, and Coach Martin is looking to rotate everyone heavily, at least during the early part of the season. That will help the team be able to keep playing a physically overwhelming style of game once the SEC season kicks in...
Posted on 11/13/16 at 7:23 pm to CayceCock13
They showed tremendous improvement from game one tonight ... their 3 pt shooting was threw the roof.
Posted on 11/13/16 at 8:23 pm to scrooster
Yeah it's nice to see how well we've shot the basketball, one concerning thing that's jumped out at me is the fact our bigs have stayed in foul trouble a lot. Silva being the main one, he's got to be on the floor more to be at our best.
Posted on 11/13/16 at 9:46 pm to CayceCock13
I was at the game tonight so I didn't get the benefit of instant replay, but it looked like a couple of the calls against Silva were really ticky tack bad calls.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 7:52 pm to scrooster
Close one
Posted on 11/15/16 at 7:54 pm to CNB
Dozier GOAT 
Jeez we played so bad
Jeez we played so bad
Posted on 11/15/16 at 7:56 pm to CayceCock13
Wow ... just wow. I had written this one off. Wish I had gone now.
Posted on 11/15/16 at 8:14 pm to scrooster
We did everything in our power to give the game away. Perhaps Monmouth can say they played lousy at the beginning of each half, but we stormed out to huge leads in each with solid shooting and great defense.
Then each half devolved into stone cold shooting, poor FT shooting when we got a chance to add points to our lead despite the poor shooting, and non-stop fouling and turning the ball over.
We played very sloppy and kept Monmouth in the game, when we also showed glimpses of basketball that would have been a run-away route win for us. Real Jekyl and Hyde stuff.
The good thing is we still won and are still undefeated despite the poor play. So we live another day to hopefully improve from our mistakes without it costing us a loss. We got another game this Friday against SC State which should be an easier game. Should, I say.....
Then each half devolved into stone cold shooting, poor FT shooting when we got a chance to add points to our lead despite the poor shooting, and non-stop fouling and turning the ball over.
We played very sloppy and kept Monmouth in the game, when we also showed glimpses of basketball that would have been a run-away route win for us. Real Jekyl and Hyde stuff.
The good thing is we still won and are still undefeated despite the poor play. So we live another day to hopefully improve from our mistakes without it costing us a loss. We got another game this Friday against SC State which should be an easier game. Should, I say.....
Posted on 11/16/16 at 5:09 pm to ConwayGamecock
Someone able to provide some breakdown of the basketball team? So many players left from last year's team I know nothing about ya'll
Just things like
-Predictions for season
-Strength/weaknesses
-Key players
-What will make/break your season
Trying to gauge where all the SEC teams feel regarding their BBall teams, seems 6-7 teams feel like they could make pushes to top 4-5
Just things like
-Predictions for season
-Strength/weaknesses
-Key players
-What will make/break your season
Trying to gauge where all the SEC teams feel regarding their BBall teams, seems 6-7 teams feel like they could make pushes to top 4-5
Posted on 11/16/16 at 7:56 pm to GenesChin
Conway, 88, et al, will be able to help with that.
My take is that expectations are to dance in March.
Strength is our backcourt and our coach. Also, we will be known for tenacious defense once again.
Key players; Thornwell, Dozier, Silva, Notice
Our season will be made or broken depending upon how quickly a few of the new guys adapt and contribute in key situations as the season progresses. Oh, and depending upon how many times we put the ball through the hoop ... how many points we score, how good we are from the free throw line, etc.
My take is that expectations are to dance in March.
Strength is our backcourt and our coach. Also, we will be known for tenacious defense once again.
Key players; Thornwell, Dozier, Silva, Notice
Our season will be made or broken depending upon how quickly a few of the new guys adapt and contribute in key situations as the season progresses. Oh, and depending upon how many times we put the ball through the hoop ... how many points we score, how good we are from the free throw line, etc.
This post was edited on 11/16/16 at 8:01 pm
Posted on 11/16/16 at 8:35 pm to scrooster
You think think your team is better or worse this year ?
Posted on 11/16/16 at 10:22 pm to GenesChin
Better ... deeper, more athletic.
Posted on 11/16/16 at 10:54 pm to scrooster
I thought I read a preseason projection that y'all had some depth issues after the disciplinary judgments
If Dozier doesn't make the next step again, how big of a deal will that end up being?
If Dozier doesn't make the next step again, how big of a deal will that end up being?
Posted on 11/17/16 at 8:22 am to GenesChin
I would like to thank the Gamecock community for the hashtag #shootyhoops. I laugh my arse off everytime i read that
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