re: Basketball: Does Your Fanbase Expect to Make the Tourney this Year?

Last season we were shaky in team rebounding and scoring in the paint. I believe this coming season we'll become more of a inside-dominant team with improvement in both those areas. Silva IMO will develop into an all-conference level player, and Kotsar will be closer to averaging double-digits.

The big question will be who picks up all the scoring from the departed guards. With improved inside play they won't need to totally fill the void: Felder has shown explosive ability to score, and should be the front-runner to replace Dozier at PG, but he needs to become more consistent. Transfer Holden was the leading scorer and assist man playing PG at smaller Delaware, and has scoring ability. Gravett needs to do more offensively.

Too many new additions to the roster at guard and small forward, so the rotations at those positions still needs to be seen before any projections can be made. The newcomers need to pick up Coach Martin's defensive style and intensity quickly, and that often takes time and a little ugliness before that happens, but that style led the Gamecocks to the Final Four last season, so I doubt there will be any lack of quickly buying in and having faith in what Coach Martin and his staff are teaching, like there has been in the past.....