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South Carolina Wins, for a Change

The University of South Carolina basketball has entered the NCAA tournament as a No. 2 seed only to be upset in the first round. The following year, with a No. 3 ranking, there was another debacle. And the football team has had a Heisman Trophy winner (George Rogers) and two marquee coaches (Lou Holtz, Steve Spurrier) and...

Blake Cooper Leads South Carolina to Win, One Game Away from CWS Title

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- The College World Series is no time for rest, not when you're trying to win your school's first national championship in baseball. South Carolina's Blake Cooper wanted the ball for Game 1 of the CWS finals, even if it meant a second straight start off just three days' rest. Gamecocks coach Ray Tanner...

Never-Say-Die Gamecocks Set Sights on First National Championship

OMAHA, Neb. -- Given the success of California teams in the College World Series, it seems fitting that UCLA is playing for the national championship in the last year of Rosenblatt Stadium. The Bruins have an opportunity to ink a storybook ending by winning the program's first national title in baseball. South Carolina...

South Carolina Knocks Off Top-Seeded Arizona State in CWS

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) -- Usually, Ray Tanner is cautioning his team about the perils of the big inning. This time, the South Carolina coach was celebrating one. Jackie Bradley and Adrian Morales homered during an eight-run second inning that propelled the Gamecocks to an 11-4 victory over No. 1 national seed Arizona State...

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05/29/12 Coaches, players weigh in on Columbia Regional Source: SCNOW.com When their school's name flashed across the television screen during the NCAA baseball selection show Monday, Coastal Carolina players weren't surprised about where they were going.
05/28/12 History on USC's side as it receives regional host... Source: Aiken Standard - Aiken SC USC is in contention to receive a national seed but not a lock.
05/24/12 USC gets squeezed in SEC Baseball Tournament opener Source: Herald-Journal - Spartanburg SC Mike Yastrzemski's two-strike eighth-inning squeeze play for Vanderbilt put the squeeze on South Carolina's Southeastern Conference Tournament title hopes.
Yastrzemski, the grandson of former Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, drove in Vince Conde with the winning run in the Commodores' 3-2 victory at Regions Park Wednesday night.
"That's just something I felt like was the right thing to do at the right time," Commodores coach Tim Corbin said.
05/23/12 Gamecocks looking for strong showing in SEC tourney Source: Independent-Mail - Anderson SC South Carolina's freshmen are freshmen no more, at least that's what coach Ray Tanner is hoping to see this week.
05/22/12 Tanner: Gamecocks just need to win Source: FOX Sports South Carolina head coach Ray Tanner knows what it takes to win in the postseason as well as any coach in the country.