David Cloninger

of 2 COLUMBIA — Who knows if it's ever over? Just on Friday night, a Wisconsin player left for Miami without entering the transfer

No. 2 South Carolina hosted No. 13 Oklahoma on Sunday, seeking to stay perfect in the SEC. The Gamecocks are in the midst of five straight games against the Top-25

South Carolina basketball player Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk, or BVV, will leave USC with a law degree and has already accepted a position with a Chicago firm.

Snowy and ice across the Southeast forced a change in plans for Thursday's anticipated showdown between No. 2 South Carolina and No. 5 LSU. The game will now be played on Friday.

South Carolina hosted No. 5 Florida on Wednesday night, attempting to win its first SEC game. The Gamecocks men's basketball team lost to the Gators, 70-69.

COLUMBIA — It isn't a secret because the proof is there for anyone to see. Second-ranked South Carolina isn't publicizing it for the same reason it

South Carolina awarded football coach Shane Beamer a contract extension and raise on Friday after the fourth-year big whistle led the Gamecocks to a nine-win season.

COLUMBIA — For four games, they'd controlled from the tip. Second-ranked South Carolina had gotten used to it.

COLUMBIA — Are you kidding? Is there a Deity of College Basketball up there, cackling gleefully and rifling the pages at the back of the book, planning

COLUMBIA — The hoopla of his hiring is long past, the important but tedious work of fall practice concluded.