Gamecocks relish chance to take on top-ranked Cats

Devan Downey - photo by Aluka Berry | AP
Devan Downey - photo by Aluka Berry | AP

No two teams in college basketball had more different outcomes Saturday than and South Carolina. The now-unanimous No. 1 Wildcats led by as many as 45 on before settling in for a 101-70 win. Meanwhile, a little later, broke the Gamecocks’ hearts with a 3-pointer at the buzzer. is eager to face the No. 1 team in the country: “Some people never have this opportunity”. As emotional as those results were, for strikingly different reasons, they no longer matter. Just that quickly, it’s about the present and not the incredibly recent past.

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