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Monday, March 18, 2013  South Carolina is holding steady in this week's Top 25 polls at No. 5 after four wins last week including a successful trip to Missouri for the season's SEC-opening series

Sunday, March 17, 2013  Nolan Belcher continued his dominance on the mound throwing 8.1 scoreless innings as the No. 5 Gamecocks defeated Missouri 2-0 in game one of their doubleheader Saturday.

Friday, March 15, 2013  South Carolina sophomore Evan Beal struck out a career-high 10 batters as the No. 5 Gamecocks beat Missouri 4-1 on Friday in the SEC opener at Taylor Stadium.

Tuesday, February 12, 2013  South Carolina has been picked to finish third in the SEC East by the conference's coaches.

Tuesday, January 22, 2013  No. 22 Missouri overcame poor shooting and a 13-point second-half deficit to beat South Carolina 71-65 on Tuesday night.

Tuesday, January 08, 2013  South Carolina's first-year coach Frank Martin has been prepping for his Southeastern Conference debut since growing up in south Florida.  The Gamecocks open SEC play Wednesday.

Saturday, November 24, 2012  LeShay Page scored 22 points and Michael Carrera added 18 to lead South Carolina to a 74-67 win against Missouri State in overtime Saturday at the Hoops for Hope Classic.

Thursday, October 18, 2012  The University of South Carolina football team will open its 2013 Southeastern Conference schedule at Georgia next fall. That game returns to its more traditional second week of the season.

Monday, September 24, 2012  Call it the Head Ball Coach media blackout.

Sunday, September 23, 2012  Carolina QB sets school record for most completions in a row.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012  Steve Spurrier naming Connor Shaw the starting quarterback for the Missouri game during his press conference on Tuesday afternoon.

Monday, September 17, 2012  Gamecocks lose key defender for Missouri game.

Monday, September 10, 2012  The kickoff time for the "Battle of the Columbias" was released Monday.

Thursday, July 19, 2012  Georgia was picked to win the Eastern Division, followed by South Carolina, Florida, Missouri, Tennessee, Vanderbilt and Kentucky.

Monday, December 27, 2010  Neighbors Iowa and Missouri to renew once-vicious rivalry after 100 years at Insight Bowl