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LSU's wins prove that they'll be a tough nut to crack; fortunately we get them this year at the Colonial Life Arena and not at the Pete Maravich Center. This has got to be a must-win if we want a shot at post-season play. At the end of last season I said that LSU coach Trent Johnson's seat was just as hot as Darrin Horn's, but I think LSU will make the NIT, which will cool the heat down appreciably for Trent. That said, looking at the bottom part of the SEC this year, we have every reason to believe that we can move up if we can figure a few things out over the next few weeks. The conference is weak this year. Nothing like last year when the SEC East was so brutally good. is that Kentucky, Florida and Vanderbilt are better this year. I would be surprised if we won even one game out of those six; and tickled pink if we could steal two against them. Our best opportunity to make up ground in the (old) East is against Tennessee and Georgia; neither the Vols nor the Dawgs are as good as they were last year, but then we The young basketball season has not been kind to the Gamecocks. An easy win over Western Carolina was followed by a road loss to Elon, leaving us us 1-1 out of the gate. Darrin Horn and the team need to treat these next three weeks as the start of a second season. We will be favored in every game except Ohio State. While I hope we don't roll over against the Buckeyes, there is no reason why we cannot go 5-1 over this stretch to improve to at least 8-6 – two games over .500 for the start of SEC play (which as luck would have it is against No. 1 UK at Rupp Arena in Lexington. 2. Malik Cooke needs to remain steady but improve his game. The lone senior on the squad, Malik is averaging 12 ppg and 5 rbg, but shooting 43%. He's been the MVP on the team so far, and he has to remain rock-solid from here on-out, but he also must get his shooting average up over 50%; we need more 21 point nights like he had in the losing effort against Providence; if he could consistently average just six more points a game (a mere three more put-backs), and three more rebounds, it would pay off huge dividends. 3. Damontre Harris needs to emerge as a reliable starter. We're seeing steady signs that the sophomore from Fayetteville is becoming an impact player – 10 points against Clemson, 15 against Southern Cal, but his 0.0 in 15 minutes versus Providence was a huge handicap in our loss to the Friars. If Harris can be relied upon to score in the double-digits game in and game out, it will force Gill and Slawson to work harder too. Gill has all the tools to be a star but needs to play with even more moxy. RJ Slawson is not developing like I thought he would, though its still early. 4. Keep Eric Smith at PG, and rotate Ellington, Richardson and Leonard at 2G. This is pretty self-explanatory; it's something we talked about last year. Smith is second on the team averaging 8.8 – we need his reliability more than we need guys gunning (and missing) from the arc; Brenton Williams will back Smith up when William's ankle heals, and we won't need to play SF Lakeem Jackson out of position at PG. As far as the 2 spot, whoever has the hot hand should play the off-guard. Now that we have Ellington back, we don't have to rely so much on Leonard, who needs time to find his stroke; with the pressure off, I imagine we will see him gain more and more confidence. 5. Fan Turn-Out. It's a two-way street. Love or hate Darrin Horn, we need to support our team. We're not even consistently filling up the lower ring at the Colonial Life Arena. It's taking its toll more than internet chatter or bad press. If you can make a game, go. Why? I imagine it is a myriad of reasons. Time of year, Horn, are we a football/baseball school, regardless, you are correct. Fan support is a mutually reinforcing positive to the program and without it the team will not perform as well not to mention it is hard to recruit when their is no support. However, Horn needs to win period. is exactly right. People are voting with the feet, however. Plus, to be honest, I don

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