COLUMBIA (AP) – South Carolina is a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament for a second straight year – and this time the Gamecocks get to host a couple of games.
The Southeastern Conference champion Gamecocks (30-2) are atop the Greensboro Region and open Friday against No. 16 seed Savannah State (21-10), the Mid-Eastern American Conference winners who fell at the Colonial Life Arena 111-49 on Dec. 14.
South Carolina is making its fourth straight NCAA appearance and holding a home game for the first time since 2002. That was the final year schools in the state could hold women’s basketball regionals because of the NCAA’s ban of South Carolina for flying the Confederate flag on Statehouse grounds. NCAA rules shifted to awarding sites on merit, putting the Gamecocks at home.
