South Carolina Picked To Finish Last In The SEC

At any time when a program undergoes a heavy turnover in a single offseason, there is not a lot slack given resulting from an absence of historic accomplishments. It turns into simple for followers and media members alike to comply with the narrative {that a} staff in these circumstances will not thrive the next season. 

South Carolina appears to be the newest staff falling sufferer to that narrative. In the course of the SEC’s media day session for the convention’s males’s basketball groups earlier this week, the Gamecocks have been projected to complete useless final within the convention this upcoming season.

This projection can typically elicit profound responses from these near this system, particularly the top coach. When requested at SEC media days what his ideas have been on the prediction, Paris admitted he understood the reasoning behind it however let it’s recognized that this is not unfamiliar territory for him.

“It did not shock me. I’d say that, most likely. You look [at the roster], we’ve got the least expertise most likely total by way of who’s competed at this stage, and even at completely different ranges by way of minutes performed, factors scored, I can see the place that stems from. So it did not shock me. I have been picked final simply on the whole, oftentimes. I thrive on that; I am motivated by that. There aren’t lots of the reason why I am standing at this podium proper now. It wasn’t trigger I performed at a blue blood [program], it wasn’t as a result of I had whoever the present czar of basketball is looking to get me a job, that is not the way it occurred. So I exploit that to encourage myself actually.”

Paris additionally made it clear that this projection could be used to encourage his staff and stated whereas it does not mechanically equate to success, it would open a door of alternative for them to catch individuals without warning.

“I’ll impart that on our guys to get the place we’ll take it private. We’ll have a chip on our shoulders. It doesn’t suggest we’ll win all 32 common season video games as a result of we’ve got a chip on our shoulder, however the place you might be picked and the place you end are oftentimes two various things, and you recognize I hope to place a product on the market that persons are scratching their heads and saying ‘Now how on the planet did that work… How is that this taking place?’ so I aspire to have individuals scratching their heads in some unspecified time in the future on how we did what we did, however actually, that’ll be a motivating issue for us.”

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