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South Carolina women's basketball: Gamecocks top NCAA's second top 16 reveal
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South Carolina topped the NCAA selection committee’s second top 16 reveal, which was announced on Thursday and included some juicy made-for-tv matchups.
Amidst lots of uncertainty, the Gamecocks were one of the few sure things. The Gamecocks are the top-ranked team in the NET rankings, the AP poll, and the Coaches’ poll and have the most ranked wins in the country (six).
Beneath South Carolina, things got more interesting. Ohio State and Stanford swapped spots, and UCLA jumped from the seventh overall seed to the fourth top seed. Colorado, who was the last one seed, dropped to a four seed.
The most intriguing change is Iowa. The Hawkeyes dropped from fifth overall to seventh, which isn’t a huge drop but puts them in danger of falling to a three if they lose to Ohio State on Sunday and then early in the Big Ten Tournament. But the big story is that the committee matched Iowa with South Carolina.
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The entire top 16 is:
1. South Carolina
2. Ohio State
3. Stanford
4. UCLA
5. Virginia Tech
6. Texas
7. Iowa
8. Southern Cal
9. LSU
10. UConn
11. NC State
12. Oregon State
13. Colorado
14. Indiana
15. Gonzaga
16. Oklahoma
These rankings are considered a snapshot in time, as if the season ended today. They are not rankings that the committee builds on for future rankings. That is important to remember, especially with Virginia Tech losing Thursday night.
Teams are seeded on an approximate S-curve, so the committee tries to pair the strongest 1-seed (1st overall) with the weakest 2-seed (8th overall). However other bracketing rules (primarily having to break up the Pac-12 teams) prevent a true S-curve.
For the second season, the NCAA tournament has only two regional sites. South Carolina is in the Albany region. South Carolina is paired with Iowa, Oregon State, and Oklahoma in the Albany 1 region.
The Albany 2 region is Ohio State, Southern Cal, LSU, and Colorado. Ohio State and Southern Cal opened the season against each other in Las Vegas. Portland 3 is Stanford, Texas, NC State, and Indiana. Portland 4 is UCLA, Virginia Tech, UConn, and Gonzaga.
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People From These States Are Moving To South Carolina | Digg
According to the latest available IRS tax return data, South Carolina saw a net gain of nearly 33,000 households in 2022 — and a handful of states lost far more residents to the Palmetto State than others.
Using analysis by SmartAsset, we mapped the net number of households that moved into South Carolina from the rest of the US in the 2022 tax year.
South Carolina attracted more people from New York than anywhere else, with 5,476 Empire State households making the move. North Carolina (3,252), New Jersey (2,978), Pennsylvania (2,657) and California (2,563) followed behind.
At the other end of the ranking, just three households from the District Of Columbia joined the state.
The highest-earning households to relocate to South Carolina came from Arkansas, and brought an average adjusted gross income of $202,256 with them.
The only state to take more residents from South Carolina than it gave was Tennessee, who saw a net of 51 South Carolinian households move in over the year analyzed.
Via SmartAsset.
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SEC Power Rankings: South Carolina women’s basketball set to dominate new era of conference
SEC women’s basketball is back in more ways than one.
With newcomers Texas and Oklahoma, the SEC is looking stronger than ever, and it shouldn’t really be a debate about if it’s the best conference anymore. The last three national championships were won by SEC teams, including South Carolina going 38-0 last season, and the conference is only going to get more dominant.
Now, onto the preseason power rankings:
1. South Carolina
What to know: Dawn Staley’s daycare has a year of experience – and by experience, I mean an undefeated national championship run – to their credit. I have no reason to doubt the Gamecocks here.
2. LSU
What to know: Kim Mulkey’s strategy of pulling big names out of the portal has worked, and I don’t see why it wouldn’t work once again, especially with Flau’jae Johnson leading the charge.
3. Texas
What to know: I’m high on Texas as Vic Schaefer returns to the SEC, but he has to face Staley and the Gamecocks twice. Just ask him how that went when he was at Mississippi State.
4. Oklahoma
What to know: The Sooners have enough redshirt seniors to fill a starting lineup, and with their experience, they’ll make a splash their first year in the SEC.
5. Ole Miss
What to know: Coach Yo has turned the Rebels into a solid SEC program, which makes it all the more confusing why she was desperate enough to hire someone on staff who would only pass an Ole Miss basketball background check.
6. Kentucky
What to know: Kentucky is ranked this high purely because of Georgia Amoore. No, I will not be explaining further.
7. Alabama
What to know: Alabama brings back all but one of its starters, so if it can’t keep its place in the upper half of the SEC, things are looking bleaker in Tuscaloosa than I thought.
8. Tennessee
What to know: There’s a new kid on the block – well, actually, make that two – at Tennessee, which is about to find out if going young and bold is the path to national relevance again.
9. Auburn
What to know: Johnnie Harris’ defense paired with a pure scorer in Taliah Scott? Yeah, sign me up. Don’t be surprised when Auburn wins some big games this season.
10. Florida
What to know: The Gators have always been a middle of the pack, not horrible, but not great, type of team, and that hasn’t changed under Kelly Rae Finley. Here’s to hoping her talented youngsters can shake things up in a good way.
11. Vanderbilt
What to know: Everyone messed around and let Shea Ralph get a roster with more depth than she has ever had at Vanderbilt. Women’s basketball might be on a Vandy football vibe this season.
12. Texas A&M
What to know: The Aggies never really reached their full potential last year and lost two starters. I can’t guarantee they’ll be exciting, but I’ll bet Joni Taylor’s defense will still give a lot of teams problems.
13. Mississippi State
What to know: I can count on one hand how many returners Mississippi State has. And maybe that’s a good thing based on how last season ended.
14. Georgia
What to know: Georgia was abysmal last season and didn’t add the players to make me believe it will be any better this season in a loaded SEC.
15. Arkansas
What to know: Mike Neighbors went international to fill some holes left by a mass exodus after last season. That’s one way to not have to deal with NIL, I guess.
16. Missouri
What to know: Missouri went from being the last team to hand South Carolina a loss in SEC play to last in the conference in two seasons. My, how times have changed and the coach hasn’t.
Cora Hall covers University of Tennessee women’s athletics. Email her at cora.hall@knoxnews.com and follow her on Twitter @corahalll. If you enjoy Cora’s coverage, consider a digital subscription that allows you to access all of it.
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Who’s in, who’s out for South Carolina football vs No. 11 Texas A&M in Week 10 SEC matchup
COLUMBIA — South Carolina football has a tough test Saturday against No. 11 Texas A&M, but as of Wednesday, it has a short injury report, a good sign for coach Shane Beamer.
The Gamecocks (4-3, 2-3 SEC) have been without wide receiver Jared Brown since the Ole Miss game on Oct. 5, but he is listed as probable in the first injury report of the week. He has 103 yards on eight catches this season, plus 27 rushing yards on two carries. South Carolina is coming off its second open date of the season, and most recently won on the road in Norman, beating Oklahoma 35-9.
Texas A&M (7-1, 5-0) defeated LSU 38-23 last week, and come to Williams-Brice Stadium on Saturday riding a seven-game winning streak.
The SEC injury report is released on Wednesday night of a conference game week and is updated each day, with a final report 90 minutes prior to kickoff.
Here’s the latest injury news for both South Carolina and Texas A&M.
South Carolina football injury report vs Texas A&M
This story will be updated daily to reflect the latest information
South Carolina
- OL Jakai Moore (out)
- DT DeAndre Jules (out)
- WR Jared Brown (probable)
Texas A&M
- RB Rueben Owens (out)
- DB Tyreek Chappell (out)
- OL Mark Nabou Jr. (out)
- OL Chase Bisontis (out)
- WR Jahdae Walker (out, 1st half)
- QB Jaylen Henderson (questionable)
Lulu Kesin covers South Carolina athletics for The Greenville News and the USA TODAY Network. Email her at lkesin@gannett.com and follow her on X, formerly known as Twitter, @Lulukesin
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