Two of Frank Martinthe most talented players during his tenure in South Carolina accessed Twitter at Monday.
Reports are emerging that Martin and the Gamecocks could be splitting up after nine years, a term that produced an overall record of 153-133 and an appearance at the NCAA Tournament, which resulted in a spot in the Fourth Final in 2017. point guard PJ Dozier and All-American guard Sindarius Thornwell, tweeted the following:
“I’m not a fan of those rumors I hear about the future of our men’s basketball program at USC. I look forward to seeing where the loyalty is, ” Dozier wrote in his first tweet.
“We all know how loyal Coach Frank is,” Dozier followed with. “And he will never say that, but let’s not forget how he maintained his vision and changed the program when he could have gone elsewhere.”
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“(You) can’t name me another coach who fought the things that Frank fought this year and still manages to be there fully invested,” Thornwell wrote.
The Gamecocks ended the season’s defeat in nine of their last 10 games. Seven of those losses were decided by double digits. Seven games were canceled this season due to three different pauses in team activity due to the covid-19 health and safety protocols. Martin tested positive for the virus twice, once in May and once during the season in January. The overall 6-15 record broke South Carolina’s six-season streak, which ended with a victory or even a record that dates back to the 2014-15 season.
Dozier, a Columbia native and candidate for the 2015 class five stars, chose to play for his hometown team and follow in the footsteps of his father, Perry Sr., uncle, Terry and older sister, Asia, to play basketball Gamecocks. In 70 career games played over two seasons, Dozier averaged 10.4 points, 3.9 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game.
Thornwell, a four-star recruit from the 2013 Class of Lancaster, SC, has been the face of the South Carolina men’s basketball program from the moment he signed up with his home state school as a four-star candidate from Oak Hill for the All-American and SEC Player of the Year Award that he won as a senior.
Thornwell ranks fifth in the program’s history in games played (132), first in games started (132), first in minutes played (4,207), ninth in shots made (596), third in shots (1,521), third in three three-point field goals scored (179), four three-point field goals attempted (528), fourth in free throws made (570), fifth in free throws attempted (739), tenth in rebounds (684), ninth in assists (390) and the fourth in robberies (199).
He had career-high averages in almost all statistical categories as a senior, including points (21.4), rebounds (7.1) and steals (2.1), along with the percentage of goals (44, 4) and free throw (83.0). Thornwell took the Gamecocks to the Final Four with 29 points against Marquette, 24 points against Duke, 24 points against Baylor and 26 points against Florida.