South Carolina won its first win on the road and in the first quadrant a win of the season on Wednesday night, a 72-66 victory for Florida’s number 22.
The Gamecocks (5-6, 3-4), who had lost four of their five games when they landed in Gainesville, had a NET rating of 104. When they woke up in Columbia on Thursday morning, they had a NET of 92 of the year was against the Gators team that was in 20th (now with 27) on NET.
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Frank Martin’s team has a lot of work to do over the next six weeks, but achieving victory on the signature road will go a long way if the curriculum continues to improve as the league schedule progresses.
South Carolina quadrant wins / losses analysis
T1 – 1-3
Q2 – 1-2
Q3 – 2-1
Q4 – 1-0
Quadrant 1: Home vs. 1-30; Neutral vs. 1-50; Absent vs. 1-75.
Quadrant 2: House 31-75; Neutral 51-100; Absent 76-135.
Quadrant 3: Home 76-160; Neutral 101-200; Absent 136-240.
Quadrant 4: house 161 or more; Neutral 201-plus; Absent 241 or more.
South Carolina remaining schedule (current NET)
Saturday, February 6 – vs. Mississippi State (84)
Tuesday, February 9 – vs. Alabama (8)
Saturday, February 13 – vs. Ole Miss (69)
Tuesday, February 16 – in Tennessee (13)
Saturday, February 20 – vs. Missouri (28)
Wednesday, February 24 – in the state of Mississippi (84)
Saturday, February 27 – in Georgia (99)
Tuesday, March 2 – vs. Arkansas (30)
TBD – in Kentucky (77)
TBD – on Ole Miss (69)
TBD – vs. Tennessee (13)
March 10-14 – SEC Tournament (Nashville)
Current NET of opponents played
in Florida – 27 (won)
vs Tulsa (neutral) – 88 (won)
vs Georgia – 99 (won)
vs Texas A&M – 138 (win)
vs Florida A&M – 279 (win)
in Houston – 5 (lost)
in Missouri – 28 (lost)
at LSU – 43 (lost)
vs Auburn – 63 (lost)
vs Liberty (neutral) – 89 (lost)
at Vanderbilt – 150 (lost)