KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — We talked to Bree Hall off-podium tonight in Knoxville, so here's some exlusive quotes from South Carolina's guard about the 66-55 win over Tennessee.

Commenting on Dawn Staley's quote about how she felt like they were going to lose:
"I think it was a bit sluggish, but I'm glad that we cleaned it up in that second half."

On what changed late:
"I think honestly, it was just our mindset. We went into halftime like, 'we got this, we got 20 more minutes, and we're still in this game.' And that's what we did."

On what helped them grind this one out:
"Honestly, like she said, we are complete competitors to the next level, and we're never hanging our heads. As down as we get, we are never like, 'oh yeah, we are out of the game.' We are always like, 'Oh yeah, we can make a comeback, let's score and let's get a stop.'"

On the rough outside shooting:
"Tennessee did a good job scouting us, and that's going to happen. Every team is of course trying to figure out a new way to stop us, so I give them their props on that. I think a little bit of it was us trying to find the right shot, and making sure that we finish our shot. That was another thing that we really struggled with, finishing our shot and staying in the shot."

On Kamilla Cardoso's return:
"When I saw Kamilla, boy, we were so excited to see her. Just having her back out there was amazing, and we greeted her with lots of hugs. She knows she feels the love from us, and tonight, I mean, just having her out there to help me calm down. I feel like we kind of match each other's energy in that, we always are there to just calm each other down, making sure we're telling each other good job, we've got this, and just having her out there tonight was really good."

On Raven Johnson's rebounding:
"That's amazing. I'm so proud of her. I know I was not on tonight specifically, but she was always there by my side telling me to stay in the game and keep myself level-headed."

On what she saw on that big late 3:
"I just was feeling it. Te-Hina threw me a great pass, and I felt like it was going to go in."

I am tired, but I am at Rocky Top to see No. 1 South Carolina take on Tennessee at Thompson-Boling Arena.

Kamilla Cardoso is here and warming up, we'll see how her minutes are after playing three times in four days and flying back from Brazil in the last week.

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Began playing in U.S. theaters. A true classic because it made fun of both political hawks and doves. My favorite line: “you can’t fight in here, this is the War room!”

AUBURN, Ala. — Some post-game quotes from off podium interviews with Meechie Johnson and B.J. Mak after the 101-61 loss at Auburn tonight:

Meechie Johnson​

On if it's easier to respond from a blowout loss than a close one:
"Yeah, 100 percent I'll say. Everything kind of just went bad, you know what I'm saying. You kind of just have to go back to the drawing board and get things right. We had a loss to Alabama pretty similar, and now we're here, and look at all the success we've had. It's nothing we can't bounce back from."

On Auburn's defense:
"I think their defense was pretty good, but I'll just say it was more offense for them today. I feel like they were just not missing. We did have some turnovers, things that we were able to clean up, but when you've got a team like that who's shooting the ball like that, it's going to be tough to beat them at home."

On South Carolina's defense:
Today we definitely did a lot of things that weren't like who we were. Offensive rebounds, their bigs were probably getting some easy shoys at the rim that we didn't want them to get. But agian, we've been here before and we know what we've got to clean up.

"It was just one of those days. They hit a lot of tough shots. As a center [Broome] to go 4-for-5 from 3 is pretty tough, but again kudos to them on their shooting ability today. We've just got to really go in the lab and clean up."

On getting to the rim more:
"I'm a basketball player, I make the right plays. People get so caught up in scoring, today was a day where I was able to get to the rim and finish. They don't really help same side. I'm always being aggressive; I'm always in attack mode. I may not have 20 points every time, but I'll find teammates and find guys and it'll show up. That's my whole motto."

On making sure tonight doesn't carry over into future games:
"We're in position to still do a lot of great things that haven't been done in Columbia in a long time, and honestly we also know we've got a chance to make something happen in March. Of course you don't want to lose games like this, it sucks, but again, you really are able to go back to the drawing board and learn from things like this. Again, look at the Alabama game. That's not a game we wanted to lose by 30 or whatever, but we were able to go on the road against Missouri and pull a tough one out and then go home and beat a top 15 team in the country against Kentucky. We know what it takes. Definetely a tough loss -- I don't like losing at all -- but it's something you can bounce back from."

On what has to happen to replicate the post-Alabama performances:
"Just staying together, being who we are. I said before, we don't really try to do anything out of the ordinary. And tonight we probably didn't do our ordinary as best as we do, and it doesn't help when you're probably not playing your best defense and they're making like every single shot that goes in. It's kind of tough. But you just go back to the drawing board, and coach always preaches on being solid, doing the basic, normal stuff. That's what we'll continue to do, and we'll just lay our eggs there."

On how quickly they moved on in the locker room:
"Look at them. They're a great team, but they just lost by 30 what, three days ago at Florida? And they come in here and do this to us. We know that this is a long season, we understand that you have to stay together, and it showed for those guys. Again, kudos to them for coming off a loss like that and then being able to come home and do what they did. That's big time. That's kind of our same mindset. We lost by 40, but we went in the locker room and nobody was mad, pointing fingers nothing like that. It's a team loss, and you go back to the drawing board, we watch film tomorrow and we get back in the lab."

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Hello from the plains for a huge game to start a huge week in Gamecock land. Have heard a lot about this place and the environment, so I'm excited to see it in person.

7:30 p.m. tip between No. 11 South Carolina and No. 13 Auburn tonight at NEville Arena. SEC Network. Updates to follow.

To the promise land? A lot of pressure on him to be the guy.

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Link is supposed to be for the Top College Baseball Facilites in the Country

She and her family were at the game yesterday while the crowd chanted, "we want Sarah". She has the SC connection with parents from Chester and Great Falls. Her mother played with Dawn for the Charlotte Sting. One of her best friends is Joyce Edwards. If we were fortunate enough to sign her our women's team would be set for several years to come. She is one amazing talent.

Solomon Thomas. An official visit, which would be a return trip, is possible down the line despite his commitment elsewhere.

The presentation was unbelievable and second to none. I didn't understand a single word muttered. And it was difficult to dance to. I give it a 43.

I'd go lower but, don't want to offend anyone who feels that it was inspirational and is running to the record store to buy an album copy. I realize there are NO Record Stores any longer.

EDIT: Usher and Janet Jackson would be well advised to keep their clothes on! Kinda Cheap, wasn't it?

Elite 2027 WR Boobie Feaster rocking a Texas backpack at
at @Pylon7on7 Dallas.

Heading to Big X

Dawn's first season - 10-18 Lamont's first season - 11-20
Dawn's second season - 14-15 Lamont's second season - 16-3 to start.
I am not saying he is as good as Dawn, but he sure is trying, and he follows her tactics.
Lamont went and found some talented players both in recruiting and the portal and it shows. But it is not just the players, it is how he plays them. He used the bench perfect yesterday to keep his team refreshed and put on more D when needed. This man can coach.
And his recruiting is taking off too. He already has another star committed for next year and is working to get others.

I heard so many people complain about Tanner hiring Lamont. I think he was just what we needed, and it think he is going to do a great job here. I just hope we keep him around for a while.

BTW...Frank Martin 1st season 14-18
Frank's 2nd season 14-20

It is great to have a really decent Men's Basketball team thanks to our coach. I feel Lamont will get us back in the T and will have even better recruiting and portal transfers each year.

Well, it's the big one. Gamecocks hosting UConn at 2 p.m. today on ESPN. The nine available Gamecocks are present and accounted for.

Let's do this.

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Struggling... almost half.
Not playing smart.

Good afternoon from Colonial Life Arena where South Carolina men's basketball is hosting Vanderbilt. 1 p.m. tip on SEC Network.

Nothing out of the ordinary in warm-ups.

Other games to keep an eye on today in the SEC title race:
Alabama is at LSU right now and in an even first half
Auburn is at Florida at 3:30
Tennessee is at Texas A&M at 8:30

USC vs UCONN Women’s Basketball tickets for sale. (4) tickets Section 114 Row 9. $125 each.