Sunday was just like any other day at the office for me. As a men’s basketball team manager at the University of South Carolina, it’s my job (along with eight other managers) to help prepare the basketball team for what’s to come. Practice, travel, shootaround, and games bring similar tasks for the managers, who perform the jobs behind the scenes to “grease the wheels” of the program, as they say.
This past Sunday, we were preparing for travel to Knoxville, Tennessee to face the 25th ranked Tennessee Volunteers. Having gone through a losing streak, the general mood in the building is somber, yet the managers always found a way to make the best of things.