Between the three seniors on South Carolina’s roster, neither Sindarius Thornwell nor Duane Notice had a tougher task ahead of them than Justin McKie did when he first arrived on campus.
It’s one thing for your Dad to have played for the school, but it’s a totally different thing when every time you look up you see his jersey hanging in the rafters. BJ McKie is South Carolina’s all-time leading scorer, and throughout his entire career Justin’s name could never be brought up without BJ being mentioned as well.
It can be a tough burden to bear, especially when he came out of Irmo as a 2-star prospect and knew he’d probably be playing behind the higher rated Notice and Thornwell.