Frank Martin has mentioned it since the season ended. South Carolina going to the Final Four tapped a limitless gusher of good publicity.
The derrick keeps spewing after Thursday, when Sindarius Thornwell became the first Gamecock since 2006 to become an NBA Draft pick.
Recruiting, Martin said, has picked up after the Gamecocks became THE story of the NCAA Tournament, the coach fielding phone calls that he might never have had hope of receiving before. Now those same recruits might get to see a South Carolina kid that stayed home to play for his home-state team scuffling with LeBron and Steph on TV.