Not many teams had a worse Covid season than South Carolina State: the Bulldogs finished 1-17 and fired coach Murray Garvin.
He had one good year there with 19 wins but overall his record was 82-168.
His replacement?
Tony Madlock.
A former starter at Memphis during the Penny Hardaway era, Madlock more recently was an assistant for Hardway who is now the coach at Memphis.
It’s early, but he has shown some improvement with the Bulldogs, who are now 3-7.
And coach Madlock brought a bonus along too: his son, TJ.
A 6-3 freshman, he’s talented enough that ESPN’s Jonathan Givoney said he could “play anywhere.