Around noon Wednesday, the South Carolina men’s basketball Instagram account posted a short video from the Columbia airport.
“Wheels up to NYC!!” read the caption.
Six games in and the Gamecocks have gotten plenty comfortable with planes and buses. USC (5-1) takes on Temple (3-1) at 9 p.m. Thursday inside New York’s Madison Square Garden. It’ll mark Carolina’s sixth game this season away from their familiar confines of Colonial Life Arena.
Coach Frank Martin admitted Tuesday night during his weekly “Carolina Calls” radio show that he initially reacted to USC’s 2017-18 schedule by saying: “Wow, that stinks.