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23, 2011  "You feelin' alright?"  It was a venture into strange
territory for me on Monday evening, when I was writing my South
Carolina-Ole Miss game preview. After years of writing similar
stories and always finding a reason why a team was
winning/losing, there wasn't an answer in a defensive set or an
offensive strategy for that game.  The Gamecocks had to make
shots early. That was all.  USC had dug itself massive holes in
three of its past four games and never led in any of them. In
the other two games during the five-game losing streak (both on
the road), the Gamecocks played pretty well but didn't have the
defensive stop or two that could have meant a victory.
Throughout this season, the Gamecocks have never had an offense
that could dominate the opponent. That's not how they've been
constructed. Their best chance to score became the perimeter
game, since they were very deficient