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Morris: Holloway case shows inequity with NCAA rules

Mississippi forward Murphy Holloway (31) reaches out to try to block a shot by South Carolina guard Devan Downey (2) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Oxford, Miss., Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010. No. 22 Mississippi won 66-57. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

The unfortunate case of Murphy Holloway represents the perfect example of the oppressiveness and inequities that exist for NCAA athletes. His case also harks to how petty and pathetic an athletics department can be in punishing an athlete who opts...

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RON MORRIS

Morris: Purnell, Horn win style points

The lingering question following Clemson's early exits from the ACC and NCAA tournaments has to do with the Tigers' style of play: Can a team play full-court basketball throughout the regular season and retain enough energy to advance in postseason play? The question is pertinent because it not ...
RON MORRIS

S.C. rates as hoops hotbed

Fans across the country might not know the exact whereabouts of Clemson, Winthrop and Wofford, but the trio of NCAA participants is putting the state of South Carolina on the college basketball map.
GOGAMECOCKS: MEN'S BASKETBALL

Horn carefully building USC program

Three words have been uttered by Darrin Horn over and over this season: "Building a program." Horn's point is clear: In everything he did this year, from off-court discipline to on-court tactics, it was done to lay a foundation.
GOGAMECOCKS

Devan Downey: A leader to the end

Brandis Raley-Ross first got the Devan Downey treatment four years ago, when both were newcomers to the USC men's basketball team. Downey wasn't playing - he was sitting out as a transfer - but he made clear who was in charge.
GOGAMECOCKS

Morris: SEC MVP a matter of heart or head

If you are voting with your heart, Devan Downey is the runaway winner for SEC player of the year. He does more with his talent than perhaps any player in the country. At 5-foot-9, he often plays like the biggest man on the court.
GOGAMECOCKS

Morris: Very little left of season's promise

South Carolina's postseason chances and Devan Downey's SEC player of the year candidacy continued to swirl down the same drain Saturday afternoon at Colonial Life Arena.
GOGAMECOCKS: POLLS

Morris: NCAA tourney expansion is a losing bet

All this talk about NCAA tournament expansion? Forget about it.
GOGAMECOCKS: RON MORRIS

Morris: Time to end fines for fans storming the court

College students and fans should be allowed a once-in-a-lifetime experience without penalty.
GOGAMECOCKS: RON MORRIS

Morris: Downey stamps his name in USC history

Devan Downey somehow wiggled his way through the mass of South Carolina fans immediately following the Gamecocks pulsating victory against No. 1-ranked Kentucky. He found the edge of the court and found a couple friends to deliver his final message, the exclamation mark on one of the biggest wins...
GOGAMECOCKS: RON MORRIS

Morris: Big game in more ways than one

Any number of regular-season college basketball games every season carries a certain amount of importance. Once in a while, a game comes along that also has historical significance. South Carolina's game tonight at Colonial Life Arena against No. 1-ranked Kentucky has both.