March 14, 2004

The South Carolina (23-10) men’s basketball team earned its first NCAA Tournament berth in six years on Sunday, claiming the 10th seed in the Kansas City, Mo., subregional and will face the seventh-seeded Memphis Tigers (21-7) on Friday in the first round.

Joining the Gamecocks and Tigers in Kansas City will be second-seeded Oklahoma State and 15th-seed Eastern Washington. The winners of the two first round games will meet on Sunday for the right to advance to the East Rutherford, N.J., regional.

Further coverage of USC’s NCAA Tournament berth will be updated later this evening.