Shane Beamer comments on South Carolina’s upcoming gauntlet of 5 straight ranked opponents
By Jake Faigus
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South Carolina is preparing to embark on one of the toughest 5-week stretches any team will face this season.
Each of the Gamecocks’ next 5 opponents are ranked in the AP Top 25 this week, with 4 landing in the top-10. The gauntlet starts this weekend with a road game against No. 11 LSU in Death Valley. Three of those games are on the road, too.
Shane Beamer says his team knew what they signed up for when they chose to play in the SEC.
“One at a time, but if you don’t want to play that schedule, I told our players, ‘Y’all chose the wrong conference to come play in,'” Beamer said. “That’s just life in this league.”
The SEC has 9 ranked teams in this week’s AP Poll, proving how loaded and deep the league is and how much talent it has overall.
“So don’t tell me in recruiting, when we brought you in the portal that you want to compete and you want to play against the best in the SEC, and all of a sudden, shy away from it,” Beamer said. “There are plenty of other conferences that don’t play ranked teams every single week.”
South Carolina and LSU will kick off at 7:45 p.m. ET on Saturday night.
