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Columbia, home of the University of South Carolina, is a classic example of a southern college town. When the Gamecocks beat SEC East rival Florida to advance to the Final Four, this normally quiet town went absolutely wild.
Can you blame them?
https://twitter.com/BarstoolUofSC/status/846112897357041664
Five Points in Columbia, South Carolina @BarstoolUofSC pic.twitter.com/fhJHdIuXFu
— Josh Denny (@Joshdenny01) March 26, 2017
GAMECOCKS FLOOD THE STREETS!!! FINAL FOUR TIME !!! pic.twitter.com/cybKG6YLqx
— Ralph Cooper Jr. (@RalphCoopTV) March 26, 2017
Its bedlam in Columbia SC folks pic.twitter.com/tlxMF77XMD
— Cannon King (@canman586) March 26, 2017
In a town that’s most famous for football, these students were understandably shocked when their basketball team, which hadn’t won an NCAA Tournament game since 1973, advanced to the Final Four.
Party on, South Carolina. Party on.
A former resident of both Baton Rouge and the heart of Crimson Tide country, Will Ogburn handles multimedia content and news coverage for Saturday Down South.
