GREENSBORO, N.C. — No. 1 South Carolina heard the conversation about its offense. It saw the questions about whether its shooting might be too shaky to last through a championship run; it noted the reaction to its lackluster second-round win over Miami.
So it offered the best rebuttal it possibly could have Sunday in the Elite Eight: You wanted to see offense from these Gamecocks? Come take a look.
With its best offensive performance of the tournament so far by a wide margin, South Carolina dismantled No. 10 Creighton, and its reward is a trip back to the Final Four. The 80–50 win represented a total shutdown of a Cinderella whose run had been based on its own crafty scoring approach—and a look at just how fearsome the top overall seed can be when everything is clicking for them.
