Good morning. Both Gamecock men’s and women’s basketball heard their names called yesterday on Selection Sunday. We love to see it.

What else is mixed into today’s Brew? ⤵️

🛣️ The roads to the Final Four
🌳 The great outdoors
🤙 And much, much more

🎥 GAMECOCKS+

Gamecock men’s hoops is officially making its way back to the Big Dance for the first time since 2017. Gamecocks+ joined the team’s live watch party last night to be there with the squad for every second of the excitement during the bracket unveiling!

Go behind the scenes with Derek Scott and Bill Gunter as we break down South Carolina’s road back to the Final Four, starting with Thursday afternoon’s match-up against 11th-seeded Oregon.

📈 STOCK UP

🔼 Selection Sunday. Gamecock women’s basketball is the No. 1 overall seed, and will take on either 16th-seeded Sacred Heart of Presbyterian in the tournament’s opening round! It’s the third straight year that Coach Staley’s crew enters the Big Dance as the No. 1 overall seed.

Gamecock men’s hoops is a sixth-seed heading into the NCAA Tournament! The squad drew 11th-seeded Oregon in Pittsburgh on Thursday. The game will tip at 4:00pm ET on TNT.

When October’s practices got underway, Meechie Johnson had a feeling the Gamecocks would end up here, saying: “I want to get to a Sweet 16. That’s what I want to do. I’ve been to the NCAA Tournament twice at my old school and it’s been a minute, coming off last year’s season. We have a chance, that’s what I feel.”

🔼 The Great Outdoors. The outdoor season is officially underway for South Carolina Track & Field and the last day of the Alan Connie Shamrock Invitational was good to our Gamecocks. The men’s and women’s teams won a combined 12 events and both finished as runners up in the overall event standings.

🔼 Revenge Tour. Former Gamecock Jabari Ellis is a man on a mission. The defensive lineman attended South Carolina’s Pro Day last week as he works to earn his way back into the NFL. Ellis, an undrafted free agent, signed briefly with the Giants before landing in the CFL with the Montreal Alouettes. When Ellis reached out to his former program about participating in Pro Day, he said he had no doubt Coach Beamer would welcome him onto the gridiron with open arms.

“It was no doubt in my mind because I know him. I know what type of guy he is, what type of coach he is,” Ellis said. “I’m appreciative of course, but it was no doubt in my mind. It’s really a family atmosphere.”

As for his quest to return to the NFL, Ellis said: “This time around it was different. I got a lot more experience, just a lot more miles up under my belt. The first go around it was cool, it was good, I enjoyed it. But this go around, it’s been the revenge tour for me.”

🔼 Sunday W. Gamecock baseball picked up the Sunday afternoon win on the road in Oxford, knocking off Ole Miss, 6-2. Matthew Becker dealt in relief from the mound, allowing just one hit in 3.1 innings. The Gamecocks got the scoring started with a two-run shot from Tyler Causey in the second inning, and never let off the gas from there. Parker Noland added an RBI hit in the same inning, then Talmadge LeCroy blasted a two-run double in the fifth to give South Carolina a 5-0 lead. LeCroy would score later that inning on an error as the Gamecocks got in the win column in conference play.

🔼 A Big Win. No. 19 South Carolina women’s tennis took down No. 13 Auburn, 5-2, in Columbia yesterday afternoon. South Carolina won five of its six singles matches to grab the upset victory.

🤔 GAMECOCK TRIVIA

Dancing Again. The last time that Gamecock men’s basketball earned a berth to March Madness, the squad checked in as a seventh seed and battled all the way to the Final Four. Can you name the four teams they beat en route to cutting down the nets?

Got it? Scroll down to the bottom of this email for the right answer!

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📬 A LOOK AHEAD

Tuesday 3/19

⚾ Baseball @ USC Upstate (Fluor Field) @ 6:00pm ET on ESPN+

Wednesday 3/20 - Saturday 3/23

🏊 Swimming & Diving @ Women’s NCAA Championships (Athens, GA)

Wednesday 3/20

🥎 Softball @ Clemson @ 6:00pm ET on ACC Network

Friday 3/22 - Saturday 3/23

🏃 Track & Field @ Weems Baskin Invitational

Friday 3/22

🎾 Women’s Tennis @ Missouri @ 3:00pm ET

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Mississippi State @ 5:00pm ET | Live Stats

⚾ Baseball vs. Vanderbilt @ 7:00pm ET on SEC Network+

Saturday 3/23

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. Grand Canyon (Tallahassee, FL) @ 12:00pm ET

⚽ Women’s Soccer vs. UNC Wilmington (Exhibition) @ 1:00pm ET

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. Florida State (Tallahassee, FL) @ 2:30pm ET

⚾ Baseball vs. Vanderbilt @ 4:00pm ET on SEC Network+

🥎 Softball vs. Tennessee @ 6:00pm ET on SEC Network+

Sunday 3/24 - Tuesday 3/26

⛳ Men’s Golf @ Hootie at Bulls Bay Intercollegiate

Sunday 3/24

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. LSU (Tallahassee, FL) @ 9:00am ET

🎾 Men’s Tennis vs. Ole Miss @ 12:00pm ET | Live Stats

🎾 Women’s Tennis @ Arkansas @ 1:00pm ET | Live Stats

⚾ Baseball vs. Vanderbilt @ 1:30pm ET on SEC Network+

🏖️ Beach Volleyball vs. Jacksonville (Tallahassee, FL) @ 2:00pm ET

🥎 Softball vs. Tennessee @ 6:00pm ET on SEC Network

🎉 TRIVIA ANSWER

Answer: South Carolina beat 10th-seeded Marquette, 93-73, second-seeded Duke, 88-81, third-seeded Baylor, 70-50, and fourth-seeded Florida, 77-70, to advance to the Final Four.

🤙 Have a good Monday, y’all.