Shane Beamer paused and scratched his chin while he gathered his thoughts. He tried to think of a word to describe the night he had just had. He could’ve picked any one noun to describe the way he felt in the moment. Any choice he made would’ve been an acceptable answer to evoke his feelings. “Gratitude,” the fourth-year head coach said. “That is a core value of our program.” [See the Gamecock discussion on The Insiders Forum!] At multiple points throughout this season, South Carolina was close to knocking the door down. Not many understood it at the time when Beamer and his players believed t…
