Nobody expected it. Picked last to finish in the SEC. Who was going to take this team seriously? But as time went on, things started to click and come together. By the end of the season, South Carolina had turned almost every doubter into something of a believer. In the span of a year, the Gamecocks went from an 11-win squad to 26 wins and making the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2017. A lot of success can be attributed to the talent and leadership on the floor. South Carolina went out and brought in a handful of players from the transfer portal, which worked out well. But it came w…