Most college basketball analysts would say that Lamont Paris and his South Carolina basketball team came out of nowhere to have a good season last year. The Gamecocks, however, would not say that. Instead, they viewed the lack of preseason expectations as disrespectful. All throughout the team’s run to the NCAA Tournament, Coach Paris and his players referenced it. “If they like us, they like us; if they don’t, they’ll pay the price” became a rallying cry, and players like Myles Stute and Ta’Lon Cooper opening mocked the media for their reluctance to rank the team until they knocked off top-10…