Playing defending national champion South Carolina was already difficult enough. But how the Gamecocks have responded to their toughest loss of this season makes them even more formidable. We're not talking about their lone loss,

The game, initially scheduled for Thursday at 8 p.m. in Colonial Life Arena, will now be played on Friday at 5 p.m. ESPN will broadcast the game as planned, but the “College GameDay” show will no longer be part of the broadcast.

No. 2 South Carolina has picked up a first-place ballot in the women's AP Top 25 college basketball poll after cruising through the first three games of a five-game stretch against ranked teams.