I don't think he would leave for another program unless it was Notre Dame-lol. So we are safe. 2002 Projected starting lineup Drew Meyer, ss Kevin Melillo, 2b Michael Floyd, cf Garris Gonce, rf Trey Dyson, 1b Landon Powell, c Matt Riddle, lf Chris Bono, dh Tony Adler, 3b No. 1 starter Kip Bouknight and closer Lee Gronkiewicz are also seniors. Similar defections and losses would cause a basketball coach apocalyptic visions.
Baseball coaches call it the off-season.
We'll have to do the best we can to reload. If you rebuild in this game, you finish at the bottom. All the Gamecocks did this season was finish 49-20 and fall a run short of the College World Series for the second consecutive year. USC got a lift with Kip Bouknight returning for his senior year and will have a bigger reloading job next season, but many of the pieces are in place. Bell, Spigner and David Marchbanks are expected to return to the rotation, with Blake Taylor and Tony Adler in the bullpen.