Basketball

The top-seeded Gamecocks (31-2) held a second opponent without a field goal in the second quarter to beat Miami 49-33 on Sunday in the second round of the tournament.  The Gamecocks leave the friendly confines of Colonial Life Arena and now go north – slightly – to the Greensboro, N.C. region for the Sweet 16 and Elite 8 round of the tournament. They will face the winner of fifth-seeded North Carolina and fourth-seeded Arizona in the round of 16. South Carolina last played in Greensboro during the program’s first-ever Final Four run in 2015.  Meanwhile in Greenville in the second round of college basketball playoffs at Bon Socours Wellness Arena last night Duke survived some tense moments in the closing minutes against Michigan State and extended Mike Krzyzewski’s final NCAA Tournament run, beating Tom Izzo’s Spartans 85-76 on Sunday in the Hall of Fame coaches’ bittersweet final tussle.  In the NBA the Atlanta Hawks lost to the New Orleans Pelicans 117 to 112.