2005-2006 Bill 5019: University of South Carolina Men's Basketball Team - South Carolina

1 South Carolina General Assembly 2 116th Session, 2005-2006 3 4 H. 5019 5 6 STATUS INFORMATION 7 8 Concurrent Resolution 9 Sponsors: Reps. Rutherford, J.E. Smith, Agnew, Allen, Altman, Anderson, Anthony, Bailey, Bales, 10 Ballentine, Bannister, Barfield, Battle, Bingham, Bowers, Brady, Branham, Breeland, G. Brown, 11 J. Brown, R. Brown, Cato, Ceips, Chalk, Chellis, Clark, Clemmons, Clyburn, Coates, Cobb-Hunter, 12 Coleman, Cooper, Cotty, Dantzler, Davenport, Delleney, Duncan, Edge, Emory, Frye, Funderburk, 13 Govan, Hagood, Haley, Hamilton, Hardwick, Harrell, Harrison, Harvin, Haskins, Hayes, Herbkersman, 14 J. Hines, M. Hines, Hinson, Hiott, Hodges, Hosey, Howard, Huggins, Jefferson, Jennings, Kennedy, 15 Kirsh, Leach, Limehouse, Littlejohn, Loftis, Lucas, Mack, Mahaffey, Martin, McCraw, McGee, McLeod, 16 Merrill, Miller, Mitchell, Moody-Lawrence, J.H. Neal, J.M. Neal, Neilson, Norman, Ott, Owens, Parks, 17 Perry, Phillips, Pinson, E.H. Pitts, M.A. Pitts, Rhoad, Rice, Rivers, Sandifer, Scarborough, Scott, Simrill, 18 Sinclair, Skelton, D.C. Smith, F.N. Smith, G.M. Smith, G.R. Smith, J.R. Smith, W.D. Smith, Stewart, 19 Talley, Taylor, Thompson, Toole, Townsend, Tripp, Umphlett, Vaughn, Vick, Viers, Walker, Weeks, 20 Whipper, White, Whitmire, Witherspoon and Young 21 Document Path: l:\council\bills\swb\6852cm06.doc 22 23 Introduced in the House on April 19, 2006 24 Currently residing in the Senate 25 26 Summary: University of South Carolina Men's Basketball Team 27 28 29 HISTORY OF LEGISLATIVE ACTIONS 30 31 Date Body Action Description with journal page number 32 4/19/2006 House Introduced, adopted, sent to Senate HJ-49 33 34 35 VERSIONS OF THIS BILL 36 37 4/19/2006 38 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 10 11 CONGRATULATING THE GAMECOCKS MEN’S 12 BASKETBALL TEAM OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH 13 CAROLINA ON WINNING ITS SECOND NATIONAL 14 INVITATIONAL TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONSHIP AND ON 15 BECOMING ONLY THE SECOND TEAM IN HISTORY TO 16 WIN BACK-TO-BACK NATIONAL INVITATIONAL 17 TOURNAMENT TITLES. 18 19 Whereas, the Gamecocks Men’s Basketball Team, whose rocky 20 regular season performance appeared to have ruined a promising 21 year, never flinched as it walloped the University of Michigan 22 Wolverines to clinch its second National Invitational Tournament 23 (NIT) Championship on March 30, 2006 in Madison Square 24 Garden; and 25 26 Whereas, this win clinched the Gamecock’s second NIT title in 27 two years, a feat accomplished on one previous occasion in 1944; 28 and 29 30 Whereas, prior to the NIT tournament, the Gamecocks were able to 31 overcome a difficult regular season by upsetting the Universities of 32 Tennessee and Kentucky before losing to Southeastern Conference 33 Tournament champion and National Collegiate Athletic 34 Association champion the University of Florida; and 35 36 Whereas, team leaders Tarence Kinsey and Tré Kelley scored 37 twenty-one and twenty points, respectively, and Renaldo Balkman, 38 the tournament’s Most Outstanding Player, assisted with ten 39 points, eleven rebounds, and a career-high six blocks; and 40

1 [5019] 1 1 Whereas, under the leadership of Head Coach Dave Odom, the 2 Gamecocks have reached the NIT semifinal round in three of his 3 five seasons; and 4 5 Whereas, the team continues to be a source of pride for the entire 6 State of South Carolina and we look forward to cheering them on 7 in future tournaments; and 8 9 Whereas, it is fitting and proper for the members of the General 10 Assembly to pause in their deliberations to honor this outstanding 11 team. Now, therefore, 12 13 Be it resolved by the House of Representatives, the Senate 14 concurring: 15 16 That the members of the South Carolina General Assembly 17 congratulate the Gamecocks Men’s Basketball Team of the 18 University of South Carolina on winning its second National 19 Invitational Tournament Championship and on becoming only the 20 second team in history to win back-to-back National Invitational 21 Tournament Titles. 22 23 Be it further resolved that a copy of this resolution be presented to 24 the Honorable Herbert C. Adams, Chairman, University of South 25 Carolina Board of Trustees; Dr. Andrew A. Sorensen, University 26 of South Carolina President; Mr. Eric Hyman, University of South 27 Carolina Director of Athletics; and University of South Carolina 28 Head Basketball Coach Dave Odom. 29 ----XX---- 30

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