Martin: Leadership isn't negative. It's not there. It's void. — David Cloninger (@DCPandC) January 4, 2018

Bam. There it is. Hit the nail right on the head. This team has absolutely zero leadership and it’s really not that hard to see.

Maybe we got spoiled last year by the likes of Thornwell, Dozier, and Notice. The Gamecocks got absolutely drubbed last night on their home floor against a Missouri team that was without it’s best player in Michael Porter Jr. There have been times where I think Martin has been over the top critical but this is spot on.

Question is, where do you go from here?

Bottom line, South Carolina has to find more consistency in it’s guard play. The combination of Gravett, Booker, Myers, and Beatty simply isn’t working. College basketball is a game of dominant guards and USC doesn’t have one. C Chris Silva has been the best player on South Carolina’s roster and needs to be the focal point of this team. Unfortunately, he doesn’t seem to be the leader Frank Martin is looking for.

South Carolina faces a tough Vanderbilt team Saturday night before going @ Bama, @ UGA, vs. KY, vs. UT, and at FL. That’s at best 2-6 to start SEC play unless this young team has someone man up in the locker room and take charge on this season. If not, it’ll be another forgettable year of USC basketball.