Super Sunday is coming. No not that one. Not the one in Arizona with all the expensive TV commercials and long halftime show.
Try Columbia, South Carolina, where the only two remaining unbeaten teams in Division I college basketball — male or female — come together. How compelling is LSU vs. South Carolina? How, in many ways . . . unique? A whole bunch of glowing numbers can do the answering.
◼️ South Carolina is 24-0. LSU is 23-0. Together they stand alone in terms of spotless record, no matter the gender. The only team in the country with one loss is the Indiana women. Every men’s team has at least two. The Connecticut women, who not that long ago had one defeat over a three-year stretch, just lost twice in four days. But these two teams have thundered on, perfectly. “Nobody is capable of beating them, they’re that good,” LSU coach Kim Mulkey recently said of South Carolina. “You just hope that you can stay close.”
◼️ Few do. South Carolina is outscoring its opponents by average margin of 82-48. Then again, LSU is outscoring its opponents by an average margin of 87-54.
◼️ South Carolina has beaten five opponents ranked by either the…
