TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Normally there's not much hope after a team's sixth straight loss, especially when it's a 68-58 defeat to an Alabama squad coached by a close friend. Frank Martin and South Carolina surely weren't turning cartwheels, but they weren't as flustered and beaten down after their last loss, either.

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