That's right. The University of South Carolina hosted the Charleston Classic invitational basketball tournament at the College of Charleston. The Gamecocks almost swept the whole thing too. Only losing to Miami in the final game 85 - 70. League rules dictate that a school can't play repetitively in the same invitational, so C of C will play in Hawaii.At Will Productions probably won't be following C of C to Hawaii, but that's ok. Co-owner Joe Schmitt is busy trying to juggle the end of football season and the beginning of basketball season. That means a lot of trips to Columbia. Work is good. Speaking of work, try running hand-held camera for four games in one day. Ouch. Fortunately, the Charleston Classic has been picked up by ESPN-U and CSS. Needless to say after three broadcast days the whole crew was a little weary after eight broadcast games.
So why the picture of Schmitt and Cocky? Well it's not as cool as Jonesy's yearbook-looking picture with the Gamecock basketball team, but Mark was bummed out that he was stuck in the truck and couldn't get his pic with USC's mascot. What's the camera crew supposed to do? Rub it in of course. This one's for you Jonesy!
Mark Jones and the Charleston crew, including shooter Schmitt, have been working the C of C basketball games for 11 seasons now.
