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 NEW YORK (AP) - It has been 60 years since a team has won consecutive NIT championships. South Carolina is back in the finals, ready to give history a shot.
The Gamecocks earned the chance to try to become only the second team to achieve the feat with a 78-63 win over Louisville in the semifinals on Tuesday night. St. John's is the only school to successfully defend its NIT title, winning in 1943 and 1944.
Renaldo Balkman scored 23 points and the Gamecocks earned a chance to defend their NIT championship on Thursday night at Madison Square Garden where they will face Michigan, which beat Old Dominion 66-43 in the other semifinal.
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