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  • Gamecocks coach has ``life-changing'' trip to Kuwait

    09/03/2005 7:22:30 AM PDT · by fightin kentuckian · 7 replies · 618+ views
    AP ^ | 03 Sep 05 | PETE IACOBELLI,
    COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) -- Dave Odom's proudest moments as a coach might have come a half-world away from South Carolina's campus. Odom joined several other coaches in ``Operation Hardwood,'' a basketball tournament in Kuwait for U.S. military members fighting in Iraq. The Gamecocks' coach and the others were told by commanders at Camp Arifjan in Kuwait there would be a moment during their stay that would thrill them and remain with them forever. For Odom it happened early as he prepped his Camp Navistar team for the tournament's opening game. The call came for the national anthem, and Odom looked...