Thursday, March 19, 2015

COMING FULL CIRCLE: Savannah State women's basketball Cedric Baker gets a homecoming in South Carolina


COURTESY SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS
HEAD COACH CEDRIC BAKER

COLUMBIA, South Carolina -- Savannah State coach Cedric Baker is about as comfortable as a man can be expected to be, considering the circumstances.

Comfortable, considering he will be taking his women’s basketball team against the third-ranked squad in the country, an opponent that defeated his squad by 62 points already this season.

Baker sees today’s date against top-seeded South Carolina in the first round of the NCAA Tournament as a homecoming. He coached at Benedict College in Columbia, S.C., and coached and played at his alma mater, Voorhees College, in Denmark, S.C., about 50 miles away.

The 12th-year SSU coach hopes to see friends and former players at USC’s Colonial Life Arena for the 5 p.m. tipoff.

“There’s going to be great karma in South Carolina,” Baker said. “It’s great going home and gives me a chance to reflect on those who have supported me along the journey.

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