...and those losses were piling up.  A 10-21 season for Darrin Horn's Gamecocks sealed the USC basketball coach's fate, as athletics director Eric Hyman announced he had fired Horn after four years with the school.

Hyman and the University will spend 2.4 million dollars to buy out the last three years of Horn's contract, and will now embark on a nationwide search for Horn's replacement.

Here's Hyman's press conference on Tuesday, detailing his reasons for dismissing Horn and his criteria for a new Gamecocks coach.   Eric Hyman 3-13