The SEC Legends program honors former players and coaches at the conference tournaments.
When the men's basketball tournament arrives in Nashville, Columbia native Carey Rich will be one of 14 legends who will be honored and recognized by the league in what is now the 20th year of honoring the legacies of the conference members.
A C.A. Johnson graduate, Rich originally went to Western Carolina but transferred to USC where he lettered for the Gamecocks from 1993-1995. He scored 784 career points and recorded 340 assists in 79 career games. He ranks sixth all-time in Carolina history with 4.30 assists per game, and his 5.16 assists per game during the 1994 season rank seventh in Gamecock history for a single season.
As a senior, he averaged 13.4 points, leading the team in scoring. He also averaged 3.3 rebounds and 3.1 assists per game in his that final year. A team captain for his final two seasons, Rich is an avid promoter of high school basketball in the Midlands and each summer, hosts his SC Pro Am, a summer league event which brings in college players with a Palmetto State connection and other professionals who have been connected to various programs in the state.
For his efforts, he was named to the Richland One Hall of Fame in Columbia in January.
Along with Rich, the 2018 class includes James Robinson (Alabama), Jonathon Modica (Arkansas), Joel Eaves (Auburn), David Lee (Florida), Chad Kessler (Georgia), Joe Crawford (Kentucky), John Brady (LSU), Rob Evans (Ole Miss), Ray White (Mississippi State), Doug Smith (Missouri), Howard Wood (Tennessee), Barry Davis (Texas A&M) and Godfrey Dillard (Vanderbilt).
