Basketball
Venue
Vanderbilt Memorial Gym
Venue
Lloyd Noble Center
Venue
Stegeman Coliseum
Venue
LSU Pete Maravich Assembly Center
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South Carolina Gamecocks Men's Basketball History
The University of South Carolina first fielded a men's basketball team in 1908, and achieved success in the Southern Conference in the 1920s and '30s, before joining six other SoCon teams to form the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953. The legendary Frank McGuire, who had previously led St. John's and UNC to Final Four appearances, led the Gamecocks from 1964 until his retirement in 1980. During McGuire's reign, South Carolina reached the NCAA Sweet 16 three years in a row, from 1971 to 1973, in addition to winning the ACC regular season and tournament championship once apiece in their final two seasons in the conference.
Eight-time NBA All-Star and Basketball Hall of Famer Alex English starred at South Carolina in the mid '70s. South Carolina moved from the Metro Conference to the Southeastern Conference in 1991, with coach Eddie Fogler leading the Gamecocks to an SEC regular season championship in 1997. Former Wake Forest head coach Dave Odom led South Carolina from 2001 to 2008, appearing in three postseason NIT championships, winning in 2005 and 2006 behind the play of tournament MVPs Carlos Powell and Renaldo Balkman. In 2017, under head coach Frank Martin, the Gamecocks made their first appearance in the Final Four, beating Marquette, Duke, Baylor and Florida before bowing to Gonzaga in the national semifinal. South Carolina became the tenth team to have both their men's and women's teams reach their respective Final Four in the same year, with coach Dawn Staley's women's team winning the 2017 NCAA championship.
The Gamecocks are currently coached by Lamont Paris.
South Carolina Gamecocks Team Info
Division: Division I
Conference: SEC
Team Colors: Garnet and black
Team Rivals: Clemson Tigers, Auburn Tigers
South Carolina Gamecocks at Colonial Life Arena
The University of South Carolina Gamecocks play at Colonial Life Arena, an on-campus venue that opened in 2002. The arena holds 18,000 for basketball games. Besides being the home of the Gamecocks’ men’s and women’s basketball teams, Colonial Life Arena hosts the South Carolina High School Basketball Championships every year.
The schedule for the South Carolina Gamecocks women’s basketball 2024-25 regular season can be found on the team’s website.
Tickets for South Carolina Gamecocks men’s basketball can be purchased at Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the South Caroline Gamecocks.
The South Carolina Gamecocks men’s basketball team plays at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina. A seating chart for Colonial Life Arena can be viewed on Ticketmaster.
Not a bad seat in the house and always a fun atmosphere. Some truly wild concession prices and the quality is not always there, even from the businesses within (ex Salsaritas). $12 for a half full box of soggy nachos with a sprinkle of cheese on top? Oof. $12 for a beer? Bigger oof. Been to arenas all over the country and that’s ridiculous
Gamecock men's basketball was amazing this year. Fine young me. The CLA experience was first class.
Great experience at the CLA. Easy getting in and out of the venue.
Was used to games at Carolina Coliseum, as old school here, but Colonial Life Arena is a great venue to watch Gamecock men's basketball. The CLA is very fan friendly, easy access to restrooms, food, and fan gear. Friends that went to game had been to NBA games at Lakers and a a few other colleges, but said this was the loudest, most exciting, enjoyable game they had seen. Of course the 10 point come back win in the second half was incredible to feel the energy in the stadium explode!! Hooked on Gamecock basket ball now in person as TV does not do the game experience any justice.
The Colonial Life Arena is a great venue for basketball and concerts. The atmosphere can be electric during SC basketball games and concerts are great because of the good acoustics and smaller venue for a more personal feel.
The event was well attended and the crowd got into the atmosphere. I wish the coach had called a timeout in the final minute but you live you learn, or do you??? The band and the music were good.
Great game and awesome venue! The crowd was great and the player's are impressive.
Horrible way to have a bad evening all caused by not designating student section
Had an AWESOME time!! This was our first Gamecocks basketball game but we will Definitely be back! We went to see a basketball game and Enjoyed sooo much more!! It started with the selfies (A'ja Wilson)??,the free concessions were a hit??????, the "Poppin"interactions with the crowd??, the cheerleaders??,@#Cocky??,and just the "Atmosphere of it All"! The Men'sGamecock Basketball were on????!! It was the TOTAL package.???? #GAMECOCKFAMILY
I always purchase my tickets from Ticketmaster! Never a problem!
