South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball

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South Carolina Gamecocks

University

University of South Carolina

Conference

SEC
East Division

Location

Columbia, SC

Head Coach

Darrin Horn (1st year)

Arena

Colonial Center
(Capacity: 18,000)

Nickname

Gamecocks

Colors

Garnet and Black

Uniforms



Home



Away



Alternate

NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen

1971, 1972, 1973

NCAA Tournament Appearances

1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1989, 1997, 1998, 2004

Conference Tournament Champions

Southern Conference: 1933
Atlantic Coast Conference: 1971

Conference Regular Season Champions

Southern Conference: 1927, 1933, 1934, 1945
Atlantic Coast Conference: 1970
Southeastern Conference: 1997

The South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represents the University of South Carolina and competes in the Southeastern Conference. The program reached national prominence under head coach Frank McGuire in the 1960's and 70's, but has not attained the same success in recent decades. Since 2002, the team plays its home games at the Colonial Center. Darrin Horn became the head coach in 2008 following the retirement of Dave Odom.

1 History
2 Head Coaches
3 Year-by-Year Results
4 Notable players
5 See also
6 Notes and references
7 External links

[edit] History

During World War II, the basketball team achieved remarkable success because it was assigned outstanding athletes by the U.S. Navy as part of the V-12 program.^[1] However, the Navy leaders kept the teams focus towards the war effort and they declined an invitation to the Southern Conference Tournament in 1944.^[2]

The hiring of Frank McGuire in 1964 propelled the USC basketball team to its most successful period to date, culminating with an undefeated conference record in 1970 and an ACC championship in 1971. The success South Carolina achieved on the court brought resentment and anger from fellow ACC schools, especially those on "Tobacco Road," as the conference members of the state of North Carolina were known. The hostility of the road crowds, the unfriendly behavior of the coaches and athletic directors in the conference, and the discrepancies in eligibility standards led Coach McGuire to support South Carolina becoming an independent in 1971.^[3] As an independent, the program declined and the University sought entrance into an athletic conference. This proved problematic because most conferences required that each school have a single athletic director and South Carolina had multiple. Frank McGuire served as athletic director for the basketball program and he would not relinquish his position. The University made several attempts to prod McGuire to resign and ultimately were forced to honor his contract through 1980.

In 1983, the University became affiliated with the Metro Conference. The basketball program reached a low point when it was placed on probation by the NCAA in the spring of 1987 for two years because of recruiting violations and the sale of complimentary player tickets.^[4] After the University joined the Southeastern Conference in 1991, Eddie Fogler captured the school's first SEC championship in 1997. Dave Odom won back-to-back NIT championships in 2005 and 2006. On April 1, 2008, Darrin Horn was named the new head basketball coach at USC.^[5]

[edit] Head Coaches

Name	Years	Seasons	Won	Lost	Pct.
J.H. Brown	1908–1909	1	0	3	.000
F.E. Schofield	1909–1910	1	0	1	.000
No coach	1910–1911	1	1	1	.500
James G. Driver	1911–1913	2	5	7	.417
John Blackburn	1913–1914	1	5	4	.550
L.W. Hill	1914–1915	1	2	7	.286
Charles C. Farrell	1915–1916	1	4	6	.400
Dixon Foster	1916–1920	4	26	31	.456
Sol Metzger	1920–1921	1	7	11	.389
Lana A. Sims	1921–1922	1	7	12	.368
Jack Crawford	1922–1924	2	17	22	.436
Branch Bocock	1924–1927	3	33	16	.673
A. Burnet Stoney	1927–1928	1	8	12	.400
A.W. Norman	1928–1932 1933–1935	6	57	57	.500
Billy Laval	1932–1933	1	17	2	.895
Ted Petoskey	1935–1940	5	37	67	.354
Frank Johnson	1940–1943 1946–1958	14.5	174	175	.499
Rex Enright	1943	1	11	6	.647
Lt. Henry Findley	1943–1944	1	13	2	.867
Johnny McMillan	1944–1945	1	19	3	.864
Dick Anderson	1945–1946	0.5	4	8	.333
Walt Hambrick	1958–1959	1	4	20	.167
Bob Stevens	1959–1962	3	34	45	.430
Chuck Noe	1962–1963	1.5	16	21	.417
Dwane Morrison	1964	0.5	4	8	.333
Frank McGuire	1964–1980	16	283	142	.666
Bill Foster	1980–1986	6	92	79	.538
George Felton	1986–1991	5	87	62	.584
Steve Newton	1991–1993	2	20	35	.364
Eddie Fogler	1993–2001	8	123	117	.513
Dave Odom	2001–2008	7	128	104	.552
All-Time		100	1237	1086	.533

[edit] Year-by-Year Results

Season	Coach	Record		Notes
Season	Coach	Overall	Conference	Notes
Independent
1908-1909	J.H. Brown	0-3	—
1909-1910	F.E. Schofield	0-1	—
1910-1911	No coach	1-1	—
1911-1912	James G. Driver	3-4	—
1912-1913	James G. Driver	2-3	—
1913-1914	John Blackburn	5-4-1	—
1914-1915	L.W. Hill	2-7	—
Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
1915-1916	Charles C. Farrell	4-6	—
1916-1917	Dixon Foster	7-8	—
1917-1918	Dixon Foster	8-5	—
1918-1919	Dixon Foster	4-7	—
1919-1920	Dixon Foster	7-11	—
1920-1921	Sol Metzger	7-11	—
1921-1922	Lana A. Sims	7-12	—
Southern Conference
1922-1923	Jack Crawford	6-13	0-3
1923-1924	Jack Crawford	11-9	2-2
1924-1925	Branch Bocock	10-7	4-2
1925-1926	Branch Bocock	9-5	4-2
1926-1927	Branch Bocock	14-4	9-1	SoCon Champions
1927-1928	Burnet Stoney	8-12	4-7
1928-1929	A.W. Norman	8-13	4-9
1929-1930	A.W. Norman	6-10	0-6
1930-1931	A.W. Norman	1-17	1-12
1931-1932	A.W. Norman	9-7	2-2
1932-1933	Billy LaVal	17-2	4-0	SoCon Champions; SoCon Tournament Champions
1933-1934	A.W. Norman	18-1	6-0	SoCon Champions
1934-1935	A.W. Norman	15-9	5-7
1935-1936	Ted Petroskey	11-8	1-6
1936-1937	Ted Petroskey	13-7	8-4
1937-1938	Ted Petroskey	3-21	1-13
1938-1939	Ted Petroskey	5-18	3-8
1939-1940	Ted Petroskey	5-13	3-10
1940-1941	Frank Johnson	15-9	8-3
1941-1942	Frank Johnson	12-9	8-4
1942-1943	Frank Johnson (first 2 games) Rex Enright (last 17 games)	13-6	6-3
1943-1944	Lt. Henry Findley	13-2	1-2
1944-1945	Johnnie McMillan	19-3	9-0	SoCon Champions
1945-1946	Dick Anderson (first 12 games) Frank Johnson (last 8 games)	9-11	4-7
1946-1947	Frank Johnson	16-9	7-5
1947-1948	Frank Johnson	12-11	8-7
1948-1949	Frank Johnson	10-12	7-6
1949-1950	Frank Johnson	13-12	5-8
1950-1951	Frank Johnson	13-12	12-7
1951-1952	Frank Johnson	14-10	8-8
1952-1953	Frank Johnson	11-13	7-12
Atlantic Coast Conference
1953-1954	Frank Johnson	10-16	2-7
1954-1955	Frank Johnson	10-17	2-12
1955-1956	Frank Johnson	9-14	3-11
1956-1957	Frank Johnson	17-12	5-9
1957-1958	Frank Johnson	5-19	3-11
1958-1959	Walt Hambrick	4-20	2-12
1959-1960	Bob Stevens	10-16	6-8
1960-1961	Bob Stevens	9-17	2-12
1961-1962	Bob Stevens	15-12	7-7
1962-1963	Chuck Noe	9-15	4-10
1963-1964	Chuck Noe (first 12 games) Dwane Morrison (last 12 games)	10-14	7-7
1964-1965	Frank McGuire	6-17	2-12
1965-1966	Frank McGuire	11-13	4-10
1966-1967	Frank McGuire	16-7	8-4
1967-1968	Frank McGuire	15-7	9-5
1968-1969	Frank McGuire	21-7	11-3	NIT Second Round
1969-1970	Frank McGuire	25-3	14-0	ACC Champions
1970-1971	Frank McGuire	23-6	10-4	ACC Tournament Champions; NCAA Sweet Sixteen
Independent
1971-1972	Frank McGuire	24-5	—	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1972-1973	Frank McGuire	22-7	—	NCAA Sweet Sixteen
1973-1974	Frank McGuire	22-5	—	NCAA First Round
1974-1975	Frank McGuire	19-9	—	NIT Second Round
1975-1976	Frank McGuire	18-9	—
1976-1977	Frank McGuire	14-12	—
1977-1978	Frank McGuire	16-12	—	NIT First Round
1978-1979	Frank McGuire	15-12	—
1979-1980	Frank McGuire	16-11	—
1980-1981	Bill Foster	17-10	—
1981-1982	Bill Foster	14-15	—
1982-1983	Bill Foster	22-9	—	NIT Third Round
Metro Conference
1983-1984	Bill Foster	12-16	5-9
1984-1985	Bill Foster	15-13	6-8
1985-1986	Bill Foster	12-16	2-10
1986-1987	George Felton	15-14	5-7
1987-1988	George Felton	19-10	6-6
1988-1989	George Felton	19-11	8-4	NCAA First Round
1989-1990	George Felton	14-14	6-8
1990-1991	George Felton	20-13	5-9	NIT Second Round
Southeastern Conference (East Division)
1991-1992	Steve Newton	11-17	3-13
1992-1993	Steve Newton	9-18	5-11
1993-1994	Eddie Fogler	9-19	4-12
1994-1995	Eddie Fogler	10-17	5-11
1995-1996	Eddie Fogler	19-12	8-8	NIT Third Round
1996-1997	Eddie Fogler	24-8	15-1	SEC Champions; NCAA First Round
1997-1998	Eddie Fogler	23-8	11-5	NCAA First Round
1998-1999	Eddie Fogler	8-21	3-13
1999-2000	Eddie Fogler	15-17	5-11
2000-2001	Eddie Fogler	15-15	6-10	NIT First Round
2001-2002	Dave Odom	22-15	6-10	NIT Runners-up
2002-2003	Dave Odom	12-16	5-11
2003-2004	Dave Odom	23-11	8-8	NCAA First Round
2004-2005	Dave Odom	20-13	7-9	NIT Champions
2005-2006	Dave Odom	23-15	6-10	NIT Champions
2006-2007	Dave Odom	14-16	4-12
2007-2008	Dave Odom	14-18	5-11

[edit] Notable players

[edit] Awards

National Scoring Champion

Grady Wallace - 1957, 31.3 ppg
Zam Fredrick - 1981, 28.9 ppg

ACC Player of the Year

John Roche - 1969, 1970

All-ACC First Team

Grady Wallace - 1957
Art Whisnant - 1962
Ronnie Collins - 1964
Skip Harlicka - 1968
John Roche - 1969, 1970, 1971
Tom Owens - 1970, 1971

All-ACC Second Team

Grady Wallace - 1956
Art Whisnant - 1960, 1961
Scott Ward - 1963
Gary Gregor - 1967, 1968
Jack Thompson - 1967
Frank Standard - 1968
Tom Owens - 1969

ACC Tournament Outstanding Player

John Roche - 1971

SEC Rookie of the Year

BJ McKie - 1996

All-SEC First Team

Larry Davis - 1997
BJ McKie - 1997, 1998, 1999
Tre' Kelley - 2007

All-SEC Second Team

Jamie Watson - 1993, 1994
Larry Davis - 1996
Melvin Watson - 1997, 1998
Tarence Kinsey - 2006

All-SEC Third Team

Emmitt Hall - 1993, 1994
Melvin Watson - 1996
Marius Petravicius - 2001
Jamel Bradley - 2002
Carlos Powell - 2003. 2004
Brandon Wallace - 2007

NIT Most Valuable Player

Carlos Powell - 2005
Renaldo Balkman - 2006

[edit] Gamecocks in the NBA

Renaldo Balkman — New York Knicks
Tarence Kinsey — Memphis Grizzlies
Brandon Wallace — Boston Celtics
Mike Dunleavy, Sr. — Los Angeles Clippers, head coach

[edit] Retired jerseys

Retired jerseys^[6]
No.	Player	Years
42	Grady Wallace	1955-1957
11	John Roche	1968-1971
43	Kevin Joyce	1970-1973
22	Alex English	1972-1976
3	BJ McKie	1995-1999

[edit] See also

South Carolina Gamecocks

[edit] Notes and references

^ Lesesne, Henry H. (2001). A History of the University of South Carolina, 1940-2000. University of South Carolina Press, p. 27.
^ Lesesne, Henry H. (2001). A History of the University of South Carolina, 1940-2000. University of South Carolina Press, p. 28.
^ Lesesne, Henry H. (2001). A History of the University of South Carolina, 1940-2000. University of South Carolina Press, p. 232.
^ Lesesne, Henry H. (2001). A History of the University of South Carolina, 1940-2000. University of South Carolina Press, p. 311.
^ Darrin Horn Named Men's Basketball Coach
^ 2006-07 Men's Basketball Media Guide History.

[edit] External links

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