| 1969–70South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball | |
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ACC regular season champion | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 6 |
| AP | No. 6 |
| Record | 25–3 (14–0 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| Captain | Bobby Cremins |
| Home arena | Carolina Coliseum |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 6South Carolina | 14 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 25 | – | 3 | .893 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 18 | – | 9 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10NC State † | 9 | – | 5 | .643 | 23 | – | 7 | .767 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Duke | 8 | – | 6 | .571 | 17 | – | 9 | .654 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | 14 | – | 13 | .519 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maryland | 5 | – | 9 | .357 | 13 | – | 13 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 3 | – | 11 | .214 | 10 | – | 15 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 2 | – | 12 | .143 | 7 | – | 19 | .269 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †1970 ACC tournament winner Rankings fromAP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The1969–70 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented theUniversity of South Carolina during the 1969–70 men's college basketball season. South Carolina won their first ACC Regular season championship after going a perfect 14-0 in ACC play. Although they won the ACC regular season, they were denied a spot in the NCAA tournament after they lost a controversial ACC Championship tournament game to NC State in double overtime. JuniorJohn Roche won ACC player of the year, and was a first team All American. South Carolina began the season ranked 1st in the AP poll, and finished 6th in both AP and Coaches.[1]
| Name | Position | Height | Year | Stats |
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| John Roche | Guard | 6–3 | Junior | 22.2 Pts, 2.5 Reb |
| Tom Owens | Center | 6–10 | Junior | 15.9 Pts, 14.0 Reb |
| Tom Riker | Forward | 6–10 | Sophomore | 13.8 Pts, 9.0 Reb |
| Bobby Cremins | Guard | 6–2 | Senior | 7.2 Pts, 5.4 Reb |
| Rick Aydlett | Forward | 6–7 | Sophomore | 5.5 Pts, 4.0 Reb |
| John Ribock | Forward | 6–8 | Junior | 5.2 Pts, 6.8 Reb |
| Bob Carver | Guard | 6–2 | Sophomore | 3.5 Pts, 0.8 Reb |
| Gene Spencer | Forward | 6–8 | Senior | 1.5 Pts, 0.9 Reb |
| Corkey Carnevale | Guard | 6–3 | Senior | 1.0 Pts, 0.6 Reb |
| Tommy Terry | Guard | 6–2 | Senior | 0.3 Pts, 1.0 Reb |
| Dennis Powell | Center | 6–0 | Junior | 0.4 Pts, 0.1 Reb |
| Billy Grimes | Guard | 6–5 | Sophomore | 0.0 Pts, 0.9 Reb |
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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| December 1* | No. 1 | at Auburn | W 86–64 | 1-0 | Beard–Eaves–Memorial Coliseum Auburn, AL | ||||||
| December 6* | No. 1 | Tennessee | L 55–56 | 1-1 | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| December 10* | No. 8 | at East Carolina | W 68-49 | 2-1 | Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum Greenville, NC | ||||||
| December 13 | No. 8 | at Virginia | W 62–51 | 3-1 (1-0) | University Hall Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
| December 15 | No. 8 | at Maryland | W 101–68 | 4-1 (2-0) | Cole Fieldhouse College Park, Maryland | ||||||
| December 18* | No. 5 | Long Island | W 89–52 | 5-1 | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| December 29* | No. 3 | vs. New Mexico | W 85–62 | 6-1 | Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA | ||||||
| December 30* | No. 3 | vs. No. 13 Notre Dame | W 84–83 | 7-1 | Municipal Auditorium New Orleans, LA | ||||||
| January 5 | No. 3 | No. 4 North Carolina | W 65–52 | 8-1 (3-0) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| January 10 | No. 3 | Maryland | W 98–72 | 9-1 (4-0) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| January 12 | No. 3 | Virginia | W 63–42 | 10-1 (5-0) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| January 14* | No. 3 | at Furman | W 59–56 | 11-1 | Greenville Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC | ||||||
| January 26 | No. 3 | at Clemson | W 97–76 | 12-1 (6-0) | Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC | ||||||
| January 28 | No. 4 | Virginia Tech | W 86–54 | 13-1 (7-0) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| January 31 | No. 4 | at Duke | W 67–55 | 14-1 (8-0) | Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC | ||||||
| February 4* | No. 2 | at Temple | W 79–71 | 15-1 | McGonigle Hall Philadelphia, PA | ||||||
| February 7 | No. 2 | Clemson | W 99–52 | 16-1 (9-0) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| February 9 | No. 2 | Wake Forest | W 81–54 | 17-1 (10-0) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| February 11* | No. 2 | No. 13 Davidson | L 62–68 | 17-2 | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| February 14 | No. 2 | Duke | W 82–65 | 18-2 (10-0) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| February 18 | No. 4 | at No. 12 NC State | W 71–69 | 19-2 (11-0) | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| February 21 | No. 4 | at No. 13 North Carolina | W 79–62 | 20-2 (12-0) | Carmichael Auditorium Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| February 23 | No. 4 | at Wake Forest | W 67–51 | 21-2 (13-0) | Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
| February 28 | No. 4 | No. 14 NC State | W 85–69 | 22-2 (14-0) | Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC | ||||||
| March 5* | No. 3 | vs. Clemson ACC tournament | W 34–33 | 23-2 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
| March 6* | No. 3 | vs. Wake Forest ACC tournament | W 79–63 | 24-2 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
| March 7* | No. 3 | vs. NC State ACC tournament | L 39-42 2OT | 24-3 | Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC | ||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. | |||||||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Final |
| AP | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| Coaches | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 |