1968–69 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team

1968–69 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball
1968–69 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball
NIT
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 20
AP	No. 13
Record	21–7 (11–3 ACC)
Head coach	Frank McGuire (5th season);
Home arena	Carolina Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 →

1968–69 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 North Carolina †	12	–	2	.857	27	–	5	.844
No. 13 South Carolina	11	–	3	.786	21	–	7	.750
Duke	8	–	6	.571	15	–	13	.536
NC State	8	–	6	.571	15	–	10	.600
Wake Forest	8	–	6	.571	18	–	9	.667
Virginia	5	–	9	.357	10	–	15	.400
Maryland	2	–	12	.143	8	–	18	.308
Clemson	2	–	12	.143	6	–	19	.240

† 1969 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

The 1968–69 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 1968–69 men's college basketball . South Carolina finished 2nd in the ACC at 11–3 with a win over #2 ranked North Carolina. South Carolina finished the season ranked 13th in the AP poll.^[1]

Roster[edit]

Name	Position	Height	Year	Stats
John Roche	Guard	6–3	Sophomore	23.6 Pts, 2.6 Reb
Tom Owens	Center	6–10	Sophomore	16.4 Pts, 13.0 Reb
Bill Walsh	Guard	6–0	Sophomore	12.7 Pts, 2.3 Reb
John Ribock	Forward	6–8	Sophomore	9.2 Pts, 9.4 Reb
Bobby Cremins	Guard	6–2	Junior	6.9 Pts, 8.1 Reb
Gene Spencer	Forward	6–8	Junior	1.6 Pts, 1.5 Reb
Charlie Vacca	Forward	6–3	Senior	1.6 Pts, 1.4 Reb
Corkey Carnevale	Guard	6–3	Junior	1.0 Pts, 0.4 Reb
Tommy Terry	Guard	6–2	Junior	0.9 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Hank Martin	Guard	5–9	Senior	0.5 Pts, 0.2 Reb
Dennis Powell	Center	6–0	Sophomore	0.5 Pts, 0.2 Reb

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Schedule[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
November 30*		Auburn	W 51–49	1-0	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
December 4		at Wake Forrest	W 68–63	2-0 (1-0)	Winston-Salem Memorial Coliseum Winston-Salem, NC
December 7		Maryland	W 79-67	3-0 (2-0)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
December 14		Virginia	L 70–86	3-1 (2-1)	University Hall Charlottesville, VA
December 18*		East Carolina	W 75–61	4-1	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
December 20*		vs. No. 3 Davidson	L 55–62	4-2	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
December 27*		vs. Rhode Island	W 86–68	5-2
December 28*		at Saint Joseph's	W 64–48	6-2	Hagan Arena Philadelphia, PA
December 30*		at No. 17 LaSalle	W 62–59	7-2	The Spectrum Philadelphia, PA
January 4		Clemson	W 77–62	8-2 (3-1)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
January 8		at Maryland	W 69–67	9-2 (4-1)	Cole Fieldhouse College Park, MD
January 28*	No. 18	at Florida State	L 76–87	10-3	Tully Gymnasium Tallahassee, FL
February 1	No. 19	Duke	W 64–57	11-3 (5-1)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
February 3	No. 19	Wake Forrest	W 73–62	12-3 (6-1)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
February 5*		Furman	W 90–67	13-3	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
February 8		at Duke	W 82-72	14-3 (7-1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
February 10		at Clemson	W 106–79	15-3 (8-1)	Littlejohn Coliseum Clemson, SC
February 14		vs. No. 2 North Carolina	W 68–66	16-3 (9-1)
February 15		vs. North Carolina State	W 45–35	17-3 (10-1)
February 19*	No. 12	Furman	W 63–53	18-3	Memorial Auditorium Greenville, SC
February 22	No. 7	Virginia	W 86–70	19-3 (11-1)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
February 26	No. 8	No. 2 North Carolina	L 62–68	19-4 (11-2)	Carolina Coliseum Columbia, SC
March 1	No. 8	at NC State	L 64–67	19-5 (11-3)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
March 6*	No. 8	vs. Maryland ACC tournament	W 92–71	20-5	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
March 7*	No. 8	vs. Duke ACC tournament	L 59–68	20-6	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
March 15*	No. 13	vs. Southern Illinois NIT	W 72-63	21-6	Madison Square Garden Manhattan, NY
March 28*	No. 13	vs. Army NIT	L 45-59	21-7	Madison Square Garden Manhattan, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings[edit]

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	Final
AP	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	19	—	—	12	8	13
Coaches	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	18	12	12	16	20

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References[edit]

^ "1968-69 polls". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^ "1968-69 South Carolina Gamecock basketball roster". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^ "1968-69 South Carolina Gamecock basketball schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^ "1968-69 polls". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

[1] "1968-69 polls". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

[2] "1968-69 South Carolina Gamecock basketball roster". Sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

[3] "1968-69 South Carolina Gamecock basketball schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

[4] "1968-69 polls". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

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v t e South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball
Venues	College Hall (1908-1912) Carolina Gymnasium (1912-1927) Carolina Fieldhouse (1927–1968) Carolina Coliseum (1968–2002) Colonial Life Arena (2002–present)
Rivalries	Clemson
Culture & lore	Cocky "The Fighting Gamecocks Lead the Way" Garnet Army 2017–18 corruption scandal
People	Head coaches NBA draftees Statistical leaders
Seasons	List of seasons 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24
NCAA Final Four appearances in italics