1969–70 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team

1969–70 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball
1969–70 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball
ACC regular season champion
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 6
AP	No. 6
Record	25–3 (14–0 ACC)
Head coach	Frank McGuire (6th season);
Captain	Bobby Cremins (senior year)
Home arena	Carolina Coliseum
	Seasons ← 1968–69 1970–71 →

1969–70 ACC men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 6 South Carolina	14	–	0	1.000	25	–	3	.893
North Carolina	9	–	5	.643	18	–	9	.667
No. 10 NC 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 from AP Poll

The 1969–70 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University 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. Junior John 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]

Roster

Name	Position	Height	Year	Stats
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

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Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
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
December 30*	No. 3	vs. No. 13 Notre Dame	W 84–83	7-1
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 Forrest ACC tournament	W 79–63	24-2	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
March 7*	No. 3	vs. NC State ACC tournament	L 39-42 ^{2 OT}	24-3	Charlotte Coliseum Charlotte, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
	Week
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

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References

^ "1969-70 polls". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^ "1969-70 South Carolina Gamecocks roster". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^ "1969-70 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.
^ "1969-70 polls". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

[1] "1969-70 polls". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

[2] "1969-70 South Carolina Gamecocks roster". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

[3] "1969-70 South Carolina Gamecocks Schedule". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

[4] "1969-70 polls". sports-reference.com. Retrieved January 24, 2018.

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