1968–69 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team
American college basketball season
1968–69 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball | |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 20 |
AP | No. 13 |
Record | 21–7 (11–3 ACC) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Carolina Coliseum |
Seasons ← 1967–68 1969–70 → |
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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
Name | Position | Height | Year | Stats |
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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
Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site city, state | ||||||
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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
Week | ||||||||||||||||
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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
- ^ "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.