The 2018–19 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team's head coach, Frank Martin, was in his seventh season at South Carolina. The team played its home games at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16-16, 11-7 in SEC Play to finish a tie for 4th place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC tournament to Auburn.
Previous season The Gamecocks finished the 2017–18 season finished the season 17–16, 7–11 in SEC play to finish in a tie for 11th place. They had 3 wins against ranked teams; No. 10 Auburn, No. 18 Kentucky, and No. 20 Florida. They defeated Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC tournament before losing in the second round to Arkansas.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure David Beatty 0 G 6'2" 205 Philadelphia, PA Transferred to La Salle Kory Holden 1 G 6'1" 197 Salisbury, MD Transferred to South Alabama Frank Booker Jr. 5 G 6'3" 208 Augusta, GA Graduated Khadim Gueye 12 F 7'0" 248 Dakar, Senegal Transferred to Akron Ibrahim Doumbia 14 F 6'6" 205 Miami, FL Transferred to UCF Wesley Myers 15 G 6'1" 193 Brooklyn, NY Graduated Tommy Corchiani 20 G 6'3" 180 Raleigh, NC Left team Christian Schmitt 25 G 5'11" 180 Mars, PA Left team
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Tre Campbell 4 G 6'2" 170 Graduate Student Washington, D.C. Georgetown Jair Bolden 52 G 6'4' 205 Junior Brooklyn, NY George Washington
2018 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=|Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Regular season
!colspan=12 style= | SEC tournament
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