The 2022–23 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Lamont Paris, and played their home games at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 4–14 in SEC play to finish in twelfth place. As the No. 12 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost to Ole Miss in the first round.

Previous season The Gamecocks finished the 2021–22 season 18–13, 9–9 in SEC play to finish in a five-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 7 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost to Mississippi State in the second round.

On March 14, 2022, the school fired head coach Frank Martin. On March 24, the school named Chattanooga head coach Lamont Paris the team's new head coach.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure James Reese V 0 G 6'4" 170 GS Senior Eastover, SC Graduated Jermaine Couisnard 5 G 6'4" 211 RS Junior East Chicago, IN Transferred to Oregon Erik Stevenson 10 G 6'4" 209 Senior Lacey, WA Graduate transferred to West Virginia AJ Wilson 12 F 6'7" 234 GS Senior Laurel, MD Graduated Mike Green 13 G 6'2" 190 Junior Myrtle Beach, SC Walk-on; transferred to The Citadel Brandon Martin 14 F 6'5" 232 Senior Miami, FL Graduate transferred to Massachusetts Wildens Leveque 15 F/C 6'10" 255 Junior Brockton, MA Transferred to Massachusetts Devin Carter 23 G 6'3" 188 Freshman Miami, FL Transferred to Providence Keyshawn Bryant 24 F 6'6" 187 Senior Winter Haven, FL Transferred to South Florida Ta'Quan Woodley 55 F 6'8" 280 Freshman Camden, NJ Transferred to Massachusetts

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Ebrima Dibba 0 G 6'6" 205 RS Senior Bredäng, Skarholmen Coastal Carolina Meechie Johnson Jr. 5 G 6'2" 172 Junior Cleveland, OH Ohio State Hayden Brown 10 F 6'5" 225 GS Senior Greer, SC The Citadel Benjamin Bosmans-Verdonk 13 F 6'8" 235 RS Junior Lommel, Belgium Illinois

2022 Recruiting class

2023 Recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=""| SEC regular season

!colspan=12 style=""| SEC tournament

See also 2022–23 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team

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