The 2024–25 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Lamont Paris and played their home games at Colonial Life Arena located in Columbia, South Carolina as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
South Carolina finished bottom of the table in the SEC and was one of only two SEC teams to not make the NCAA tournament (the other being LSU).
Previous season The Gamecocks finished the 2023–24 season 26–8, 13–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 5 seed in the SEC tournament, they beat Arkansas in the second round before falling to Auburn in the quarterfinals. The Gamecocks earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, their first since 2017. However, they would fall in the first round to Oregon, 87–73.
Offseason
Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Ebrima Dibba 0 G 6'5" 214 RS Senior Bredäng, Sweden Transferred to Cleveland State B.J. Mack 2 F 6'8" 260 Graduate student Charlotte, North Carolina Exhausted eligibility Stephen Clark 4 F 6'8" 208 Graduate student Charlotte, North Carolina Exhausted eligibility Meechie Johnson 5 G 6'2" 184 Junior Cleveland, Ohio Transferred back to Ohio State Eli Sparkman 14 G 6'0" 160 Sophomore Cleveland, Tennessee Walk-on; didn't return Danny Grajzl 20 G 6'0" 175 Freshman Cleveland, Ohio Walk-on; didn't return Josh Gray 33 F 7'0" 265 Senior Brooklyn, New York Transferred to Missouri Ta'Lon Cooper 55 G 6'4" 200 Graduate student Roebuck, South Carolina Exhausted eligibility
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jordan Butler 0 F 7'0" 240 Sophomore Mauldin, South Carolina Missouri Nick Pringle 5 F 6'10" 220 Graduate student Seabrook, South Carolina Alabama Jamarii Thomas 6 G 5'11" 190 Senior Greensboro, North Carolina Norfolk State
Recruiting class
Preseason On October 14, 2024 the SEC released their preseason media poll. South Carolina was picked to finish eleventh in the SEC regular season. Sophomore forward Collin Murray-Boyles was named to the Third Team All-SEC.
SEC media poll SEC media poll 1 Alabama 2 Auburn 3 Tennessee 4 Arkansas 5 Texas A&M 6 Florida 7 Texas 8 Kentucky 9 Ole Miss 10 Mississippi State 11 South Carolina 12 Georgia 13 Missouri 14 LSU 15 Oklahoma 16 Vanderbilt Source
Roster
Schedule and results
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