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University of South Carolina Gamecocks Mens Basketball Tickets

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5 based on 148 reviews

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South Carolina Gamecocks Men's Basketball History

The University of South Carolina first fielded a men's basketball team in 1908, and achieved success in the Southern Conference in the 1920s and '30s, before founding the Atlantic Coast Conference in 1953. The legendary Frank McGuire, who had previously led St. John's and UNC to Final Four appearances, coached the Gamecocks from 1964 until his retirement in 1980. During McGuire's reign, South Carolina reached the NCAA Sweet Sixteen for three consecutive years from 1971 to 1973, in addition to winning one ACC regular season title and tournament championship apiece in their final two seasons in the conference. 

After over a decade of independent play, South Carolina moved to the Metro Conference in 1983 and its current home in the Southeastern Conference in 1991. Coach Eddie Fogler led the Gamecocks to an SEC regular season championship in 1997, while his successor, Dave Odom, brought the team two NIT titles, in 2005 and 2006, after reaching their first NIT Finals game in 2002. In 2017, under head coach Frank Martin, the Gamecocks made their first appearance in the Final Four, beating Marquette, Duke, Baylor and Florida before bowing to Gonzaga in the national semifinal. South Carolina made its 10th appearance in the NCAA March Madness tournament in 2024.

South Carolina Gamecocks Team Info

Conference: SEC

Team Colors: Garnet and black

Team Rivals: Clemson, Auburn

South Carolina Gamecocks at Colonial Life Arena

The University of South Carolina Gamecocks play at Colonial Life Arena, an on-campus venue that opened in 2002. The arena holds 18,000 for basketball games. Besides being the home of the Gamecocks’ men’s and women’s basketball teams, Colonial Life Arena hosts the South Carolina High School Basketball Championships every year.

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Tickets for the 2025-26 regular season can be purchased on Ticketmaster, the Official Ticket Marketplace of the South Carolina Gamecocks.

The South Carolina Gamecocks men’s basketball team plays at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina. The seating chart for Colonial Life Arena can be viewed on Ticketmaster(Opens in new tab).

Reviews

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 based on 148 reviews
  • Mens BB

    by ClemsonSucksgoCocks on 12/4/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    Awesome seats willl be attending more games this year

  • Great seats, great game!

    by DaJudge82 on 11/21/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    Great seats for the price. Will definitely buy same seats again.

  • by DaJudge82 on 2/20/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 4 out of 5

    Great price for taking the family to see SEC basketball

  • Go, Gamecocks!

    by USCFAN4 on 2/17/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    The arena was great, the USC Band wonderful, the half-time show amazing, and HOW ABOUT THOSE GAMECOCKS?! It was a great win over Georgia!

  • That was Easy!

    by UKForeverFan on 2/9/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    Excellent to see the sea of KY Blue on the streets of Columbia, in the stands and having so much to cheer about--the #1 team made it look sooooo easy. Colonial Life Arena tickets through Ticketmaster worked out very well--reasonable price plus a small fee...no huge mark-ups or scalping necessary.

  • UK No. 1!

    by LynkyCat on 2/7/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    A blue mist fell over the Colonial Life Center Saturday evening and Big Blue Nation struck loud and strong!

  • Kentucky Wildcats Were Amazing

    by RBWF66 on 2/6/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    Me, My Wife and Our Two Girl's went to see Kentucky Wildcats play and to see Anthony Davis make history. We absolutely had a Blast, Wonderful seats, Wonderful atmosphere, very friendly staff. So many Kentucky fans that we thought this was Lexington instead of Columbia. The Hampton Inn that we stayed at was Wonderful and was within walking distance to the Coliseum. Very nice folks in Columbia and it was so nice to see our "Wildcat" family everywhere. Overall experience was off the scales. Thank you so much to Randy and his Buddy for making our night one that we will never forget. GO BIG BLUE!!!!!

  • Fun, if you're a Kentucky Fan, good thing I am...

    by Nolabyrd on 2/6/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    Great game, always fun to watch Kentucky play, particularly when they are playing well. Carolina was not on their game but they are not doing well overall this year. Carolina fans were lacking in attendance, the game was sold out but not all the seats were filled. The ones that were were taken by mostly Kentucky fans (more blue shirts than burgundy)...the chant of "Go Big Blue" in Carolina country was unbelievable-like being in Rupp Arena instead of Columbia SC. We had a great time and will make this an annual tradition...

  • Cats win big!!!

    by Jcporter44 on 2/6/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    This game was amazing. I kind of feel bad for the Game Cocks team. The Game Cocks fans finally got to see a real basketball team in action. It was nice getting to see five or six pros on the floor. Even better witnessing history as Anthony Davis passed Shaqs block record.

  • by alabamafan1 on 1/27/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 4 out of 5

    Ease in obtaining ticket: excellent, seat was as expected from diagram. The only problem was the wrong basketball team won. Can you correct this? ha

  • Great event!

    by bamafanatic on 1/27/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 4 out of 5

    My team lost, but the event was great. Great seats and a great environment. Got right in and right out at will call. Sufficient parking close to the arena. I'd recommend this event to others.

  • UF Basketball

    by Peachy5212 on 1/17/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    I had a great time love every minute of it. Can't wait to buy my next event from ticketmaster.com.

  • Game was great!

    by CoFree on 1/16/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 4 out of 5

    Would do it again. Loved the atmosphere...easy parking and ticket pickup at will call.

  • USC Men's BBall vs Florida Gators

    by Klboy on 1/16/12Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 4 out of 5

    Good game but USC lost! Seats were very good. Friendly crowd

  • OHIO STATE RULES

    by BeachBuckeye on 12/20/11Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    O.M.G. Ohio State fans took over Gamecocks arena 12/17. It was like a home game for the buckeyes. The prices and arena were great, even parking was only 5 dollars. They didn't rip you off at the game. Getting tickets on line was very easy and conveniant.

  • Buckeye Nation Out in Force

    by BuckeyeFamilyMan on 12/19/11Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 4 out of 5

    Our family loves the Buckeyes, so when we found their basketball team would be playing near to Charlotte, we bought tix for family at the game in Columbia, SC. We could not believe the turnout of Bucks fans; probably 2:1 or 3:1. Must've been intimidating for USC fans. Talked to the Buckeye team afterwards at the team bus, our kids got autographs, and the Buck Players said the fan support made it feel like a home game. The bucks won too, which is nice. The nosebleed seats weren't fantastic but the lower level seats are great. Acoustics are nicer than a lot of arenas which are more like barns. The SC pep band was hot. Loved their arrangement of Chicago's "25 or 6 to 4." Nice scoreboard with video screen. Good hospitality. Good parking. The French Fries were awesome. The Philly cheesecake was OK. (bread a little stale). Service was slow. Coke was semi-flat. Several attendants said that this was the highest attendance they had ever seen for any event at the arena, so I'm sure the food service crew was overwhelmed. See, the Buckeyes aren't so bad, for all of you haters, even though we beat your team. You guys did well, keeping it close. Look at how much money we brought in to an SEC school, just because of our great fans.

  • Buckeyes rule gamecocks

    by Buckeye101 on 12/19/11Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 4 out of 5

    Great crowd. About half of the crowd were Ohio State fans. We were very vocal.

  • OSU fans took over Colonial Life for one day!

    by jb1342 on 12/19/11Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 4 out of 5

    Had a good time, game was competitive, think the Gamecocks will score a few upsets in the SEC if they play like they did Saturday.

  • The Ohio State University vs USC

    by BuckeyeLivingInSC on 12/19/11Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    The Buckeye fans showed why they are the greatest in the world!! There were more Ohio State fans at this game then SC. The predominant color was SCARLET - the O - H - I - O rocked the Colonial Center. Saw license plates from MD, NC, GA, FL, and VA!

  • Best of B'Ball

    by exlibriswr on 12/19/11Colonial Life Arena - ColumbiaRating: 5 out of 5

    The game was great, the venue was adequate. Go Bucks!