1969–70 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team

1969–70 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball
ACC regular season champion
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 6
APNo. 6
Record25–3 (14–0 ACC)
Head coach
CaptainBobby Cremins
Home arenaCarolina Coliseum
1969–70 ACC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 South Carolina 14 0   1.000 25 3   .893
North Carolina 9 5   .643 18 9   .667
No. 10 NC State 9 5   .643 23 7   .767
Duke 8 6   .571 17 9   .654
Wake Forest 6 8   .429 14 13   .519
Maryland 5 9   .357 13 13   .500
Virginia 3 11   .214 10 15   .400
Clemson 2 12   .143 7 19   .269
1970 ACC tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1969–70 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 1969–70 men's college basketball season. South Carolina won their first ACC Regular season championship after going a perfect 14-0 in ACC play. Although they won the ACC regular season, they were denied a spot in the NCAA tournament after they lost a controversial ACC Championship tournament game to NC State in double overtime. Junior John Roche won ACC player of the year, and was a first team All American. South Carolina began the season ranked 1st in the AP poll, and finished 6th in both AP and Coaches.