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South Carolina

Season: 2026 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017
Also known as: South Carolina Gamecocks
Program History
Coach: Lamont Paris

2026 Team Stats (30 games)

75.0
PPG
77.5
Opp
-2.5
Margin
43.2%
FG%
30.5%
3P%
78.4%
FT%
32.1
RPG
13.3
APG
9.7
TO
77.3
Pace
77.1
AdjO
70.1
AdjD
#94
Rank

Model Outputs

2025-2026
Catalog

Output is shown as model rating with league rank in parentheses when available.

Model Output Notes
Elo Elo Streaming paired-comparison rating with recency baked into sequential updates. More → 883 (#266) -
Bradley-Terry Bradley-Terry Static logistic paired-comparison model with one team strength parameter. More → 1034 (#146) -
Bradley-Terry Recency Bradley-Terry Recency Static Bradley-Terry with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +109 elo More → 955 (#594) HCA +109 elo
Margin Margin Linear team-strength model fit on point differential instead of binary wins. HCA +2.2 More → +6.4 (#99) HCA +2.2
Margin Recency Margin Recency Margin regression with exponential recency weights on newer games. HCA +2.5 More → +17.9 (#104) HCA +2.5
Pythagorean Pythagorean Pythagorean win expectation from raw points scored and allowed. More → 0.442 (#215) -
Efficiency Efficiency Tempo-adjusted efficiency version of Pythagorean ratings. NetEff +12.5 More → 0.784 (#85) NetEff +12.5
Adjusted Efficiency Adjusted Efficiency Opponent-adjusted efficiency model with separate offensive and defensive components. AdjNet +8.9 More → 0.737 (#98) AdjNet +8.9
Log Adjusted Log Adjusted Log-scale adjusted efficiency model that downweights blowout leverage. AdjNet +9.1 More → 0.740 (#98) AdjNet +9.1
Points Off/Def Points Off/Def Raw points regression with separate offensive and defensive team parameters. AdjO 77.1 | AdjD 70.1 More → 0.654 (#94) AdjO 77.1 | AdjD 70.1
Points Off/Def Recency Points Off/Def Recency Off/def points regression with exponential recency weights. AdjO 71.8 | AdjD 71.6 More → 0.504 (#232) AdjO 71.8 | AdjD 71.6
Core Ensemble Core Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.781 (#154) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Recency Ensemble Recency Ensemble Equal-logit blend of Elo, recency BT, recency margin, log-adjusted pyth, and recency points off/def. Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD More → 0.726 (#168) Blend of Elo, BT, Margin, PythLog, PtsOD
Dynamic Bradley-Terry Dynamic Bradley-Terry Time-evolving paired-comparison model with latent team strength drift. RD 136 | GP 30 More → 1047 (#194) RD 136 | GP 30

2026 Schedule & Results

Date Vs/At Opponent Result Score
2025-11-04 vs North Carolina A&T Aggies W 91 - 72
2025-11-09 vs Southern Miss Golden Eagles W 83 - 79
2025-11-12 vs Presbyterian Blue Hose W 81 - 61
2025-11-18 vs Radford Highlanders W 87 - 58
2025-11-21 vs Butler Bulldogs L 72 - 79
2025-11-23 @ Northwestern Wildcats L 77 - 79
2025-11-28 vs Charleston Southern Buccaneers W 74 - 62
2025-12-02 vs Virginia Tech Hokies L 83 - 86
2025-12-13 vs The Citadel Bulldogs W 71 - 55
2025-12-16 @ Clemson Tigers L 61 - 68
2025-12-22 vs South Carolina State Bulldogs W 95 - 70
2025-12-30 vs UAlbany Great Danes W 96 - 67
2026-01-03 vs Vanderbilt Commodores L 71 - 83
2026-01-06 @ LSU Tigers W 78 - 68
2026-01-10 vs Georgia Bulldogs L 70 - 75
2026-01-14 @ Arkansas Razorbacks L 74 - 108
2026-01-20 vs Oklahoma Sooners W 85 - 76
2026-01-24 @ Texas A&M Aggies L 69 - 92
2026-01-28 vs Florida Gators L 48 - 95
2026-01-31 vs LSU Tigers L 87 - 92
2026-02-03 @ Texas Longhorns L 75 - 84
2026-02-07 vs Missouri Tigers L 59 - 78
2026-02-14 @ Alabama Crimson Tide L 75 - 89
2026-02-17 @ Florida Gators L 62 - 76
2026-02-21 vs Mississippi State Bulldogs W 97 - 89
2026-02-24 vs Kentucky Wildcats L 63 - 72
2026-02-28 @ Georgia Bulldogs L 68 - 87
2026-03-03 vs Tennessee Volunteers L 59 - 78
2026-03-07 @ Ole Miss Rebels W 64 - 61
2026-03-11 @ Oklahoma Sooners L 74 - 86

2026 Roster

Minutes by Position

The surface stays filled across the five on-court roles. Use the labels or legend to isolate how each player absorbs guard-to-big minutes.

Player Pos GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TO FGA Numbers PM PM/G PM/40 FG% 3P% FT% RAPM TS% eFG%
M. Johnson M. Johnson - 30 31.6 17.2 3.2 4.2 1.2 0.1 2.3 12.1 11.6 -44 -0.7 -57.4 40.9 31.4 80.3 -0.23 56.9 48.2
K. Knox K. Knox G 30 30.3 10.9 3.4 2.1 1.1 0.2 1.2 7.4 9.2 85 4.0 7.9 49.3 30.9 75.2 0.73 60.0 54.1
M. Sharavjamts M. Sharavjamts - 30 29.8 10.9 5.5 2.3 0.7 0.8 1.4 7.6 11.2 -68 -4.5 -18.1 48.9 35.0 88.2 0.65 61.4 55.0
E. Strong E. Strong F 30 16.9 9.9 2.3 0.9 0.4 0.2 0.9 8.8 4.0 -37 -3.1 -19.3 44.5 27.8 76.0 0.36 52.1 49.2
E. Ellis E. Ellis - 27 26.8 8.6 2.9 1.9 0.8 0.0 0.9 7.3 6.0 14 0.8 1.7 38.8 27.8 87.9 0.64 51.5 44.4
M. Stute M. Stute G 25 23.4 5.8 3.5 0.8 0.7 0.2 0.8 5.4 4.8 -6 -1.0 -19.8 35.6 30.8 69.6 -0.02 49.6 47.4
N. Kapic N. Kapic - 21 11.1 4.0 2.0 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.4 3.4 2.7 3 0.2 1.8 40.3 34.0 69.2 -0.13 53.4 51.4
G. Polk G. Polk - 28 12.2 3.6 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 3.2 1.6 -18 -0.9 -3.6 38.2 31.9 90.9 -0.05 53.3 50.6
J. Butler J. Butler F 24 8.9 2.9 1.7 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 1.8 3.2 -21 -2.6 -21.3 47.6 26.3 77.4 0.43 62.0 53.6
EJ Walker EJ Walker F 20 15.9 2.8 2.8 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.8 2.6 3.0 -80 -6.7 -25.4 40.4 18.5 47.1 -0.15 46.2 45.2
H. Assemian H. Assemian - 22 10.2 2.5 2.5 0.3 0.2 0.4 0.5 1.5 3.9 13 0.6 2.5 70.6 0 57.1 0.29 69.7 70.6
C. Essandoko C. Essandoko - 19 7.4 1.9 1.6 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.4 2.2 1.6 4 0.5 5.7 29.3 33.3 57.1 0.38 39.2 35.4
E. Sparkman E. Sparkman - 12 3.2 0.5 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.7 -4 -1.0 -21.6 33.3 33.3 0 -0.11 50.0 50.0
C. Scott C. Scott G 0 - 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Abu Yarmah Abu Yarmah G 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - - - 0 0 0 - 0 0

Numbers/Game vs RAPM

X-axis = Numbers/Game (PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA), Y-axis = RAPM.

Advanced: Numbers = PTS+REB+AST+STL+BLK-TO-FGA, PM = total +/-, PM/G = per game, PM/40 = per 40 minutes, RAPM = Regularized Adj Plus-Minus, TS% = True Shooting, eFG% = Effective FG