South Carolina men's basketball tip-off times revealed

South Carolina men’s basketball will officially open the 2024-25 regular season in less than a month. And now, with a few weeks until the first game, the tip-off times for the new season have been unveiled.

Press release from USC Athletics

In the non-conference portion of the team’s schedule, two games will be played on SEC Network. The team’s annual in-state rivalry with Clemson, part of the South Carolina Education Lottery Palmetto Series, will tip at 7 p.m. (ET) on SEC Network on Tuesday, Dec. 17. The Gamecocks’ final non-conference game at home against Presbyterian on Monday, Dec. 30, will also be on SEC Network and tip at 7 p.m.

The remaining seven home games on the non-conference slate will all be on SEC Network+.

Carolina will make its second all-time trip (first since 1973) to Assembly Hall on Saturday, Nov. 16 to face Indiana. The 3 p.m. tipoff will mark the Gamecocks’ debut on Peacock, a streaming service subsidiary of NBCUniversal Media Group.

Both of the team’s games at the Fort Myers Tip-Off will be nationally televised on FS1. The team’s SEC/ACC Challenge game at Boston College on Tuesday, Dec. 3, will tip at 7 p.m. on ACC Network.

Carolina’s home schedule in SEC play is highlighted by six teams that made the 2024 NCAA Tournament. Of those six teams, four of the games will take place on Saturday with evening tips at 8:30 p.m. on SEC Network against Texas A&M on Feb. 1 and Texas on Feb. 22. The team will play five of its nine home SEC games on Saturday this season.

A record-tying 10 SEC teams received postseason bids. The SEC’s eight NCAA Tournament selections tied its previous best set in 2018. Additionally, two SEC teams competed in the National Invitation Tournament. The SEC has had 35 NCAA Tournament selections over the last five tournaments.

The SEC Tournament returns to Nashville, Tenn., as Bridgestone Arena will host the event again from March 12-16, 2025.

Season tickets remain available and more information can be found here.

2024-25 South Carolina Men’s Basketball Schedule

Wednesday, Oct. 30, vs. College of Wooster (EXHIBITION) – 7 p.m.

Monday, Nov. 4 vs. North Florida – 7 p.m. on SEC Network+

Friday, Nov. 8 vs. SC State – 7 p.m. on SEC Network+

Tuesday, Nov. 12 vs. Towson – 7 p.m. on SEC Network+

Saturday, Nov. 16 @ Indiana – 3 p.m. on Peacock

Thursday, Nov. 21 vs. Mercer – 7 p.m. on SEC Network+

Monday, Nov. 25 vs. Xavier – Fort Meyers Tip-Off – 8:30 p.m. on FS1

Wednesday, Nov. 27 vs. Michigan/Virginia Tech – Fort Meyers Tip-Off 6/8:30 p.m. on FS1

Tuesday, Dec. 3 @ Boston College – SEC/ACC Challenge – 7 p.m. on ACC Network

Saturday, Dec. 7 vs. East Carolina – TBD on SEC Network+

Saturday, Dec. 14 vs. USC Upstate – TBD on SEC Network+

Tuesday, Dec. 17 vs. CLEMSON – 7 p.m. on SEC Network

Sunday, Dec. 22 vs. Radford – TBD on SEC Network+

Monday, Dec. 30 vs. Presbyterian – 7 p.m. on SEC Network

Saturday, Jan. 4 at MISSISSIPPI STATE – 2 p.m. on SEC Network

Wednesday, Jan. 8 vs. ALABAMA – 7 p.m. on SEC Network 

Saturday, Jan. 11 vs. AUBURN – 1 p.m. on SEC Network

Wednesday, Jan. 15 at Vanderbilt – 6 p.m. on SEC Network

Saturday, Jan. 18 at Oklahoma – TBD on ESPN/2/U

Wednesday, Jan. 22 vs. FLORIDA – 7 p.m. on SEC Network

Saturday, Jan. 25 vs. MISSISSIPPI STATE – 1 p.m. on SEC Network

Tuesday, Jan. 28 at Georgia – 7 p.m. on SEC Network

Saturday, Feb. 1 vs. TEXAS A&M – 8:30 p.m. on SEC Network

Saturday, Feb. 8 at KENTUCKY – 12 p.m. on ESPN/2

Wednesday, Feb. 12 vs. Ole Miss – 7 p.m. on SEC Network

Saturday, Feb. 15 at FLORIDA – 8:30 p.m. on SEC Network

Tuesday, Feb. 18 at LSU – 9 p.m. on SEC Network

Saturday, Feb. 22 vs. TEXAS – 8:30 p.m. on SEC Network

Tuesday, Feb. 25 at Missouri – 9 p.m. on ESPN2/U

Saturday, March 1 vs. Arkansas – 1 p.m. on SEC Network

Tuesday, March 4 vs. Georgia – 6 p.m. on SEC Network

Saturday, March 8 at TENNESSEE – 2 p.m. on SEC Network

March 12-16 SEC Tournament at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville, Tenn.

March 20-23 NCAA Tournament First & Second Rounds

March 27-30 NCAA Tournament Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight

April 5-7 Final Four at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas

• Home games BOLDED
• Neutral site games ITALICIZED
• 2024 NCAA Tournament opponent ALL CAPS
• ALL times listed in Eastern Time

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