| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2020–21 |
| Prev Year: | 2019–20 |
| Next Year: | 2021–22 |
| Team: | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Record: | 6–15 |
| Conf Record: | 4–12 |
| Hc Year: | 9th |
| Asst Coach1: | Will Bailey |
| Asst Coach3: | Bruce Shingler |
The 2020–21 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team is led by ninth-year head coach Frank Martin, and play their home games at Colonial Life Arena in Columbia, South Carolina as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
The Gamecocks finished the 2019–20 season 18–13, 10–8 in SEC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the SEC tournament, they were set to take on Arkansas in the second round before the remainder of the SEC Tournament was canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Micaiah Henry | 13 | F | 6'9" | 235 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| 21 | F | 6'11" | 270 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Jair Bolden | 52 | G | 6'3" | 215 | RS Junior | Graduate transferred to Butler[1] |
The exhibition game against Coker scheduled for November 25 was cancelled due to a delay in the delivery of Coker’s COVID-19 testing results.[3]
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