Men's Basketball . November 27, 2023

Gamecocks Welcome Notre Dame for ACC/SEC Challenge Tuesday

South Carolina Athletics

Undefeated South Carolina seeking to extend its best start to a season since 2016-17 Final Four campaign

TV (SEC Network) Radio Game Notes (PDF) Live Stats Tickets Black Friday/Cyber Monday Ticket Promo

COLUMBIA, S.C. – South Carolina (5-0) returns home for the ACC/SEC Challenge against Notre Dame (3-2) on Tuesday night. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. (ET) with Tom Hart (pxp) and Dane Bradshaw (analyst) on the call for the SEC Network broadcast.

The non-conference matchup will be the first between the two programs since 1984. The two schools played 15 straight seasons from 1969-1984. The first ever meeting between the two schools was a top-25 matchup on a neutral floor at the Sugar Bowl Classic in New Orleans on Dec. 30, 1969. Carolina edged Notre Dame, 84-83, in overtime despite All-American Austin Carr pouring in 43 points for the Irish.

The ACC/SEC Men’s Challenge will take place over back-to-back days Tuesday, Nov. 28 and Wednesday, Nov. 29, while the ACC/SEC Women’s Challenge is slated for Nov. 29 and 30. Both men’s and women’s Challenge events will feature games across ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ACC Network and SEC Network. A full list of the matchups is available here.

It’s Military Appreciation Night at CLA and fans are encouraged to arrive early for a reenlistment ceremony that will take place on the court pregame.

A $5 Black Friday ticket promotion for the game tomorrow night and the women’s game on Dec. 6 vs. Morgan State is still vaild through 11:59 p.m. this evening thru the end of Cyber Monday. Click here to access the promotion.

The Gamecocks are 5-0 this season and off to the team’s best start since beginning the year 8-0 during the 2016-17 Final Four season. Carolina has been off since a pair of wins out west over DePaul (Nov. 17) and Grand Canyon (Nov. 19) en route to a title at the Arizona Tip-Off.

GAME INFORMATION

VENUE: Colonial Life Arena

BROADCAST: SEC Network

PLAY-BY-PLAY: Tom Hart

ANALYST: Dane Bradshaw

RADIO: Gamecock Radio Network

IN COLUMBIA: 107.5 The Game

PLAY-BY-PLAY: Derek Scott

ANALYST: Casey Manning

SIRIUSXM: 106 or 190 | SXM APP: 961

WATCH: espn.com/watch

LIVE STATS: StatBroadcast.com

SERIES: 10-5, ND leads

IN COLUMBIA: 4-3, ND leads

SERIES TREND: Gamecocks won last meeting on home floor but Irish won five straight from 1979-83.

LAST MEETING: 52-42 Gamecock victory on Feb. 4, 1984 at Carolina Coliseum.

UP NEXT

The Gamecocks remain home for a Friday night matchup with George Washington (6-1) at 7 p.m. (ET) on SEC Network+. Dave Weinstein and John Williams will be on the call.

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