The USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team represents the
University of South Carolina Upstate
The University of South Carolina Upstate (USC Upstate) is a public university in Valley Falls, South Carolina, near Spartanburg and with a Spartanburg postal address.Compare to: (shows the university is not in the Spartanburg city limits) in
Spartanburg
Spartanburg is a city in and the seat of Spartanburg County, South Carolina, United States. The city of Spartanburg has a municipal population of 38,732 as of the 2020 census, making it the 11th-largest city in the state. For a time, the Offi ...
,
South Carolina
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, anthem = " Carolina";" South Carolina On My Mind"
, Former = Province of South Carolina
, seat = Columbia
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, United States. The school's team formerly competed in the
ASUN Conference
The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Divisio ...
, but moved to the
Big South Conference
The Big South Conference is a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I. Originally a non-football conference, the Big South began sponsoring football in 2002 as part of the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). Th ...
in 2018–19.
They are currently led by Head Coach
Dave Dickerson
Dave Dickerson Jr. (born March 29, 1967) is an American college basketball coach, currently the head coach at USC Upstate. He previously served as the associate head coach at Ohio State, and was the head men's basketball coach at Tulane
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and play their home games at the
G. B. Hodge Center. During their time as a member of the
NAIA, they were national champions in 1982. Since their move to Division I, they have yet to qualify for the
NCAA tournament.
Postseason
CIT results
The Spartans have appeared in four
CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament
The CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament (CIT) was an American men's college basketball postseason tournament founded by Collegeinsider.com. The tournament was oriented toward schools that did not get selected for the NCAA Division I men's ...
s (CIT). Their record in the CIT is 2–4.
The Basketball Classic results
The Spartans have appeared in
The Basketball Classic
The Basketball Classic presented by ERACE is a single-elimination, fully-bracketed men's college basketball postseason tournament created in 2022 as successor to the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament, featuring 32 National Collegiate At ...
one time. Their record is 1–1.
NCAA Division II Tournament results
The Spartans have appeared in six
NCAA Division II Tournaments. Their record is 5–6.
NAIA Tournament results
The Spartans have appeared in three
NAIA Tournaments. Their combined record is 8–2 and were national champions in 1982.
References
External links
Team website
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