# 2024–25 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team

The 2024–25 USC Upstate Spartans men's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina Upstate during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Spartans, led by first-year head coach Marty Richter, played their home games at the G. B. Hodge Center in Spartanburg, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference.

## Previous season

The Spartans finished the 2023–24 season 10–20, 5–11 in Big South play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They were defeated by Radford in the first round of the Big South tournament.
On March 25, 2024, head coach Dave Dickerson announced that he would be stepping down, in order to take the assistant head coaching position at Ohio State, a position he held prior to his hiring at USC Upstate. On April 5, the school announced that former Drake assistant coach Marty Richter would become the Spartans' new head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 29, 2024* 7:00 pm | | North Greenville | W 99–62 | — | G. B. Hodge Center (258) Spartanburg, SC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 4, 2024* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | | at NC State | L 66–97 | 0–1 | Lenovo Center Raleigh, NC |
| November 6, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Piedmont | W 103–70 | 1–1 | G. B. Hodge Center (629) Spartanburg, SC |
| November 8, 2024* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | | at Virginia Tech | L 74–93 | 1–2 | Cassell Coliseum (6,327) Blacksburg, VA |
| November 13, 2024* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | | at Wake Forest | L 80–85 | 1–3 | LJVM Coliseum (8,482) Winston-Salem, NC |
| November 15, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UNC Wilmington | L 85–89 | 1–4 | G. B. Hodge Center (596) Spartanburg, SC |
| November 19, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Southern Wesleyan | W 95–63 | 2–4 | G. B. Hodge Center (417) Spartanburg, SC |
| November 22, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at East Tennessee State ETSU MTE | L 76–87 | 2–5 | Freedom Hall Civic Center (2,689) Johnson City, TN |
| November 23, 2024* 6:00 pm | | vs. Queens ETSU MTE | L 74–98 | 2–6 | Freedom Hall Civic Center (317) Johnson City, TN |
| November 26, 2024* 8:00 pm, BTN | | at Iowa | L 77–110 | 2–7 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,732) Iowa City, IA |
| November 30, 2024* 2:00 pm | | at Coastal Carolina | L 51–73 | 2–8 | HTC Center (1,242) Conway, SC |
| December 4, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Brevard | W 91–60 | 3–8 | G. B. Hodge Center (580) Spartanburg, SC |
| December 7, 2024* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Western Carolina | W 74–68 | 4–8 | Ramsey Center (1,409) Cullowhee, NC |
| December 14, 2024* 2:00 pm, SECN+ | | at South Carolina | L 53–73 | 4–9 | Colonial Life Arena (11,092) Columbia, SC |
| December 18, 2024* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | South Carolina State | L 70–85 | 4–10 | G. B. Hodge Center (495) Spartanburg, SC |
| December 21, 2024* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Youngstown State | L 64–72 | 4–11 | G. B. Hodge Center (165) Spartanburg, SC |
| Big South regular season ||||||
| January 2, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Winthrop | L 76–95 | 4–12 (0–1) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,448) Rock Hill, SC |
| January 8, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Presbyterian | W 77–67 | 5–12 (1–1) | G. B. Hodge Center (270) Spartanburg, SC |
| January 11, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Radford | L 67–80 | 5–13 (1–2) | G. B. Hodge Center (372) Spartanburg, SC |
| January 15, 2025 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at UNC Asheville | L 92–93 | 5–14 (1–3) | Kimmel Arena (1,481) Asheville, NC |
| January 18, 2025 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Gardner–Webb | L 68–97 | 5–15 (1–4) | Paul Porter Arena (389) Boiling Springs, NC |
| January 22, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | High Point | L 77–86 | 5–16 (1–5) | G. B. Hodge Center (651) Spartanburg, SC |
| January 25, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Longwood | L 54–80 | 5–17 (1–6) | Joan Perry Brock Center (2,637) Farmville, VA |
| January 29, 2025 6:00 pm, ESPN+ / WYCW-TV | | Charleston Southern | L 75–82 | 5–18 (1–7) | G. B. Hodge Center (818) Spartanburg, SC |
| February 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Radford | L 69–79 | 5–19 (1–8) | Dedmon Center Radford, VA |
| February 5, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Presbyterian | L 64–75 | 5–20 (1–9) | Templeton Center (316) Clinton, SC |
| February 8, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Winthrop | L 95–105 | 5–21 (1–10) | G. B. Hodge Center (368) Spartanburg, SC |
| February 12, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UNC Asheville | L 85–92 | 5–22 (1–11) | G. B. Hodge Center (579) Spartanburg, SC |
| February 15, 2025 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Gardner–Webb | L 87–96 | 5–23 (1–12) | G. B. Hodge Center (565) Spartanburg, SC |
| February 22, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Charleston Southern | W 79–69 | 6–23 (2–12) | Buccaneer Field House (823) North Charleston, SC |
| February 26, 2025 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at High Point | L 66–88 | 6–24 (2–13) | Qubein Center (4,318) High Point, NC |
| March 1, 2025 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Longwood | L 66–83 | 6–25 (2–14) | G. B. Hodge Center (471) Spartanburg, SC |
| Big South tournament ||||||
| March 5, 2025 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (9) | vs. (8) Gardner–Webb First round | L 63–83 | 6–26 | Freedom Hall Civic Center Johnson City, TN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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