Kentucky basketball vs. South Carolina all-time (9 different arenas)

(updated through 2017 regular season)

South Carolina.  They have some memorably frustrating wins against UK (including two in the conference tournament against Tubby, Pitino's last game in blue at Rupp Arena, and the "Obama Curse" game in 2010).  But like any other SEC team, their overall results against the Cats are less than inspiring.

UK's overall record is currently 51-11 against USC-East (82.3%).  Let's check out the breakdown.

Home games: 27-2 (93.1%)

Rupp Arena: 24-2 (92.3%) - losses were 1997, 2009...two of the wins came before Carolina joined the SEC

Memorial Coliseum: 1-0 (100%) - the 1967 UKIT

Alumni Gym: 2-0 (100%) - games were in 1933 and 1941

Road games: 20-7 (74.1%)

Carolina Center / Colonial Center / Colonial Life Arena: 9-4 (69.2%) - losses were in 2005, 2009, 2010, 2014

Carolina Coliseum / Frank McGuire Arena: 11-2 (81.8%) - losses were in 1994, 1997...two of the wins were pre-SEC

Carolina Fieldhouse: 0-1 (0%) - game was in 1933

Neutral sites: 4-2 (57.1%)

Atlanta Municipal Auditorium: 1-0 (100%) - 1928 Southern Conference Tournament

Georgia Dome: 2-1 (67%) - 1998, 2002 and 2004 SEC Tournament

Gaylord Entertainment Center: 1-1 (50%) - 2001 and 2006 SEC Tournament

By type of game:

Regular season SEC home games: 22-2
Regular season SEC road games: 18-6
Regular season SEC neutral games: 0-0
Regular season SEC games overall: 39-8

Regular season pre-SEC home games: 5-0
Regular season pre-SEC road games: 2-1

SEC Tournament: 3-2

Southern Conference Tournament: 1-0

NCAA Tournament: N/A

By coach:

Calipari: 10-2
Billy G: 2-2
Tubby: 22-3
Pitino: 9-3
Sutton: 0-0
Hall: 4-0
Rupp: 3-1
Mauer: 1-0

The Kentucky-South Carolina series

Updated March 15th, 2013

Overall series: UK 47-10
In Lexington: 25-2 (only lost in '97 and '09)
In Columbia: 18-6
In Carolina's current home (Colonial Life Arena): 7-3
In the postseason: 4-2 (3-2 SEC, 1-0 Southern)

Other specific game sites
Rupp: 22-2
Memorial: 1-0
Alumni: 2-0

Frank McGuire Arena: 11-2
Carolina Fieldhouse: 0-1

Georgia Dome (Atlanta): 2-1
Gaylord Entertainment Center (Nashville): 1-1
Atlanta Municipal Auditorium: 1-0

Highs and Lows
Regular season home high: beating Carolina by 45 in Rupp in 1979.  Macy, Bowie, Anderson and Hord all scored at least 18 points as UK racked up 126.

Regular season road high: winning by 38 in Columbia in 2007.  Joe Crawford led the way.

Regular season low: losing at home on Senior Day 1997, thanks to BJ McKie's 13 free throws.  UK was whistled for 29 fouls at Rupp.

Postseason high: UK winning 86-56 in the 1998 SEC Tournament Championship game, without Jeff Sheppard.

Postseason low: UK losing in the quarterfinals (their first game) of the 2002 SEC Tournament.  UK was ranked 12th in the country, and Carolina was the lowly E6 seed.