As of Monday morning, South Carolina fans have raised more than $4,000 to help one of the basketball team's most indefatigable and iconic supporters get to Phoenix for the Final Four. After the Gamecocks beat Florida to win the East regional on Sunday, USC fans started a GoFundMe campaign to offset the travel and ticket expenses for Carlton Thompson, aka "Baseline Jesus."

Thompson was a nursing student at South Carolina in the early 1980s, and ever since then he's been a fixture at USC basketball games. The bearded and bandana-clad Gamecock fan has earned the moniker "Baseline Jesus" for his passing resemblance to the son of God and his customary seating location at Colonial Life Arena.

Knowing that South Carolina's Final Four appearance just wouldn't be the same without him there to lead the cheers, USC fans are chipping in to help get Thompson to Phoenix. With 284 donations in just 17 hours, they're well on their way to making it happen.