Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | BYU Cougars |
Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 12 |
Record: | 23–11 |
Conf Record: | 10–8 |
Hc Year: | 5th |
Asst Coach3: | Collin Terry |
Champion: | Vegas Showdown champions |
Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars were led by fifth-year head coach Mark Pope and played their home games at Marriott Center in Provo, Utah as first-year members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 23–11, 10–8 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated UCF in the second round before losing to Texas Tech. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 6 seed in the East region. The Cougars lost in the first round to Duquesne.
On April 12, 2024, head coach Mark Pope left the school to take the head coaching position at Kentucky.[1]
The season marked the first for BYU as members of the Big 12, having left the West Coast conference to join the Big 12 on July 1, 2023.[2]
The Cougars finished the 2022–23 season 19–15, 7–9 in WCC play to finish in a 3-way tie for fifth place. Due to a tiebreaker, as the No. 5 seed in the WCC tournament, they defeated Portland in the second round, Loyola Marymount in the quarterfinals before losing to Saint Mary's in the semifinals.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Rudi Williams | 3 | G | 6'2" | 195 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Gideon George | 5 | F | 6'6" | 210 | Senior | Graduated | ||
Tanner Toolson | 13 | G | 6'5" | 190 | Freshman | Transferred to Utah Valley | ||
Nate Webb | 33 | F | 6'6" | 210 | Sophomore | Walk-on; TBD | ||
Hao Dong | 55 | F | 6'5" | 210 | Freshman | Walk-on; transferred |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Dawson Baker | 24 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Junior | UC Irvine | ||
Aly Khalifa | 50 | F/C | 6'11" | 230 | RS Junior | Charlotte |
There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2023.
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See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.