2023–24 USC Trojans men's basketball team explained

Sport:basketball
Year:2023–24
Prev Year:2022–23
Next Year:2024–25
Team:USC Trojans
Conference:Pac-12 Conference
Short Conf:Pac-12
Record:15–18
Conf Record:8–12
Head Coach:Andy Enfield
Hc Year:11th
Asst Coach1:Chris Capko
Ac1 Year:8th
Asst Coach2:Eric Mobley
Ac2 Year:6th
Asst Coach3:Jay Morris
Ac3 Year:3rd
Arena:Galen Center
(Capacity: 10,258)

The 2023–24 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Trojans were led by 11th-year head coach Andy Enfield and played their home games at the Galen Center for the 17th season in Los Angeles, California as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 15–18, 8–12 in Pac-12 play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the Pac-12 tournament, they defeated Washington in the first round before losing to Arizona.

On April 1, 2024, head coach Andy Enfield left the school to become the head coach at SMU.[1] On April 5, the school named Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman the team's new head coach.[2]

The season marked the team's last season as members of the Pac-12 Conference before joining the Big Ten Conference on July 1, 2024.

Previous season

The Trojans finished the 2022–23 season 22–11, 14–6 in Pac-12 Play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 3 seed in the Pac-12 tournament, they lost to the Arizona State in the quarterfinals. The Trojans received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the East. They lost in the first round this time to Michigan State.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Malik Thomas 1 G 6'5" 210 Sophomore Transferred to San Francisco
Reese Dixon-Waters 2 G 6'5" 210 Junior Transferred to San Diego State
13 G 6'9" 205 RS Senior Graduated
Tre White 22 G 6'7" 210 Freshman Transferred to Louisville
Iaroslav Niagu 55 F 7'0" 215 Freshman Transferred to Charlotte

2023 recruiting class

Schedule and results

On May 19, the Trojans announced they would be doing a 10-day exhibition tour to Greece and Croatia between August 5-August 15.[3] Source:[4] |-!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 tournament

Game summaries

This section will be filled in as the season progresses.

Source:

vs No. 5 Arizona Wildcats

Pac-12 Tournament

vs Arizona (Pac-12 Quarterfinal)

Awards and honors

Weekly honors
Isaiah CollierPac−12 Freshman of the Week18.5 ppg/5.5 apgWeek 1November 13, 2023[5]
23.5 ppg/3.0 rpgWeek 2November 20, 2023[6]
19.5 ppg/5.5 apgWeek 9January 8, 2024[7]
27.5 ppgWeek 17March 4, 2024[8]
Boogie EllisPac−12 Player of the Week28.0 ppg/4.5 rpg/2.5 apg/2.0 spgWeek 4December 4, 2023[9]

Postseason

Conference honors
Boogie EllisAll-Pac-12 second team16.9 ppg/3.5 rpg/3.0 apg/1.4 spg[10]
Isaiah CollierAll Pac-12 Freshman Team16.4 ppg/2.9 rpg/4.3 apg/1.5 spg
Kobe JohnsonAll Pac-12 Defensive Team10.8 ppg/4.5 rpg/3.3 apg/2.3 spg

National awards

Sources:

Rankings

See also: 2023-24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-04-02 . SMU hires Andy Enfield: USC coach leaves Trojans after 11 seasons to lead Mustangs into ACC era . 2024-04-15 . CBSSports.com . en.
  2. Web site: Wilner . Jon . 2024-04-05 . USC hires San Diego's Eric Musselman, and everything changes (everywhere) . 2024-04-15 . San Diego Union-Tribune . en-US.
  3. Web site: USC Men's Basketball Announces 10-Day Summer Foreign Tour Plans . October 5, 2023 .
  4. Web site: 2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule. USC Athletics.
  5. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva - November 13, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231113213225/https://pac-12.com/article/2023/11/13/pac-12-mens-basketball-performance-awards-presented-nextiva-november-13-2023. dead. November 13, 2023.
  6. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva - November 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231120220154/https://pac-12.com/article/2023/11/20/pac-12-mens-basketball-performance-awards-presented-nextiva-november-20-2023. dead. November 20, 2023.
  7. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva - January 8, 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240108200146/https://pac-12.com/article/2024/01/08/pac-12-mens-basketball-performance-awards-presented-nextiva-january-8-2024. dead. January 8, 2024.
  8. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva - November 20, 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231120220154/https://pac-12.com/article/2023/11/20/pac-12-mens-basketball-performance-awards-presented-nextiva-november-20-2023. dead. November 20, 2023.
  9. Web site: Pac-12 Men's Basketball Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva - December 4, 2023 .
  10. Web site: 2023-24 Pac-12 Men's Basketball All-Conference honors and Annual Performance Awards, presented by Nextiva .