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.
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.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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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 |
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
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Isaiah Collier | Pac−12 Freshman of the Week | 18.5 ppg/5.5 apg | Week 1 | November 13, 2023 | [5] | |
23.5 ppg/3.0 rpg | Week 2 | November 20, 2023 | [6] | |||
19.5 ppg/5.5 apg | Week 9 | January 8, 2024 | [7] | |||
27.5 ppg | Week 17 | March 4, 2024 | [8] | |||
Boogie Ellis | Pac−12 Player of the Week | 28.0 ppg/4.5 rpg/2.5 apg/2.0 spg | Week 4 | December 4, 2023 | [9] |
Boogie Ellis | All-Pac-12 second team | 16.9 ppg/3.5 rpg/3.0 apg/1.4 spg | [10] |
Isaiah Collier | All Pac-12 Freshman Team | 16.4 ppg/2.9 rpg/4.3 apg/1.5 spg | |
Kobe Johnson | All Pac-12 Defensive Team | 10.8 ppg/4.5 rpg/3.3 apg/2.3 spg | |
See also: 2023-24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings