The 2020–21 South Florida Bulls men's basketball team represented the University of South Florida during the 2020–21 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The season marked the 49th basketball season for USF, the eighth as a member of the American Athletic Conference, and the fourth season under head coach Brian Gregory. The Bulls play their home games at Yuengling Center on the university's Tampa, Florida campus. The season ended on March 12, 2021 with a 68–67 loss to regular season conference champion Wichita State in the second round of the AAC tournament.

Previous season The Bulls finished the 2019–20 season 14–17, 7–11 in AAC play to finish in ninth place. They entered as the No. 9 seed in the AAC tournament, which was ultimately cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Laquincy Rideau 3 G 6'1" 205 West Palm Beach, FL Graduated B.J. Mack 33 F 6'8" 261 Charlotte, NC Transferred to Wofford Antun Maricevic 34 F 6'10" 260 Zagreb, Croatia Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Luke Anderson F 6'8" 215 Lakeland, FL Transferred from Iowa State during the 2019–20 season. Anderson will be eligible immediately. Anderson has four years of remaining eligibility. Prince Oduro F 6'8" 250 Toronto, Canada Transferred from Mississippi State. Oduro was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Russel Tchewa C 7'0" 260 Douala, Cameroon Transferred from Texas Tech. Tchewa was granted a waiver for immediate eligibility. Will have three years of remaining eligibility.

2020 recruiting class

2021 recruiting class

Preseason AAC preseason media poll

On October 28, The American released the preseason Poll and other preseason awards

Coaches Poll 1 Houston 99 (2) 2 Memphis 90 (2) 3 SMU 80 4 Cincinnati 77 5 South Florida 61 6 Tulsa 50 7 Wichita State 44 8 UCF 37 9 East Carolina 34 10 Temple 18 11 Tulane 15

Preseason Awards All-AAC Second Team - Alexis Yetna

Roster

Schedule and results COVID-19 impact

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the Bulls' schedule is subject to change, including the cancellation or postponement of individual games, the cancellation of the entire season, or games played either with minimal fans or without fans in attendance and just essential personnel.

The game vs. Florida A&M scheduled for December 4 was cancelled due to COVID-19 issues. USF was originally scheduled to play LSU instead of Wofford on December 12, but LSU pulled out of the Hoopsgiving event due to COVID-19. The game vs. Temple rescheduled for February 21 was moved to Philadelphia. The game vs. SMU scheduled for February 20 was moved to Dallas. The game @ Temple scheduled for February 24 was moved to Tampa.

Schedule

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Awards and honors AAC Player of the Week Week 3 – David Collins

AAC Freshman of the Week Week 5 – Caleb Murphy Week 6 – Caleb Murphy

AAC All-Freshman Team Caleb Murphy

See also 2020–21 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

References