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. On April 5, the school named Arkansas head coach Eric Musselman the team's new head coach.
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 Fontana, CA Transferred to San Francisco Reese Dixon-Waters 2 G 6'5" 210 Junior Long Beach, CA Transferred to San Diego State Drew Peterson 13 G 6'9" 205 RS Senior Libertyville, IL Graduated Tre White 22 G 6'7" 210 Freshman Dallas, TX Transferred to Louisville Iaroslav Niagu 55 F 7'0" 215 Freshman Krasnodar, RUS Transferred to Charlotte
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school DJ Rodman 10 F 6'6" 225 GS Newport Beach, CA Washington State
2023 recruiting class
Roster
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. Source:
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 regular season
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Game summaries This section will be filled in as the season progresses.
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Kansas State Wildcats (Hall of Fame Series Las Vegas)
vs Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners
vs UC Irvine Anteaters
vs Brown Bears
Seton Hall Pirates (Rady Children's Invitational semifinal)
Oklahoma Sooners (Rady Children's Invitational Championship Game)
vs Eastern Washington Eagles
Gonzaga Bulldogs (Legends of Basketball Invitational)
vs Long Beach State Beach
at Auburn Tigers
at Alabama State Hornets
at Oregon Ducks
at Oregon State Beavers
vs California Golden Bears
vs Stanford Cardinal
vs Washington State Cougars
at Colorado Buffaloes
at Arizona Wildcats
at Arizona State Sun Devils
vs UCLA Bruins (Rivalry)
vs Oregon Ducks
vs Oregon State Beavers
at California Golden Bears
at Stanford Cardinal
vs Utah Utes
vs Colorado Buffaloes
at UCLA Bruins (Rivalry)
at Washington State Cougars
at Washington Huskies
vs Arizona State Sun Devils
vs No. 5 Arizona Wildcats
Pac-12 Tournament vs Washington (Pac-12 First Round)
vs Arizona (Pac-12 Quarterfinal)
Awards and honors Weekly honorsIsaiah CollierPac−12 Freshman of the Week 18.5 ppg/5.5 apg Week 1 November 13, 2023 23.5 ppg/3.0 rpg Week 2 November 20, 2023 19.5 ppg/5.5 apg Week 9 January 8, 2024 27.5 ppg Week 17 March 4, 2024 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
Midseason awards watchlists Midseason award honors
Final awards watchlists Final award honors
Postseason Conference honors Boogie Ellis All-Pac-12 second team 16.9 ppg/3.5 rpg/3.0 apg/1.4 spg 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
National awards National award honors Sources:
Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References