The 2023–24 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley, in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Mark Madsen's first year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion in their last season as members of the Pac-12 Conference, before joining the Atlantic Coast Conference in the 2024–25 season.
Previous season The Golden Bears started the year losing their first 12 games, the worst for any Power Five team in history. They won three of their next four games, including two in conference play against Colorado and Stanford. The Golden Bears finished the year by losing the last 15 games in conference play and their first-round game in the conference tournament.
At the end of the year, Mark Fox was fired on March 9, 2023, one day after losing their first-round game of the conference tournament.
Off-season Departures DeparturesMarsalis Roberson G 6'6" 200 Oakland, CA Transferred to UC DavisJoel Brown G 6'3" 192 Brampton, Ontario Transferred to IonaJarred Hyder G 6'3" 185 San Bernardino, CA Transferred to Cal PolyKuany Kuany F 6'9" 200 Melbourne, Australia Transferred to VCULars Thiemann C 7'1" 260 Krefeld, Germany Transferred to Loyola MarymountObinna Anyanwu F 6'7" 225 San Diego, CA Entered the Transfer PortalSam Alajiki F 6'7" 230 Dundalk, Ireland Transferred to RiceDejuan Clayton G 6'2" 190 Bowie, MD Transferred to Manhattan
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Jaylon Tyson F 6'7" 210 Plano, TX Transferred from Texas Tech Keonte Kennedy G 6'5" 180 Austin, TX Transferred from Memphis Fardaws Aimaq F 6'11" 245 Vancouver, British Columbia Transferred from Texas Tech Jalen Cone G 5'11" 175 Walkertown, NC Transferred from Northern Arizona Mike Meadows G 6'2" 175 Hollywood, CA Transferred from Portland; transferred out to Saint Louis in August, before the start of the season Gus Larson F 6'10" 215 New Canaan, Connecticut Transferred from Penn
2023 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 tournament
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