The 2023–24 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represented Utah State University in the Mountain West Conference (MWC) during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Danny Sprinkle in his only season, the Aggies played their home games on campus at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah. They finished the season 28–7, 14–4 in MWC play, to win the regular-season conference championship. They defeated Fresno State in the quarterfinals of the MWC tournament before losing to San Diego State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated TCU in the first round before losing to No. 1-seeded Purdue.
On March 25, 2024, head coach Sprinkle left the school to become the head coach at Washington.
Previous season The Aggies finished the 2022–23 season 26–9, 13–5 in MWC play, to finish in second place. They defeated New Mexico and Boise State in the MWC tournament to advance to the championship game. There they lost to San Diego State. The Aggies received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the South region. There they lost to Missouri.
On March 29, 2023, head coach Ryan Odom left the school to become the head coach at VCU. On April 7, the school named Montana State head coach Danny Sprinkle the team's new head coach.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Sean Bairstow 2 G 6'8" 190 Senior Brisbane, Australia Graduate transferred to VCU Steven Ashworth 3 G 6'1" 170 Junior Alpine, UT Transferred to Creighton RJ Eytle-Rock 5 G 6'4" 225 RS Senior London, England Graduated Cade Potter 10 F 6'8" 230 RS Freshman Orange, CA Transferred to High Point Max Shulga 11 G 6'4" 197 Junior Kyiv, Ukraine Transferred to VCU Szymon Zapala 12 C 6'11" 240 Junior Zaborze, Poland Transferred to Longwood Conner Gillis 13 G 6'2" 150 Junior Charlotte, NC Walk-on; TBD Connor Odom 14 G 5'11" 165 Junior Annapolis, MD Walk-on; transferred to Maryland Rylan Jones 15 G 6'0" 178 Senior Salt Lake City, UT Graduate transferred to Samford Taylor Funk 23 F 6'9" 220 GS Senior Lancaster, PA Graduated Zee Hamoda 24 F 6'7" 170 Sophomore Riffa, Bahrain Transferred to Sacramento State Dan Akin 30 F 6'9" 225 GS Senior London, England Graduated Trevin Dorius 32 C 7'0" 240 RS Senior Heber City, UT Graduate transferred to Utah Valley
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Great Osobor 1 F 6'8" 245 Junior Bradford, England Montana State Ian Martinez 4 G 6'3" 185 Senior Heredia, Costa Rica Maryland Darius Brown II 10 G 6'2" 195 RS Senior Pasadena, CA Montana State Josh Uduje 14 G 6'5" 190 Junior London, England Coastal Carolina Jackson Grant 21 F 6'10" 205 Junior Olympia, WA Washington Javon Jackson 22 G 6'3" 190 Sophomore Houston, TX Walk-on; Southern Nazarene Max Agbonkpolo 23 G/F 6'9" 196 Senior Laguna Niguel, CA Wyoming Kalifa Sakho 34 C 6'11" Junior Rouen, France South Plains College Nigel Burris 35 F 6'7" 222 Sophomore San Francisco, CA Idaho
Recruiting classes 2023 recruiting class
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
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Rankings
See also
2023–24 Utah State Aggies women's basketball team
References