2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball
2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Big 12)
Head coach	Mark Pope (5th season);
Associate head coach	Cody Fueger
Assistant coaches	Nick Robinson; Kahil Fennell; Collin Terry;
Home arena	Marriott Center
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3т Houston	15	–	3	.833	32	–	5	.865
No. 8 Iowa State †	13	–	5	.722	29	–	8	.784
No. 16 Baylor	11	–	7	.611	24	–	11	.686
Texas Tech	11	–	7	.611	23	–	11	.676
BYU	10	–	8	.556	23	–	11	.676
No. 19 Kansas	10	–	8	.556	23	–	11	.676
Texas	9	–	9	.500	21	–	13	.618
TCU	9	–	9	.500	21	–	13	.618
Oklahoma	8	–	10	.444	20	–	12	.625
Kansas State	8	–	10	.444	19	–	15	.559
Cincinnati	7	–	11	.389	22	–	15	.595
UCF	7	–	11	.389	17	–	16	.515
Oklahoma State	4	–	14	.222	12	–	20	.375
West Virginia	4	–	14	.222	9	–	23	.281

† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars, led by fifth-year head coach Mark Pope, and played their home games at Marriott Center in Provo, Utah as first year members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

The Cougars finished the 2022–23 season 19–15, 7–9 in WCC play to finish in a 3-way tie for fifth place. Due to a tiebreaker, as the No. 5 seed in the WCC tournament, they defeated Portland in the second round, Loyola Marymount in the quarterfinals before losing to Saint Mary's in the semifinals.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Rudi Williams	3	G	6'2"	195	Senior	Hamilton, ON	Graduated
Gideon George	5	F	6'6"	210	Senior	Minna, Nigeria	Graduated
Tanner Toolson	13	G	6'5"	190	Freshman	Vancouver, WA	Transferred to Utah Valley
Nate Webb	33	F	6'6"	210	Sophomore	Rexburg, ID	Walk-on; TBD
Hao Dong	55	F	6'5"	210	Freshman	Beijing, China	Walk-on; transferred

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Dawson Baker	24	G	6'4"	190	Junior	Coto de Caza, CA	UC Irvine
Aly Khalifa	50	F/C	6'11"	230	RS Junior	Alexandria, Egypt	Charlotte

Recruiting classes

2023 recruiting class

There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2023.

2024 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2023 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Isaac Davis #55 C	Idaho Falls, ID	Hillcrest High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Apr 19, 2023
Isaac Davis #55 C	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 75
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "BYU 2024 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Noah Waterman	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Niagara	Savannah, NY
G	1	Trey Stewart	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	189 lb (86 kg)	Jr	American Fork	American Fork, UT
G	2	Jaxson Robinson	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jr	Arkansas	Ada, OK
F	4	Atiki Ally Atiki	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	213 lb (97 kg)	Jr	London Basketball Academy (ON)	Mwanza, Tanzania
F	10	Tredyn Christensen (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Sr	Chaminade	Eagle Mountain, UT
F	12	Townsend Tripple (W)	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Fr	Rocky Mountain	Meridian, ID
G	15	Richie Saunders	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Wasatch Academy	Riverton, UT
G	20	Spencer Johnson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Sr	Salt Lake CC	American Fork, UT
G	21	Trevin Knell	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	197 lb (89 kg)	RS Jr	Woods Cross	Woods Cross, UT
G	24	Dawson Baker	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS Jr	UC Irvine	Coto de Caza, CA
G	30	Dallin Hall	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Fremont	Plain City, UT
F	45	Fousseyni Traore	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	254 lb (115 kg)	Jr	Wasatch Academy	Bamako, Mali
F/C	50	Aly Khalifa	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Jr	Charlotte	Alexandria, Egypt
G	51	Jared McGregor (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Westlake	Saratoga Springs, UT

Head coach

Mark Pope (Kentucky)

Assistant coach(es)

Cody Fueger (Utah)
Nick Robinson (Stanford)
Kahil Fennell (Redlands)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BYUtv/ESPN+	Life Pacific	W 83–55	20 – Robinson	8 – Waterman	5 – Johnson	Marriott Center (13,733) Provo, UT
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Houston Christian					Marriott Center Provo, UT
November 10, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17 San Diego State					Marriott Center Provo, UT
November 15, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Southeastern Louisiana					Marriott Center Provo, UT
November 18, 2023* TBA, ESPN+	Morgan State					Marriott Center Provo, UT
November 23, 2023* 10:00 p.m., ESPN2	vs. Arizona State Vegas Showdown semifinals					Michelob Ultra Arena Paradise, NV
November 24, 2023* 5:30 p.m./8:00 p.m., ESPN2	vs. NC State/Vanderbilt Vegas Showdown					Michelob Ultra Arena Paradise, NV
December 1, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. Fresno State					Delta Center Salt Lake City, UT
December 5, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Evansville					Marriott Center Provo, UT
December 9, 2023* 5:00 p.m., P12N	at Utah Rivalry					Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT
December 13, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Denver					Marriott Center Provo, UT
December 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Georgia State					Marriott Center Provo, UT
December 22, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Bellarmine					Marriott Center Provo, UT
December 30, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	Wyoming					Marriott Center Provo, UT
Big 12 regular season
January 6, 2024 8:00 p.m., TBD	Cincinnati					Marriott Center Provo, UT
January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Baylor					Foster Pavilion Waco, TX
January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UCF					Addition Financial Arena Orlando, FL
January 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Iowa State					Marriott Center Provo, UT
January 20, 2024 TBD, ESPN+	at Texas Tech					United Supermarkets Arena Lubbock, TX
January 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	Houston					Marriott Center Provo, UT
January 27, 2024 12:00 p.m., TBD	Texas					Marriott Center Provo, UT
February 3, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	at West Virginia					WVU Coliseum Morgantown, WV
February 6, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Oklahoma					Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK
February 10, 2024 8:00 p.m., TBD	Kansas State					Marriott Center Provo, UT
February 13, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UCF					Marriott Center Provo, UT
February 17, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Oklahoma State					Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
February 20, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2/U	Baylor					Marriott Center Provo, UT
February 24, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Kansas State					Bramlage Coliseum Manhattan, KS
February 27, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Kansas					Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS
March 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBD	TCU					Marriott Center Provo, UT
March 6, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Iowa State					Hilton Coliseum Ames, IA
March 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2/U	Oklahoma State					Marriott Center Provo, UT
Big 12 tournament
March 12–16, 2024 TBA	vs. TBA					T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[1]

Rankings

Ranking movements
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP																				Not released
Coaches		*

*No poll released

References

^ "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". byucougars.com. Retrieved July 5, 2023.

[1] "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". byucougars.com. Retrieved July 5, 2023.

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