2023–24 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team

2023–24 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
2023–24 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	– (– MAC)
Head coach	Todd Simon (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Bryce Martin (1st season); Lourawls Nairn Jr. (1st season); German Srulovich (1st season); Bob Gallager (1st season);
Home arena	Stroh Center
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Toledo	14	–	4	.778	20	–	12	.625
Akron †	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
Ohio	13	–	5	.722	20	–	13	.606
Central Michigan	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
Bowling Green	10	–	8	.556	20	–	14	.588
Western Michigan	9	–	9	.500	12	–	20	.375
Miami (OH)	9	–	9	.500	15	–	17	.469
Kent State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	17	.500
Ball State	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Eastern Michigan	6	–	12	.333	13	–	18	.419
Northern Illinois	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
Buffalo	2	–	16	.111	4	–	27	.129

† 2024 MAC tournament winner

The 2023–24 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team will represent Bowling Green State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons, led by Todd Simon in his first year as head coach, play their home games at the Stroh Center in Bowling Green, Ohio as members of the Mid-American Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3]

Previous season

The Falcons finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in MAC play to finish in a three-way tie for ninth place. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament.^[4] On March 5, 2023, the school fired head coach Michael Huger.^[5] On March 15, the school hired Southern Utah Todd Simon the team's new coach.^[6]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ubong Abasi Etim	F	6'9"	210	RS-Freshman	Richmond, California	Transferred to Central Arkansas
Brenton Mills	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Allen, Texas	Transferred to Vermont
Leon Ayers	G	6'5"	185	Senior	Troy, Michigan	Exhausted Eligibility
Kaden Metheny	G	5'11"	180	Sophomore	Morgantown, West Virginia	Transferred to Liberty
Willie Lightfoot	G	6'0"	170	Freshman	Niagara Falls, New York	Transferred to Odessa College
Isaac Elsasser	G	6'4"	185	Senior	Bowling Green, Ohio
Chandler Turner	G/F	6'7"	210	Senior	Detroit, Michigan	Transferred to Radford
Samari Curtis	G	6'4"	190	Senior	Xenia, Ohio
Madini Diarra	F	6'11"	260	Senior	Bamako, Mali
Gabe O'Neal	F	6'7"	240	Senior	Cincinnati, Ohio
Jackson Watson	G	6'1"	180	Sophomore	Libertyville, Illinois	Entered Transfer Portal

^[7]^[8]^[9]

Incoming transfers

Transfers
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Marcus Hill	G	6'4"	185	Junior	Rockford, Illinois	Southern Union State Community College
Trey Thomas	G	6'0"	160	Senior	Durham, Ontario	Vanderbilt
DJ Smith	G	6'0"	160	Junior	North Little Rock, Arkansas	Little Rock
DaJion Humphrey	G	6'4"	185	Senior	Detroit, Michigan	Garden City Community College
PJ Edwards	G	6'4"	200	Sophomore	Springfield, Illinois	UCF
Da'Shawn Phillip	G	6'6"	180	Senior	Baltimore, Maryland	Maryland Eastern Shore
Jason Spurgin	C	6'11"	250	Senior	Toowoomba, Australia	Southern Utah
Greg Spurgin	F	6'7"	210	Sophomore	Toowoomba, Australia	Westminster
JZ Zaher	G	6'0"	170	Sophomore	Fenton, Michigan	Eastern Michigan

^[7]^[8]

Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
EJay Greer G	Lansdowne, Pennsylvania	Rocktop Academy	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	170 lb (77 kg)
EJay Greer G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
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: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2023–24 Bowling Green Falcons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown
G	0	Marcus Hill	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Rockford, Illinois
G	1	Trey Thomas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Sr	Durham, Ontario
G	2	DJ Smith	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	160 lb (73 kg)	Jr	North Little Rock, Arkansas
G	3	DaJion Humphrey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	Detroit, Michigan
G	4	PJ Edwards	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Springfield, Illinois
G	5	Da'Shawn Phillip	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Sr	Baltimore, Maryland
C	7	Jason Spurgin	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	Sr	Toowoomba, Australia
F	8	Greg Spurgin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Toowoomba, Australia
G	10	Anthony McComb III	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Dayton, Ohio
F	11	Jamai Felt	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Fr	Boston, Massachusetts
F	12	Rashaun Agee	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Chicago, Illinois
G	13	EJay Greer	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Lansdowne, Pennsylvania
F	14	Sam Towns	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Columbus, Ohio
G	17	JZ Zaher	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Fenton, Michigan

Head coach

Todd Simon (Central Michigan)

Assistant coach(es)

Bryce Martin (Boise State
Lourawls Nairn Jr. (Michigan State)
German Srulovich

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: September 29, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., TBA	Chicago State	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
November 11, 2023* 12:00 p.m., TBA	Arkansas State MAC-SBC Challenge	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
November 14, 2023* 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Oakland	Athletics Center O'rena Rochester, MI
November 17, 2023* 7:00 p.m., TBA	Bellarmine	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
November 24, 2023* 7:00 p.m., TBA	vs. Western Kentucky Northern Classic	Place Bell Montreal, QC
November 25, 2023* 7:00 p.m., TBA	vs. Lipscomb Northern Classic	Place Bell Montreal, QC
November 26, 2023* 4:00 p.m., TBA	vs. Canisius Northern Classic	Place Bell Montreal, QC
December 2, 2023* 4:00 p.m., TBA	at Southern Indiana	Screaming Eagles Arena Evansville, IN
December 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m., TBA	Kansas City	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
December 19, 2023* 12:00 p.m., TBA	Hampton	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
December 22, 2023* 2:00 p.m., TBA	Siena Heights	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
MAC regular season
January 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	Eastern Michigan	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
January 6, 2024 TBA, TBA	at Akron	James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	Ohio	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
January 13, 2024 TBA, TBA	at Northern Illinois	Convocation Center DeKalb, IL
January 16, 2024 TBA, TBA	at Miami (OH)	Millett Hall Oxford, OH
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., TBA	Western Michigan	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
January 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	Kent State	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
January 27, 2024 TBA, TBA	at Toledo	Savage Arena Toledo, OH
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Ball State	Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., TBA	Central Michigan	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
February 6, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	Buffalo	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
MAC-SBC Challenge
February 10, 2024* TBA, TBA	at TBA MAC-SBC Challenge	TBA TBA
MAC regular season
February 17, 2024 TBA, TBA	at Eastern Michigan	George Gervin GameAbove Center Ypsilanti, MI
February 20, 2024 TBA, TBA	at Central Michigan	McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., TBA	Toledo	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
February 27, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	Miami (OH)	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., TBA	at Ohio	Convocation Center Athens, OH
March 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Western Michigan	University Arena Kalamazoo, MI
March 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., TBA	Ball State	Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
MAC Tournament
March 14, 2024† TBA, ESPN+	vs. TBA Quarterfinals	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

† If a top eight finisher in MAC

Source^[10]^[11]

References

^ "Todd Simon". Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved August 8, 2023.
^ "MAC Men's College Basketball Standings - 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved May 19, 2023.
^ "Stroh Center". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved August 27, 2023.
^ "MAC Basketball Standings - 2022-23". ESPN. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
^ "BGSU men's basketball head coach fired, search for replacement announced". WTOL. Retrieved March 5, 2023.
^ Jimenez, James H. (March 15, 2023). "Bowling Green hires Southern Utah head coach Todd Simon to same position". Hustle Belt. Retrieved June 5, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster". Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "2023 D1 Basketball Transfers". Verbal Commits. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster". Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2023.
^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Bowling Green Athletics.
^ "Bowling Green Falcons Schedule 2023-24". ESPN.

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[2] "MAC Men's College Basketball Standings - 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved May 19, 2023.

[3] "Stroh Center". Bowling Green State University. Retrieved August 27, 2023.

[4] "MAC Basketball Standings - 2022-23". ESPN. Retrieved March 5, 2023.

[5] "BGSU men's basketball head coach fired, search for replacement announced". WTOL. Retrieved March 5, 2023.

[6] Jimenez, James H. (March 15, 2023). "Bowling Green hires Southern Utah head coach Todd Simon to same position". Hustle Belt. Retrieved June 5, 2023.

[roster-7] "2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster". Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

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[9] "2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster". Bowling Green Athletics. Retrieved August 10, 2023.

[10] "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Bowling Green Athletics.

[11] "Bowling Green Falcons Schedule 2023-24". ESPN.

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