2019–20 USC Trojans men's basketball team

2019–20 USC Trojans men's basketball
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record22–9 (11–7 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jason Hart (7th season)
  • Chris Capko (4th season)
  • Eric Mobley (2nd season)
Home arenaGalen Center
Seasons
2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 13 Oregon 13 – 5   .722 24 – 7   .774
UCLA 12 – 6   .667 19 – 12   .613
USC 11 – 7   .611 22 – 9   .710
Arizona State 11 – 7   .611 20 – 11   .645
Arizona 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Colorado 10 – 8   .556 21 – 11   .656
Stanford 9 – 9   .500 20 – 12   .625
Oregon State 7 – 11   .389 18 – 13   .581
Utah 7 – 11   .389 16 – 15   .516
California 7 – 11   .389 14 – 18   .438
Washington State 6 – 12   .333 16 – 16   .500
Washington 5 – 13   .278 15 – 17   .469
Note: The 2020 Pac-12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll


The 2019–20 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by seventh-year head coach Andy Enfield, they played their home games at the Galen Center in Los Angeles, California as members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 22–9, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They were set to take on Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. However, the remainder of the Pac-12 tournament, and all other postseason tournaments, were cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Previous season

The 2018–19 USC Trojans finished the season 16–17, 8–10 in Pac-12 Conference play.[1] As the No. 8 seed in the 2019 Pac-12 Conference tournament, the Trojans defeated the No. 9 seed Arizona Wildcats in the first round[2] before losing to the No. 1 seed Washington Huskies in the second round.[3] The Trojans were not selected for any postseason play.

Off-season

Departures

Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for Departure
Shaqquan Aaron G 6'7" 195 RS Sr. Seattle, WA Graduated
Devin Fleming G 6'2" 190 Sr. Moreno Valley, CA Graduated
Bennie Boatwright F 6'10" 235 Sr. Mission Hills, CA Graduated
Derryck Thornton G 6'2" 195 RS Jr. Los Angeles, CA Graduate transfer to Boston College
Kevin Porter Jr. SG 6'6" 216 Fr. Seattle, WA Declared for 2019 NBA draft[4]

Incoming transfers

Name Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Quinton Adlesh G 6'0" 195 RS Sr. Arroyo Grande, CA Columbia
Noah Baumann G/F 6'5" 180 Jr. Phoenix, Arizona San Jose State
Daniel Utomi F 6'6" 215 RS Sr. Houston, Texas Akron

2019 recruiting class

College recruiting information
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Isaiah Mobley
PF 		Murrieta, CA Rancho Christian School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 210 lb (95 kg) May 18, 2018 
Star ratings: Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 95[5]
Onyeka Okongwu
C 		Chino Hills, CA Chino Hills High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 225 lb (102 kg) May 14, 2018 
Star ratings: Rivals:5/5 stars   247Sports:5/5 stars    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 93[6]
Max Agbonkpolo
PF 		Rancho Santa Margarita, CA Santa Margarita Catholic High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jul 6, 2018 
Star ratings: Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:4/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 88[7]
Drake London
SG 		Moorpark, CA Moorpark High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jun 27, 2018 
Star ratings: Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 82[8]
Kyle Sturdivant
PG 		Norcross, GA Norcross High School 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Sep 20, 2018 
Star ratings: Rivals:4/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 81[9]
Ethan Anderson
PG 		Los Angeles, CA Fairfax 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 165 lb (75 kg) Mar 22, 2019 
Star ratings: Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN:3/5 stars   ESPN grade: 79[10]
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:

  • "2019 USC Commits". Rivals.com.
  • "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2019–20 USC Trojans men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Talin Lewis (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Oaks Christian Westlake Village, CA
G 1 Kyle Sturdivant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Norcross HS Norcross, GA
G 2 Jonah Mathews 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Santa Monica HS Santa Monica, CA
F 3 Elijah Weaver 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Rockledge HS Cocoa, FL
F 4 Daniel Utomi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) GS Akron Houston, TX
G 10 Quinton Adlesh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) GS Columbia Arroyo Grande, CA
G 14 McKay Anderson (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Pasadena City College La Cañada, CA
C 15 Isaiah Mobley 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Rancho Christian School Murrieta, CA
G 20 Ethan Anderson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Fairfax HS Los Angeles, CA
F 21 Onyeka Okongwu 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Fr Chino Hills HS Chino Hills, CA
G 22 Drake London (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Moorpark HS Moorpark, CA
F 23 Max Agbonkpolo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Santa Margarita HS Laguna Niguel, CA
G 30 Noah Baumann Current redshirt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr San Jose State Phoenix, AZ
C 31 Nick Rakocevic 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr St. Joseph HS Chicago, IL
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 19, 2020

  • Dec. 16, 2019 – Redshirt Sophomore forward, Charles O'Bannon Jr. elected to transfer.[11]

Exhibition

On July 31, 2019, it was announced that USC will play Villanova on October 18, 2019, in an exhibition game. The game, which did not count towards the regular season record, took place at Galen Center, USC's home arena. All proceeds went to the California Fire Foundation. It was USC's first exhibition game open to the public since 2014.[12]

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
October 18, 2019*
8:00 pm, P12N 		Villanova
Charity Exhibition 		W 72–61  –
  15 – Tied   10 – Okongwu    –    Galen Center 
Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019*
8:00 pm, P12N 		Florida A&M W 77–48  1–0
  20 – Okongwu   13 – Okongwu   7 – Anderson  Galen Center (3,021)
Los Angeles, CA
November 8, 2019*
8:00 pm, P12N 		Portland W 76–65  2–0
  20 – Okongwu   10 – Okongwu   10 – Anderson  Galen Center (2,720)
Los Angeles, CA
November 12, 2019*
7:00 pm, P12N 		South Dakota State W 84–66  3–0
  27 – Rakocevic   13 – Rakocevic   4 – Weaver  Galen Center (2,210)
Los Angeles, CA
November 16, 2019*
8:00 pm, CBSSN 		at Nevada W 76–66  4–0
  24 – Rakocevic   11 – Tied   8 – Anderson  Lawlor Events Center (9,833)
Reno, NV
November 19, 2019*
6:00 pm, P12N 		Pepperdine W 91–84  5–0
  33 – Okongwu   11 – Rakocevic   6 – Rakocevic  Galen Center (2,139)
Los Angeles, CA
November 22, 2019*
8:00 pm, P12N 		Temple
Orlando Invitational non–bracket game 		L 61–70  5–1
  17 – Okongwu   6 – Tied   5 – Anderson  Galen Center (3,625)
Los Angeles, CA
November 28, 2019*
1:00 pm, ESPNU 		vs. Fairfield
Orlando Invitational quarterfinals 		W 54–47  6–1
  14 – Tied   10 – Okongwu   3 – Weaver  HP Field House (2,084)
Orlando, FL
November 29, 2019*
1:30 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Marquette
Orlando Invitational semifinals 		L 79–101  6–2
  15 – Mobley   9 – Mobley   2 – Anderson  HP Field House (2,457)
Orlando, FL
December 1, 2019*
3:00 pm, ESPN2 		vs. Harvard
Orlando Invitational 3rd place game 		W 77–62  7–2
  27 – Okongwu   14 – Okongwu   5 – Mathews  HP Field House (1,259)
Orlando, FL
December 6, 2019*
6:00 pm, ESPN2 		vs. TCU W 80–78  8–2
  20 – Mathews   11 – Rakocevic   8 – Anderson  Dickies Arena (5,656)
Fort Worth, TX
December 15, 2019*
3:30 pm, P12N 		Long Beach State W 87–76  9–2
  28 – Okongwu   12 – Okongwu   12 – Anderson  Galen Center (4,275)
Los Angeles, CA
December 21, 2019*
6:00 pm, FS1 		vs. LSU
Basketball Hall of Fame Classic 		W 70–68  10–2
  15 – Mathews   8 – Tied   6 – Anderson  Staples Center (8,296)
Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 2019*
7:00 pm, P12N 		Florida Gulf Coast W 71–58  11–2
  19 – Rakocevic   13 – Rakocevic   5 – Sturdivant  Galen Center (2,871)
Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 regular season
January 2, 2020
7:30 pm, P12N 		at Washington State W 65–56  12–2
(1–0) 		 27 – Okongwu   12 – Okongwu   4 – Mathews  Beasley Coliseum (2,256)
Pullman, WA
January 5, 2020
7:00 pm, FS1 		at Washington L 40–72  12–3
(1–1) 		 10 – Okongwu   9 – Okongwu   1 – Tied  Alaska Airlines Arena (8,774)
Seattle, WA
January 11, 2020
7:00 pm, ESPN2 		at UCLA
Rivalry 		W 74–63  13–3
(2–1) 		 17 – Rakocevic   14 – Rakocevic   3 – Tied  Pauley Pavilion (13,659)
Los Angeles, CA
January 16, 2020
7:30 pm, P12N 		California W 88–56  14–3
(3–1) 		 19 – Mathews   8 – Okongwu   4 – Tied  Galen Center (4,312)
Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 2020
3:30 pm, P12N 		Stanford W 82–78 OT 15–3
(4–1) 		 22 – Okongwu   9 – Okongwu   4 – Anderson  Galen Center (5,017)
Los Angeles, CA
January 23, 2020
8:00 pm, ESPNU 		at No. 12 Oregon L 70–79 2OT 15–4
(4–2) 		 23 – Okongwu   14 – Okongwu   4 – Anderson  Matthew Knight Arena (7,497)
Eugene, OR
January 25, 2020
2:00 pm, P12N 		at Oregon State W 75–55  16–4
(5–2) 		 18 – Okongwu   8 – Okongwu   6 – Anderson  Gill Coliseum (6,526)
Corvallis, OR
January 30, 2020
6:30 pm, FS1 		Utah W 56–52  17–4
(6–2) 		 16 – Rakocevic   15 – Rakocevic   3 – Anderson  Galen Center (4,478)
Los Angeles, CA
February 1, 2020
7:30 pm, FS1 		No. 20 Colorado L 57–78  17–5
(6–3) 		 12 – Mobley   10 – Okongwu   4 – Anderson  Galen Center (5,736)
Los Angeles, CA
February 6, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN2 		at No. 23 Arizona L 80–85  17–6
(6–4) 		 23 – Okongwu   8 – Okongwu   4 – Adlesh  McKale Center (13,816)
Tucson, AZ
February 8, 2020
7:00 pm, FS1 		at Arizona State L 64–66  17–7
(6–5) 		 22 – Mathews   12 – Rakocevic   3 – Anderson  Desert Financial Arena (9,628)
Tempe, AZ
February 13, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN2 		Washington W 62–56  18–7
(7–5) 		 19 – Rakocevic   9 – Rakocevic   4 – Tied  Galen Center (4,765)
Los Angeles, CA
February 15, 2020
5:00 pm, P12N 		Washington State W 70–51  19–7
(8–5) 		 23 – Utomi   11 – Mobley   5 – Anderson  Galen Center (4,057)
Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN2 		at No. 18 Colorado L 66–70  19–8
(8–6) 		 21 – Okongwu   11 – Rakocevic   4 – Weaver  CU Events Center (10,027)
Boulder, CO
February 23, 2020
3:00 pm, ESPNU 		at Utah L 65–79  19–9
(8–7) 		 18 – Okongwu   12 – Okongwu   3 – Utomi  Jon M. Huntsman Center (9,765)
Salt Lake City, UT
February 27, 2020
6:00 pm, ESPN 		Arizona W 57–48  20–9
(9–7) 		 14 – Mathews   10 – Okongwu   3 – Weaver  Galen Center (4,121)
Los Angeles, CA
February 29, 2020
5:00 pm, ESPNU 		Arizona State W 71–61  21–9
(10–7) 		 23 – Mathews   10 – Utomi   3 – Tied  Galen Center (4,786)
Los Angeles, CA
March 7, 2020
12:15 pm, CBS 		UCLA
Rivalry 		W 54–52  22–9
(11–7) 		 19 – Mathews   7 – Rakocevic   7 – Anderson  Galen Center (7,622)
Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 tournament
March 12, 2020
2:30 pm, P12N 		(4) vs. (5) Arizona
Quarterfinals 		Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[13] T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

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