2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball team

2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball
2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball
Vegas Showdown champions
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 17
AP	No. 18
Record	13–3 (1–2 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

2023–24 Big 12 men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 14 Baylor	3	–	0	1.000	14	–	2	.875
Texas Tech	3	–	0	1.000	14	–	2	.875
No. 3 Kansas	2	–	1	.667	14	–	2	.875
Iowa State	2	–	1	.667	13	–	3	.813
TCU	2	–	1	.667	13	–	3	.813
Kansas State	2	–	1	.667	12	–	4	.750
No. 2 Houston	1	–	2	.333	14	–	2	.875
No. 9 Oklahoma	1	–	2	.333	13	–	3	.813
Cincinnati	1	–	2	.333	12	–	4	.750
No. 25 Texas	1	–	2	.333	12	–	4	.750
UCF	1	–	2	.333	10	–	5	.667
No. 18 BYU	1	–	2	.333	13	–	3	.813
West Virginia	1	–	2	.333	6	–	10	.375
Oklahoma State	0	–	3	.000	8	–	8	.500

† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner As of January 14, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represents Brigham Young University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars are led by fifth-year head coach Mark Pope and play 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.

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
F	23	Marcus Adams, Jr.	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Kansas	Harbor City, CA
G	24	Tanner Hayhurst (W)	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	204 lb (93 kg)	RS Fr	Eagle	Eagle, ID
G	25	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	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	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	n/a	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	W 110–63	1–0	20 – Johnson	9 – Traore	7 – Johnson	Marriott Center (13,103) Provo, UT
November 10, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 17 San Diego State	W 74–65	2–0	18 – Hall	8 – Traore	4 – Traore	Marriott Center (15,689) Provo, UT
November 15, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Southeastern Louisiana	W 105–48	3–0	18 – Knell, Traore	8 – Ally Atiki	6 – Hall, Johnson	Marriott Center (13,116) Provo, UT
November 18, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Morgan State	W 93–50	4–0	19 – Robinson	6 – Robinson	8 – Johnson	Marriott Center (13,736) Provo, UT
November 23, 2023* 10:00 p.m., ESPN2		vs. Arizona State Vegas Showdown semifinals	W 77–49	5–0	24 – Waterman	9 – Ally Atiki, Traore	5 – Traore	Michelob Ultra Arena (2,223) Paradise, NV
November 24, 2023* 8:00 p.m., ESPN2		vs. NC State Vegas Showdown championship	W 95–86	6–0	23 – Robinson	9 – Khalifa	5 – Khalifa	Michelob Ultra Arena (2,647) Paradise, NV
December 1, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 19	vs. Fresno State	W 85–56	7–0	24 – Robinson	6 – Knell	5 – Khalifa, Johnson	Delta Center (11,360) Salt Lake City, UT
December 5, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 14	Evansville	W 96–55	8–0	19 – Robinson	8 – Waterman	7 – Hall	Marriott Center (13,291) Provo, UT
December 9, 2023* 5:00 p.m., P12N	No. 14	at Utah Rivalry	L 69–73	8–1	17 – Robinson	11 – Johnson	6 – Khalifa	Jon M. Huntsman Center (15,648) Salt Lake City, UT
December 13, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	Denver	W 90–74	9–1	28 – Robinson	14 – Waterman	6 – Johnson	Marriott Center (13,349) Provo, UT
December 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	Georgia State	W 86–54	10–1	20 – Saunders	7 – Ally Atiki	7 – Johnson	Marriott Center (13,819) Provo, UT
December 22, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	Bellarmine	W 101–59	11–1	14 – Knell, Johnson, Saunders	8 – Johnson	7 – Johnson	Marriott Center (14,429) Provo, UT
December 30, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 14	Wyoming	W 94–68	12–1	17 – Knell, Waterman	8 – Ally Atiki, Waterman	8 – Khalifa	Marriott Center (18,987) Provo, UT
Big 12 regular season
January 6, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 12	Cincinnati	L 60–71	12–2 (0–1)	27 – Knell	8 – Waterman	6 – Khalifa	Marriott Center (16,879) Provo, UT
January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at No. 14 Baylor	L 72–81	12–3 (0–2)	15 – Knell, Johnson	6 – Waterman	6 – Khalifa	Foster Pavilion (7,500) Waco, TX
January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 18	at UCF	W 63–58	13–3 (1–2)	17 – Khalifa	7 – Waterman	6 – Hall	Addition Financial Arena (9,137) Orlando, FL
January 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Iowa State						Marriott Center Provo, UT
January 20, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN or ESPN2		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., ESPN or ESPN2		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., ESPN+		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.

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Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
— = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below.
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
AP	—	RV	RV	19	14	18	17	14	12	18										Not released
Coaches	—	RV	RV	19	13т	17	15	12	12	17

References

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

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