2023–24 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team

2023–24 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball
2023–24 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	10–7 (5–1 Big West)
Head coach	Jim Les (13th season);
Associate head coach	Kevin Nosek
Assistant coaches	Kyle Vogt; Jonathan Metzger-Jones;
Home arena	University Credit Union Center

2023–24 Big West men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
UC Irvine	6	–	0	1.000	13	–	5	.722
UC Davis	6	–	1	.857	11	–	7	.611
UC San Diego*	5	–	1	.833	11	–	7	.611
Cal State Northridge	4	–	2	.667	13	–	5	.722
UC Santa Barbara	4	–	3	.571	11	–	6	.647
Long Beach State	4	–	3	.571	12	–	7	.632
Hawai'i	2	–	4	.333	10	–	8	.556
UC Riverside	2	–	5	.286	7	–	12	.368
Cal State Fullerton	1	–	5	.167	8	–	10	.444
Cal State Bakersfield	1	–	5	.167	6	–	11	.353
Cal Poly	0	–	6	.000	4	–	14	.222
* ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition period

† 2024 Big West tournament winner As of January 18, 2024

The 2023–24 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team represents the University of California, Davis in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Aggies, led by 13th-year head coach Jim Les, play their home games at the University Credit Union Center in Davis, California as members of the Big West Conference.

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2022–23 season 18–14, 11–8 in Big West play to finish in sixth place. They were defeated by UC Riverside in the first round of the Big West tournament.^[1]

Elijah Pepper scored 697 points to break the program's single-season scoring record, which had been held by Randy DeBortoli since 1987–88.^[2] He also became the 10th UC Davis player to score 1,000 career points since the school transitioned to the NCAA Division I level.^[3]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Joaquin Strong	1	F	6'7"	215	Freshman	Playa del Rey, CA	No longer on team roster
Christian Anigwe	4	F	6'9"	220	Senior	Phoenix, AZ	Graduated
Robby Beasley III	5	G	6'3"	190	Sophomore	San Ramon, CA	Transferred to San Francisco
DeAndre Henry	15	F	6'7"	225	Junior	Phoenix, AZ	Entered NCAA transfer portal^[4]

Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Marsalis Roberson	5	G	6'6"	200	Junior	Oakland, CA	California
Pablo Tamba	8	F	6'7"	210	Junior	Málaga, Spain	Indian River State
Drew Carter	15	G	6'3"	195	Sophomore	Portland, OR	Colorado

2023 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Connor Sevilla PG	San Ramon, CA	Dougherty Valley High School	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	N/A
Connor Sevilla PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: N/A
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 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Kane Milling	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)		Nevada	Nantes, France
G	2	Ty Johnson	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Loyola–Chicago	Chicago, Illinois
G	4	Connor Sevilla	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	—	Fr	Dougherty Valley High School	San Ramon, California
G	5	Marsalis Roberson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	—	Jr	California	Oakland, California
F	8	Pablo Tamba	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	—	Jr	Indian River State	Málaga, Spain
G	10	Leo DeBruhl	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Seattle Academy	Seattle, Washington
F	11	Jac Mani	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	RS Fr	Beverly Hills High School	Beverly Hills, California
F	13	Sam Manu	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	College of San Mateo	Taipei, Taiwan
G	15	Drew Carter	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	—	So	Colorado	Portland, Oregon
F	20	Niko Rocak	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	UC Santa Barbara	Geneva, Switzerland
G	22	Sione Losé	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	RS So	Capital Christian High School	Sacramento, California
G	24	Ade Adebayo	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Barking Abbey School	London, England
G	40	Elijah Pepper	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Selah High School	Selah, Washington
F	55	Francesco Borra	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Jr	JSerra Catholic High School	Moncalieri, Italy

Head coach

Jim Les (Bradley)

Assistant coach(es)

Kevin Nosek (UC Davis)
Kyle Vogt (Lakeland)
Jonathan Metzger-Jones (Pacific)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Jessup	W 86–51	1–0	21 – Pepper	7 – Tied	7 – DeBruhl	University Credit Union Center (567) Davis, CA
November 9, 2023* 2:30 p.m., ESPN+	Pepperdine	W 79–78	2–0	28 – Johnson	6 – Tied	4 – Adebayo	University Credit Union Center (1,263) Davis, CA
November 12, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Montana Montana MTE	L 65–78	2–1	23 – Pepper	6 – Tied	3 – DeBruhl	Dahlberg Arena (2,507) Missoula, MT
November 14, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	vs. North Dakota State Montana MTE	W 68–53	3–1	24 – Pepper	7 – Pepper	3 – Johnson	Dahlberg Arena (71) Missoula, MT
November 26, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+	Sacramento State Causeway Cup	L 63–69	3–2	22 – Pepper	6 – Tied	4 – Johnson	University Credit Union Center (1,485) Davis, CA
November 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m.	at Oregon State	L 59–71	3–3	11 – Milling	4 – Borra	4 – Adebayo	Gill Coliseum (2,757) Corvallis, OR
December 6, 2023* 6:00 p.m.	at Nevada	L 68–80	3–4	20 – Pepper	6 – Tied	4 – Johnson	Lawlor Events Center (7,312) Reno, NV
December 9, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Milwaukee	L 79–81	3–5	28 – Tied	6 – Pepper	4 – Tied	University Credit Union Center (1,143) Davis, CA
December 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m.	at Pacific	W 82–61	4–5	30 – Johnson	8 – Milling	4 – Pepper	Alex G. Spanos Center (932) Stockton, CA
December 19, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Montana	L 61–73	4–6	16 – Milling	8 – Rocak	4 – Johnson	University Credit Union Center (941) Davis, CA
December 21, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Merced	W 80–57	5–6	21 – Pepper	7 – Rocak	4 – Tied	University Credit Union Center (1,219) Davis, CA
Big West regular season
December 28, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	UC Santa Barbara	W 76–62	6–6 (1–0)	27 – Pepper	6 – Rocak	10 – Johnson	University Credit Union Center (1,771) Davis, CA
December 30, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal Poly	W 71–46	7–6 (2–0)	25 – Pepper	6 – Tied	4 – Johnson	University Credit Union Center (1,186) Davis, CA
January 4, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Riverside	W 83–63	8–6 (3–0)	31 – Pepper	8 – Pepper	4 – Tied	SRC Arena (257) Riverside, CA
January 6, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC Irvine	L 71–74 ^OT	8–7 (3–1)	26 – Pepper	5 – Rocak	5 – Johnson	Bren Events Center (2,232) Irvine, CA
January 11, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Northridge	W 95–75	9–7 (4–1)	27 – Milling	6 – DeBruhl	7 – Pepper	University Credit Union Center (1,262) Davis, CA
January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Bakersfield	W 78–71 ^OT	10–7 (5–1)	22 – Johnson	9 – Pepper	5 – Johnson	University Credit Union Center (1,317) Davis, CA
January 18, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cal State Fullerton						Titan Gym Fullerton, CA
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Irvine						University Credit Union Center Davis, CA
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC San Diego						University Credit Union Center Davis, CA
February 1, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Santa Barbara						The Thunderdome Santa Barbara, CA
February 3, 2024 3:00 p.m.	at Cal Poly						Mott Athletics Center San Luis Obispo, CA
February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Cal State Fullerton						University Credit Union Center Davis, CA
February 10, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Hawai'i						Stan Sheriff Center Honolulu, HI
February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Long Beach State						University Credit Union Center Davis, CA
February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	UC Riverside						University Credit Union Center Davis, CA
February 22, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cal State Northridge						Premier America Credit Union Arena Northridge, CA
February 24, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Cal State Bakersfield						Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA
February 29, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	Hawai'i						University Credit Union Center Davis, CA
March 7, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	at UC San Diego						LionTree Arena La Jolla, CA
March 9, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	Long Beach State						Walter Pyramid Long Beach, CA
Big West tournament
March 13, 2024 TBA	vs. TBD Quarterfinals						Dollar Loan Center Henderson, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Source^[5]

References

↑ Dunning, Bob (March 10, 2023). "Basketball: UC Davis men's season comes to an end". Davis Enterprise. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
↑ "Athletics: UC Davis honors its student-athletes". Davis Enterprise. June 9, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
↑ Thompson, Luke (December 17, 2022). "Points piling up for Selah's Pepper at UC Davis". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved September 28, 2023.
↑ Murray, Chris (August 24, 2023). "Ex-Nevada basketball player DeAndre Henry arrested after deadly street-racing incident". Nevada Sports Net. Retrieved September 29, 2023.
↑ "2023-24 UC Davis Men's Basketball Schedule". UC Davis Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2023.

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[1] Dunning, Bob (March 10, 2023). "Basketball: UC Davis men's season comes to an end". Davis Enterprise. Retrieved September 27, 2023.

[2] "Athletics: UC Davis honors its student-athletes". Davis Enterprise. June 9, 2023. Retrieved September 28, 2023.

[3] Thompson, Luke (December 17, 2022). "Points piling up for Selah's Pepper at UC Davis". Yakima Herald-Republic. Retrieved September 28, 2023.

[4] Murray, Chris (August 24, 2023). "Ex-Nevada basketball player DeAndre Henry arrested after deadly street-racing incident". Nevada Sports Net. Retrieved September 29, 2023.

[5] "2023-24 UC Davis Men's Basketball Schedule". UC Davis Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2023.

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