2023–24 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team

The 2023–24 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team represents Utah State University in the Mountain West Conference during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by first-year head coach Danny Sprinkle, the Aggies play their home games on campus at the Smith Spectrum in Logan, Utah.

2023–24 Utah State Aggies men's basketball
Cayman Islands Classic Champions
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	9–1 (0–0 MW)
Head coach	Danny Sprinkle (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Andy Hill Chris Haslam Eric Brown
Home arena	Smith Spectrum
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Utah State	0	–	0		–			10	–	1		.909
No. 17 Colorado State	0	–	0		–			9	–	1		.900
New Mexico	0	–	0		–			9	–	1		.900
Nevada	0	–	0		–			8	–	1		.889
San Diego State	0	–	0		–			8	–	2		.800
Air Force	0	–	0		–			7	–	3		.700
Boise State	0	–	0		–			7	–	3		.700
Wyoming	0	–	0		–			6	–	3		.667
Fresno State	0	–	0		–			5	–	4		.556
San Jose State	0	–	0		–			6	–	5		.545
UNLV	0	–	0		–			4	–	4		.500
† 2024 Mountain West tournament winner As of December 14, 2023 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

The Aggies finished the 2022–23 season at 24–7 (13–5 in Mountain West, second). In the conference tournament, they defeated New Mexico and Boise State, then lost to San Diego State in the final. The Aggies received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were seeded tenth in the South region; they were defeated by seventh seed Missouri in the first round at Sacramento and finished at 26–9.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Sean Bairstow	2	G	6'8"	190	Senior	Brisbane, Australia	Graduate transferred to VCU
Steven Ashworth	3	G	6'1"	170	Junior	Alpine, UT	Transferred to Creighton
RJ Eytle-Rock	5	G	6'4"	225	RS Senior	London, England	Graduated
Cade Potter	10	F	6'8"	230	RS Freshman	Orange, CA	Transferred to High Point
Max Shulga	11	G	6'4"	197	Junior	Kyiv, Ukraine	Transferred to VCU
Szymon Zapala	12	C	6'11"	240	Junior	Zaborze, Poland	Transferred to Longwood
Conner Gillis	13	G	6'2"	150	Junior	Charlotte, NC	Walk-on; TBD
Connor Odom	14	G	5'11"	165	Junior	Annapolis, MD	Walk-on; transferred to Maryland
Rylan Jones	15	G	6'0"	178	Senior	Salt Lake City, UT	Graduate transferred to Samford
Taylor Funk	23	F	6'9"	220	GS Senior	Lancaster, PA	Graduated
Zee Hamoda	24	F	6'7"	170	Sophomore	Riffa, Bahrain	Transferred to Sacramento State
Dan Akin	30	F	6'9"	225	GS Senior	London, England	Graduated
Trevin Dorius	32	C	7'0"	240	RS Senior	Herber City, UT	Graduate transferred to Utah Valley

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous college
Great Osobor	1	F	6'8"	245	Junior	Bradford, England	Montana State
Ian Martinez	4	G	6'3"	185	Senior	Heredia, Costa Rica	Maryland
Darius Brown II	10	G	6'2"	195	RS Senior	Pasadena, CA	Montana State
Josh Uduje	14	G	6'5"	190	Junior	London, England	Coastal Carolina
Jackson Grant	21	F	6'10"	205	Junior	Olympia, WA	Washington
Javon Jackson	22	G	6'3"	190	Sophomore	Houston, TX	Walk-on; Southern Nazarene
Max Agbonkpolo	23	G/F	6'9"	196	Senior	Laguna Niguel, CA	Wyoming
Kalifa Sakho	34	C	6'11"		Junior	Rouen, France	South Plains College
Nigel Burris	35	F	6'7"	222	Sophomore	San Francisco, CA	Idaho

Recruiting classes

2023 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Garrison Phelps SG	Phoenix, AZ	Link Academy	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Oct 15, 2022
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 0
Dallin Grant SF	Cedar City, UT	Cedar City High School	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sep 23, 2020
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN grade: 0
Karson Templin PF	Cedar City, UT	Cedar City High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Oct 28, 2022
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports:     ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: –   Rivals: –  247Sports: #65
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. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

2024 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for 2023 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Kase Wynott SF	Winchester, ID	Lapwai High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	N/A	Jul 1, 2023
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: –   Rivals: –  247Sports: #65
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: "2024 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved 2023-09-14.

Roster

2023–24 Utah State Aggies men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Landon Brenchley (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 209 lb (95 kg) RS So Ridgeline HS Providence, UT G/F 1 Great Osobor 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 250 lb (113 kg) Jr Myerscough College Montana State Bradford, England G 2 Garrison Phelps 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 192 lb (87 kg) Fr St. Mary's Catholic Phoenix, AZ G 3 Jaxon Smith (W) 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 188 lb (85 kg) Fr Woods Cross HS Bountiful, UT G 4 Ian Martinez 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Junípero Serra Catholic HS Maryland Heredia, Costa Rica G 10 Darius Brown II 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Sr Pasadena HS Montana State Pasadena, CA G/F 11 Dallin Grant 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Fr Cedar HS Cedar City, UT G 12 Mason Falslev 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 203 lb (92 kg) RS Fr Sky View HS Benson, UT G 14 Josh Uduje 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 189 lb (86 kg) Jr Arizona Compass Preparatory Coastal Carolina London, England C 20 Isaac Johnson 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 227 lb (103 kg) RS So American Fork HS Oregon American Fork, UT F 21 Jackson Grant 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 226 lb (103 kg) Jr Olympia HS Washington Olympia, WA G 22 Javon Jackson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) So C.E. King HS Southern Nazarene Houston, TX G/F 23 Max Agbonkpolo 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 194 lb (88 kg) Sr Santa Margarita HS Wyoming Laguna Niguel, CA F 24 Karson Templin 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 217 lb (98 kg) Fr Lovejoy HS Fairview, TX F 34 Kalifa Sakho 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr South Plains College Rouen, France F 35 Nigel Burris 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 224 lb (102 kg) So Archbishop Mitty HS Idaho San Francisco, California	Head coach Danny Sprinkle (Montana State) Assistant coach(es) Andy Hill (Eastern Washington) Chris Haslam (Wyoming) Eric Brown (Cal State Fullerton) 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 3, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Montana State Billings	W 73–64		23 – Falslev	8 – Sakho	7 – Brown II	Smith Spectrum (4,825) Logan, UT
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:30 p.m.		South Dakota Mines	W 101–48	1–0	19 – Uduje	9 – Osobor	7 – Brown II	Smith Spectrum (10,270) Logan, UT
November 11, 2023* 6:00 p.m.		at Bradley	L 66–72 ^OT	1–1	22 – Osobor	8 – Brown II	8 – Brown II	Carver Arena (5,845) Peoria, IL
November 14, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Southern Utah	W 93–84	2–1	31 – Osobor	10 – Osobor	8 – Brown II	Smith Spectrum (7,112) Logan, UT
November 19, 2023* 3:00 p.m., FloSports		vs. Marshall Cayman Islands Classic quarterfinals	W 83–60	3–1	18 – Osobor	16 – Osobor	8 – Brown II	John Gray Gymnasium  George Town, Cayman Islands
November 20, 2023* 5:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. Akron Cayman Islands Classic semifinals	W 65-62	4–1	24 – Osobor	11 – Osobor	6 – Brown II	John Gray Gymnasium (1,200) George Town, Cayman Islands
November 21, 2023* 5:30 p.m., FloSports		vs. Stephen F. Austin Cayman Islands Classic championship	W 79–49	5–1	19 – Falslev	9 – Falslev	10 – Brown II	John Gray Gymnasium (1,531) George Town, Cayman Islands
November 28, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Saint Louis	W 81–76	6–1	24 – Osobor	13 – Osobor	7 – Brown II	Chaifetz Arena (4,721) St. Louis, MO
December 2, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		UC Irvine	W 79–69	7–1	19 – Falslev	7 – Agbonkpolo	9 – Brown II	Smith Spectrum (7,880) Logan, UT
December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		San Diego	W 108–81	8–1	17 – Falslev	4 – Tied	6 – Brown II	Smith Spectrum (7,078) Logan, UT
December 9, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Northwest Nazarene	W 84–53	9–1	17 – Osobor	10 – Osobor	11 – Brown II	Smith Spectrum (4,950) Logan, UT
December 13, 2023* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Santa Clara						Leavey Center  Santa Clara, CA
December 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m.		vs. San Francisco						Delta Center  Salt Lake City, UT
December 22, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		East Tennessee State						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
Mountain West regular season
January 2, 2024 TBA		at Air Force						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
January 6, 2024 7:00 p.m.		Colorado State						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m.		Wyoming						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
January 13, 2024 1:00 p.m., CBSSN		at UNLV						Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
January 16, 2024 8:30 p.m., FS1		at New Mexico						The Pit  Albuquerque, NM
January 20, 2024 7:00 p.m.		Fresno State						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
January 27, 2024 TBA		at Boise State						ExtraMile Arena  Boise, ID
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m.		San Jose State						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
February 3, 2024 1:30 p.m., FOX		at San Diego State						Viejas Arena  San Diego, CA
February 6, 2024 7:00 p.m.		Nevada						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
February 10, 2024 8:00 p.m., FS1		Boise State						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
February 14, 2024 8:00 p.m., FS1		at Wyoming						Arena-Auditorium  Laramie, WY
February 17, 2024 5:30 p.m., CBSSN		at Colorado State						Moby Arena  Fort Collins, CO
February 20, 2024 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		San Diego State						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
February 27, 2024 TBA		at Fresno State						Save Mart Center  Fresno, CA
March 2, 2024 9:00 p.m., FS1		Air Force						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
March 5, 2024 8:30 p.m., CBSSN		at San Jose State						Provident Credit Union Event Center  San Jose, CA
March 9, 2024 6:30 p.m., CBSSN		New Mexico						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
Mountain West tournament
March 12–16, 2024 TBA		vs. TBA						Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain.

Source^[1]

References

1. "Utah State 2023–24 schedule". UtahStateAggies.com. Retrieved September 14, 2023.