Sport: | basketball |
Year: | 2019–20 |
Prev Year: | 2018–19 |
Next Year: | 2020–21 |
Team: | USC Trojans |
Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
Record: | 22–9 |
Conf Record: | 11–7 |
Head Coach: | Andy Enfield |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Asst Coach1: | Jason Hart |
Ac1 Year: | 7th |
Asst Coach2: | Chris Capko |
Ac2 Year: | 4th |
Asst Coach3: | Eric Mobley |
Ac3 Year: | 2nd |
Arena: | Galen Center |
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.
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.
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] |
Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
sortname | Quinton Adlesh | G | 6'0" | 195 | RS Sr. | Columbia | ||
sortname | Noah Baumann | G/F | 6'5" | 180 | Jr. | San Jose State | ||
sortname | Daniel Utomi | F | 6'6" | 215 | RS Sr. | Akron |
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.[6]
|-!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition |-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 tournament|- style="background:#bbbbbb"| style="text-align:center"|March 12, 2020
2:30 pm, P12N| style="text-align:center"| (4)| vs. (5) Arizona
Quarterfinals| colspan=5 rowspan=1 style="text-align:center"|Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[7] | style="text-align:center"|T-Mobile Arena
Paradise, NV|-[8]