Eric Musselman‘s first non-conference slate as USC men’s basketball coach has been finalized, the school announced Monday.
The Trojans will play 11 non-conference games starting with a home matchup against UT Chattanooga on Nov. 4.
USC’s non-conference schedule features a potential seven of 11 contests against teams that finished over .500 last season, including five games with teams that won more than 20 games last year. Four of USC’s potential opponents — Grambling, Saint Mary’s College, New Mexico, and Montana State — won their respective conference tournaments.
“We’re going to put a team on the floor that everyone is extremely proud of,” Musselman said in April when he was hired away from Arkansas. “We’ll play with passion. We’ll play with great energy, great enthusiasm and our team will play with great effort as well.”
Since being hired, Musselman has completely retooled the USC roster. The Trojan staff added 11 transfers and two true freshmen this offseason. Only big man Harrison Hornery returns to the team from last year’s group.
Musselman has a .704 career winning percentage, but his Arkansas team struggled last season going 16-17.
“I don’t want to do what I did last year,” Musselman said in June after a USC practice. “But I want to do what we did in other years, which is create a team that cosmetically, people are like, ‘I want to go watch that team play.’ And then, a team that opposing teams respect for how hard they play.”
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USC’S FULL NON-CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
November 4 – UT Chattanooga – Galen Center
November 7 – Idaho State – Galen Center
November 13 – UT Arlington – Galen Center
November 17 – Cal – Galen Center
November 20 – San Jose State – Galen Center
November 24 – Grambling – Galen Center
November 28 – Saint Mary’s – Acrisure Classic (Palm Desert, Calif.)
November 29 – Arizona State/New Mexico – Acrisure Classic (Palm Desert, Calif.)
December 15 – Montana State – Galen Center
December 18 – Cal State Northridge – Galen Center
December 22 – Southern – Galen Center
2023-24 USC MEN’S BASKETBALL ROSTER
F Harrison Hornery | 6-10, 230 | Sr.
F Josh Cohen | 6-10, 220 | Sr.
F Matt Knowling | 6-6, 200 | Sr.
F Saint Thomas | 6-7, 200 | Sr.
F Rashaun Agee | 6-8, 225 | Sr.
F Jalen Shelley | 6-8, 190 | Fr.
F Isaiah Elohim | 6-5, 190 | Fr.
F Terrance Williams II | 6-7, 225 | Sr.
F Kevin Patton Jr. | 6-8, 197 | Soph.
G Clark Slajchert | 6-1, 170 | Sr.
G Bryce Pope | 6-3, 185 | Sr.
G Chibuzo Agbo | 6-7, 226 | Sr.
G Desmond Claude | 6-6, 207 | Jr.
G Wesley Yates | 6-4, 200 | R-Fr.
