2019–20 USC Trojans men's basketball team

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.

2019–20 USC Trojans men's basketball
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	22–9 (11–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Andy Enfield (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Jason Hart (7th season) Chris Capko (4th season) Eric Mobley (2nd season)
Home arena	Galen Center
Seasons ← 2018–19 2020–21 →

2019–20 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 13 Oregon	13	–	5		.722			24	–	7		.774
UCLA	12	–	6		.667			19	–	12		.613
USC	11	–	7		.611			22	–	9		.710
Arizona State	11	–	7		.611			20	–	11		.645
Arizona	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Colorado	10	–	8		.556			21	–	11		.656
Stanford	9	–	9		.500			20	–	12		.625
Oregon State	7	–	11		.389			18	–	13		.581
Utah	7	–	11		.389			16	–	15		.516
California	7	–	11		.389			14	–	18		.438
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	16		.500
Washington	5	–	13		.278			15	–	17		.469
Note: The 2020 Pac-12 Tournament was canceled prior to the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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.

Off-season

Departures

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]

Incoming transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Quinton Adlesh	G	6'0"	195	RS Sr.	Arroyo Grande, CA	Columbia
Noah Baumann	G/F	6'5"	180	Jr.	Phoenix, Arizona	San Jose State
Daniel Utomi	F	6'6"	215	RS Sr.	Houston, Texas	Akron

2019 recruiting class

College recruiting information

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Isaiah Mobley PF	Murrieta, CA	Rancho Christian School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	May 18, 2018
	Star ratings: Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 95[5]
Onyeka Okongwu C	Chino Hills, CA	Chino Hills High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	May 14, 2018
	Star ratings: Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 93[6]
Max Agbonkpolo PF	Rancho Santa Margarita, CA	Santa Margarita Catholic High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jul 6, 2018
	Star ratings: Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 88[7]
Drake London SG	Moorpark, CA	Moorpark High School	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Jun 27, 2018
	Star ratings: Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 82[8]
Kyle Sturdivant PG	Norcross, GA	Norcross High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Sep 20, 2018
	Star ratings: Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 81[9]
Ethan Anderson PG	Los Angeles, CA	Fairfax	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Mar 22, 2019
	Star ratings: Rivals:   247Sports:    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 79[10]
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: "2019 USC Commits". Rivals.com. "2019 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2019–20 USC Trojans men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Talin Lewis (W) 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 180 lb (82 kg) So Oaks Christian Westlake Village, CA G 1 Kyle Sturdivant 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Norcross HS Norcross, GA G 2 Jonah Mathews 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Sr Santa Monica HS Santa Monica, CA F 3 Elijah Weaver 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Rockledge HS Cocoa, FL F 4 Daniel Utomi 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 225 lb (102 kg) GS Akron Houston, TX G 10 Quinton Adlesh 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 200 lb (91 kg) GS Columbia Arroyo Grande, CA G 14 McKay Anderson (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Pasadena City College La Cañada, CA C 15 Isaiah Mobley 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Fr Rancho Christian School Murrieta, CA G 20 Ethan Anderson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr Fairfax HS Los Angeles, CA F 21 Onyeka Okongwu 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Fr Chino Hills HS Chino Hills, CA G 22 Drake London (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Moorpark HS Moorpark, CA F 23 Max Agbonkpolo 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Santa Margarita HS Laguna Niguel, CA G 30 Noah Baumann  6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Jr San Jose State Phoenix, AZ C 31 Nick Rakocevic 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Sr St. Joseph HS Chicago, IL	Head coach Andy Enfield (Johns Hopkins) Assistant coach(es) Jason Hart (Syracuse) Chris Capko (South Florida) Eric Mobley (Portland) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 19, 2020

• Dec. 16, 2019 – Redshirt Sophomore forward, Charles O'Bannon Jr. elected to transfer.^[11]

Exhibition

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.^[12]

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 18, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N		Villanova Charity Exhibition	W 72–61	–	15 – Tied	10 – Okongwu	–	Galen Center  Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
November 5, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N		Florida A&M	W 77–48	1–0	20 – Okongwu	13 – Okongwu	7 – Anderson	Galen Center (3,021) Los Angeles, CA
November 8, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N		Portland	W 76–65	2–0	20 – Okongwu	10 – Okongwu	10 – Anderson	Galen Center (2,720) Los Angeles, CA
November 12, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N		South Dakota State	W 84–66	3–0	27 – Rakocevic	13 – Rakocevic	4 – Weaver	Galen Center (2,210) Los Angeles, CA
November 16, 2019* 8:00 pm, CBSSN		at Nevada	W 76–66	4–0	24 – Rakocevic	11 – Tied	8 – Anderson	Lawlor Events Center (9,833) Reno, NV
November 19, 2019* 6:00 pm, P12N		Pepperdine	W 91–84	5–0	33 – Okongwu	11 – Rakocevic	6 – Rakocevic	Galen Center (2,139) Los Angeles, CA
November 22, 2019* 8:00 pm, P12N		Temple Orlando Invitational non–bracket game	L 61–70	5–1	17 – Okongwu	6 – Tied	5 – Anderson	Galen Center (3,625) Los Angeles, CA
November 28, 2019* 1:00 pm, ESPNU		vs. Fairfield Orlando Invitational quarterfinals	W 54–47	6–1	14 – Tied	10 – Okongwu	3 – Weaver	HP Field House (2,084) Orlando, FL
November 29, 2019* 1:30 pm, ESPN2		vs. Marquette Orlando Invitational semifinals	L 79–101	6–2	15 – Mobley	9 – Mobley	2 – Anderson	HP Field House (2,457) Orlando, FL
December 1, 2019* 3:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. Harvard Orlando Invitational 3rd place game	W 77–62	7–2	27 – Okongwu	14 – Okongwu	5 – Mathews	HP Field House (1,259) Orlando, FL
December 6, 2019* 6:00 pm, ESPN2		vs. TCU	W 80–78	8–2	20 – Mathews	11 – Rakocevic	8 – Anderson	Dickies Arena (5,656) Fort Worth, TX
December 15, 2019* 3:30 pm, P12N		Long Beach State	W 87–76	9–2	28 – Okongwu	12 – Okongwu	12 – Anderson	Galen Center (4,275) Los Angeles, CA
December 21, 2019* 6:00 pm, FS1		vs. LSU Basketball Hall of Fame Classic	W 70–68	10–2	15 – Mathews	8 – Tied	6 – Anderson	Staples Center (8,296) Los Angeles, CA
December 29, 2019* 7:00 pm, P12N		Florida Gulf Coast	W 71–58	11–2	19 – Rakocevic	13 – Rakocevic	5 – Sturdivant	Galen Center (2,871) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 regular season
January 2, 2020 7:30 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 65–56	12–2 (1–0)	27 – Okongwu	12 – Okongwu	4 – Mathews	Beasley Coliseum (2,256) Pullman, WA
January 5, 2020 7:00 pm, FS1		at Washington	L 40–72	12–3 (1–1)	10 – Okongwu	9 – Okongwu	1 – Tied	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,774) Seattle, WA
January 11, 2020 7:00 pm, ESPN2		at UCLA Rivalry	W 74–63	13–3 (2–1)	17 – Rakocevic	14 – Rakocevic	3 – Tied	Pauley Pavilion (13,659) Los Angeles, CA
January 16, 2020 7:30 pm, P12N		California	W 88–56	14–3 (3–1)	19 – Mathews	8 – Okongwu	4 – Tied	Galen Center (4,312) Los Angeles, CA
January 18, 2020 3:30 pm, P12N		Stanford	W 82–78 OT	15–3 (4–1)	22 – Okongwu	9 – Okongwu	4 – Anderson	Galen Center (5,017) Los Angeles, CA
January 23, 2020 8:00 pm, ESPNU		at No. 12 Oregon	L 70–79 2OT	15–4 (4–2)	23 – Okongwu	14 – Okongwu	4 – Anderson	Matthew Knight Arena (7,497) Eugene, OR
January 25, 2020 2:00 pm, P12N		at Oregon State	W 75–55	16–4 (5–2)	18 – Okongwu	8 – Okongwu	6 – Anderson	Gill Coliseum (6,526) Corvallis, OR
January 30, 2020 6:30 pm, FS1		Utah	W 56–52	17–4 (6–2)	16 – Rakocevic	15 – Rakocevic	3 – Anderson	Galen Center (4,478) Los Angeles, CA
February 1, 2020 7:30 pm, FS1		No. 20 Colorado	L 57–78	17–5 (6–3)	12 – Mobley	10 – Okongwu	4 – Anderson	Galen Center (5,736) Los Angeles, CA
February 6, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 23 Arizona	L 80–85	17–6 (6–4)	23 – Okongwu	8 – Okongwu	4 – Adlesh	McKale Center (13,816) Tucson, AZ
February 8, 2020 7:00 pm, FS1		at Arizona State	L 64–66	17–7 (6–5)	22 – Mathews	12 – Rakocevic	3 – Anderson	Desert Financial Arena (9,628) Tempe, AZ
February 13, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2		Washington	W 62–56	18–7 (7–5)	19 – Rakocevic	9 – Rakocevic	4 – Tied	Galen Center (4,765) Los Angeles, CA
February 15, 2020 5:00 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 70–51	19–7 (8–5)	23 – Utomi	11 – Mobley	5 – Anderson	Galen Center (4,057) Los Angeles, CA
February 20, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN2		at No. 18 Colorado	L 66–70	19–8 (8–6)	21 – Okongwu	11 – Rakocevic	4 – Weaver	CU Events Center (10,027) Boulder, CO
February 23, 2020 3:00 pm, ESPNU		at Utah	L 65–79	19–9 (8–7)	18 – Okongwu	12 – Okongwu	3 – Utomi	Jon M. Huntsman Center (9,765) Salt Lake City, UT
February 27, 2020 6:00 pm, ESPN		Arizona	W 57–48	20–9 (9–7)	14 – Mathews	10 – Okongwu	3 – Weaver	Galen Center (4,121) Los Angeles, CA
February 29, 2020 5:00 pm, ESPNU		Arizona State	W 71–61	21–9 (10–7)	23 – Mathews	10 – Utomi	3 – Tied	Galen Center (4,786) Los Angeles, CA
March 7, 2020 12:15 pm, CBS		UCLA Rivalry	W 54–52	22–9 (11–7)	19 – Mathews	7 – Rakocevic	7 – Anderson	Galen Center (7,622) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 tournament
March 12, 2020 2:30 pm, P12N	(4)	vs. (5) Arizona Quarterfinals	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[13]					T-Mobile Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

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