The 2023–24 UC Davis Aggies men's basketball team represented 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, played their home games at the University Credit Union Center in Davis, California as members of the Big West Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 14–6 in Big West play, to finish in third place. Due to UC San Diego's transition to Division I, the Aggies were the No. 2 seed in the Big West tournament, where they defeated Hawaii in the semifinals before losing to Long Beach State in the championship game.
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.
Elijah Pepper scored 697 points to break the program's single-season scoring record, which had been held by Randy DeBortoli since 1987–88. He also became the 10th UC Davis player to score 1,000 career points since the school transitioned to the NCAA Division I level.
Offseason Departures DeparturesNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometown Reason for departure 1 F 6' 7" 215 Freshman Playa del Rey, CA No longer on team roster 4 F 6' 9" 220 Senior Phoenix, AZ Graduated 5 G 6' 3" 190 Sophomore San Ramon, CA Transferred to San Francisco 15 F 6' 7" 225 Junior Phoenix, AZ Entered NCAA transfer portal
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers 5 G 6' 6" 200 Junior Oakland, CA California 8 F 6' 7" 210 Junior Málaga, Spain Indian River State 15 G 6' 3" 195 Sophomore Portland, OR Colorado 32 F 6' 6" 235 Junior San Rafael, CA College of Marin
2023 recruiting class
Preseason
Big West coaches poll The Big West Conference coaches poll was released on October 19, 2023. UC Davis was picked to finish fifth in the Big West Conference with 69 points.
Coaches poll 1 UC Santa Barbara 92 (9) 2 Long Beach State 82 (2) 3 Hawaii 80 4 UC Irvine 75 5 UC Davis 69 6 Cal State Fullerton 58 7 UC Riverside 45 8 Cal State Bakersfield 36 9 UC San Diego 31 10 Cal State Northridge 18 11 Cal Poly 12
Preseason All-Big West teams Elijah Pepper was selected to the All-Big West Preseason Team.
Roster
Schedule and results
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