# 2023–24 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team

The 2023–24 Arizona State Sun Devils men's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sun Devils were led by ninth-year head coach Bobby Hurley, and played their home games at Desert Financial Arena in Tempe, Arizona. This was their last season as members of the Pac-12 Conference after 45 years, joining the Big 12 Conference in the 2024–25 season.

## Previous season

In the 2022–23 season, the Sun Devils went 23-12 overall and 11–9 in Pac-12 play to finish tied for 5th place. They lost to 2-seed Arizona in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 tournament. They qualified for the NCAA Tournament, where they were an 11 seed selected to play in one of the four play-in games. They defeated Nevada, 73–98 in the First Four to get to the Round of 64 versus TCU, who they lost to 70–72.

## Off-season
### Departures

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Warren Washington | C | 7'0" | 225 | Sr. | Los Angeles, California | Transferred to Texas Tech |
| Duke Brennan | C | 6'10" | 235 | Fr. | Gilbert, Arizona | Transferred to Grand Canyon |
| Malcolm Flaggs | G | 6'6" | 210 | Fr. | Gilbert, Arizona | Transferred to Grand Canyon |
| Desmond Cambridge Jr. | G | 6'4" | 180 | GS | Nashville, Tennessee | Exhausted eligibility |
| Devan Cambridge | G/F | 6'6" | 215 | Sr. | Nashville, Tennessee | Transferred to Texas Tech |
| Marcus Bagley | F | 6'8" | 215 | RS So. | Sacramento, California | Declared for 2023 NBA draft |
| Austin Nunez | G | 6'2" | 170 | Fr. | Garden Ridge, Texas | Transferred to Ole Miss |
| Luther Muhammad | G | 6'3" | 195 | GS | Newark, New Jersey | Exhausted eligibility |
| Enoch Boakye | C | 6'10" | 240 | So. | Brampton, Ontario | Transferred to Fresno State |
| DJ Horne | G | 6'1" | 175 | Sr. | Raleigh, North Carolina | Transferred to NC State |
| John Olmsted | F/C | 6'10" | 235 | Sr. | Morenci, Arizona | Transferred to Montana State |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Previous School | Notes |
| Adam Miller | G | 6'3" | 190 | RS Jr. | LSU | Spent first season at Illinois. Will need a waiver for immediate eligibility. Three seasons of eligibility remaining. |
| Zane Meeks | F/C | 6'9" | 220 | GS | San Francisco | Spent first two seasons at Nevada. Immediately eligibility as a grad transfer. |
| Shawn Phillips | C | 7'0" | 250 | So. | LSU | Three seasons of eligibility remaining. |
| Bryant Selebangue | F/C | 6'8" | 237 | Sr. | Tulsa | Spent first two seasons at Hutchinson Community College and Florida SouthWestern State College. Two season of eligibility remaining. |
| Brycen Long | G | 6'2" | 175 | Sr. | Houston Christian | Two seasons of eligibility remaining. |
| Jose Perez | G | 6'5" | 220 | GS | West Virginia | Spent first two seasons at Gardner-Webb, one season at Marquette and one season at Manhattan. Immediately eligible as a grad transfer. |
| Kamari Lands | G/F | 6'8" | 220 | So. | Louisville | Three seasons of eligibility remaining. |
| Malachi Davis | G | 6'4" | 175 | Sr. | Tallahassee Community College | Spent first two seasons at Lake Land College. Two seasons of eligibility remaining. |

### 2023 recruiting class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Akil Watson G/F | Middletown, N.Y. | Roselle Catholic | 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) | 205 lb (93 kg) | Sep 7, 2022 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81 ||||||
| Braelon Green G | Ypsilanti, MI | Southern California Academy | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | 175 lb (79 kg) | Sep 24, 2022 |
| Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 82 ||||||
| 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: ||||||

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 8, 2023* 7:30 p.m., Barstool.TV | | vs. Mississippi State Barstool Sports Invitational | L 56–71 | 0–1 | 13 – Lands | 5 – Phillips | 4 – Neal | Wintrust Arena (5,361) Chicago, IL |
| November 11, 2023* 1:30 p.m., P12N | | Texas Southern | W 63–52 | 1–1 | 13 – Collins | 8 – Collins | 6 – Collins | Desert Financial Arena (7,263) Tempe, AZ |
| November 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., P12N | | UMass Lowell | W 71–69 | 2–1 | 20 – Perez | 7 – Gaffney | 4 – Perez | Desert Financial Arena (6,857) Tempe, AZ |
| November 23, 2023* 10:30 p.m., ESPN2 | | vs. BYU Vegas Showdown semifinals | L 49–77 | 2–2 | 13 – Neal | 7 – Collins | 2 – Perez | Michelob Ultra Arena (2,223) Paradise, NV |
| November 24, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | vs. Vanderbilt Vegas Showdown 3rd place game | W 82–67 | 3–2 | 19 – Gaffney | 7 – Neal | 4 – Perez | Michelob Ultra Arena (–) Paradise, NV |
| November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m., P12N | | Sam Houston | W 78–61 | 4–2 | 24 – Perez | 8 – Tied | 7 – Collins | Desert Financial Arena (6,090) Tempe, AZ |
| December 3, 2023* 1:00 p.m., P12N | | San Francisco | W 72–61 | 5–2 | 21 – Collins | 11 – Neal | 4 – Neal | Desert Financial Arena (6,563) Tempe, AZ |
| December 6, 2023* 8:00 p.m., FS1 | | SMU | W 76–74 | 6–2 | 20 – Perez | 8 – Neal | 3 – Perez | Desert Financial Arena (6,812) Tempe, AZ |
| December 9, 2023* 8:30 p.m., CBSSN | | at San Diego | L 84–89 | 6–3 | 20 – Neal | 9 – Collins | 7 – Perez | Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,102) San Diego, CA |
| December 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPNU | | vs. TCU USLBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge | L 59–79 | 6–4 | 20 – Miller | 6 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Dickies Arena (4,890) Fort Worth, TX |
| December 20, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 | | vs. Northwestern Jerry Colangelo Hall of Fame Series | L 46–65 | 6–5 | 10 – Collins | 7 – Selebangue | 4 – Collins | Footprint Center (–) Phoenix, AZ |
| Pac-12 regular season |||||||||
| December 29, 2023 9:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at Stanford | W 76–73 | 7–5 (1–0) | 13 – Tied | 6 – Neal | 4 – Miller | Maples Pavilion (2,801) Stanford, CA |
| December 31, 2023 6:00 p.m., P12N | | at California | W 71–69 | 8–5 (2–0) | 25 – Collins | 6 – Neal | 2 – Neal | Haas Pavilion (2,429) Berkeley, CA |
| January 4, 2024 9:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | Utah | W 82–70 | 9–5 (3–0) | 26 – Perez | 7 – Tied | 6 – Collins | Desert Financial Arena (6,259) Tempe, AZ |
| January 6, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPNU | | Colorado | W 76–73 | 10–5 (4–0) | 19 – Neal | 7 – Neal | 4 – Tied | Desert Financial Arena (8,128) Tempe, AZ |
| January 11, 2024 9:00 p.m., FS1 | | at Washington | L 67–82 | 10–6 (4–1) | 14 – Neal | 7 – Collins | 5 – Collins | Alaska Airlines Arena (5,641) Seattle, WA |
| January 17, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N | | UCLA | L 66–68 | 10–7 (4–2) | 16 – Tied | 6 – Miller | 3 – Neal | Desert Financial Arena (10,096) Tempe, AZ |
| January 20, 2024 12:00 p.m., FOX | | USC | W 82–67 | 11–7 (5–2) | 20 – Perez | 13 – Selebangue | 7 – Collins | Desert Financial Arena (13,743) Tempe, AZ |
| January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N | | at Oregon | L 61–80 | 11–8 (5–3) | 20 – Perez | 9 – Neal | 4 – Perez | Matthew Knight Arena (6,170) Eugene, OR |
| January 27, 2024 5:00 p.m., P12N | | at Oregon State | L 71–84 | 11–9 (5–4) | 19 – Perez | 5 – Tied | 3 – Tied | Gill Coliseum (3,842) Corvallis, OR |
| February 1, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | Stanford | L 62–71 | 11–10 (5–5) | 14 – Perez | 7 – Gaffney | 6 – Perez | Desert Financial Arena (7,234) Tempe, AZ |
| February 3, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N | | California | L 66–81 | 11–11 (5–6) | 14 – Tied | 7 – Phillips | 3 – Neal | Desert Financial Arena (7,901) Tempe, AZ |
| February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., FS1 | | at Colorado | L 70–82 | 11–12 (5–7) | 18 – Collins | 6 – Gaffney | 4 – Neal | CU Events Center (7,109) Boulder, CO |
| February 10, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | at Utah | W 85–77 | 12–12 (6–7) | 21 – Perez | 8 – Neal | 5 – Collins | Jon M. Huntsman Center (8,235) Salt Lake City, UT |
| February 14, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N | | Oregon State | W 79–61 | 13–12 (7–7) | 21 – Neal | 5 – Gaffney | 5 – Miller | Desert Financial Arena (6,689) Tempe, AZ |
| February 17, 2024 7:30 p.m., FS1 | | at No. 5 Arizona Rivalry | L 60–105 | 13–13 (7–8) | 16 – Miller | 6 – Neal | 2 – Tied | McKale Center (14,688) Tucson, AZ |
| February 22, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | Washington | L 82–84 $^{OT}$ | 13–14 (7–9) | 21 – Collins | 8 – Tied | 5 – Neal | Desert Financial Arena (7,401) Tempe, AZ |
| February 24, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | | No. 21 Washington State | W 73–61 | 14–14 (8–9) | 16 – Perez | 7 – Selebangue | 4 – Perez | Desert Financial Arena (9,586) Tempe, AZ |
| February 28, 2024 8:00 p.m., P12N | | No. 6 Arizona Rivalry/Senior Night | L 67–85 | 14–15 (8–10) | 16 – Miller | 5 – Tied | 3 – Collins | Desert Financial Arena (14,229) Tempe, AZ |
| March 7, 2024 9:00 p.m., FS1 | | at USC | L 73–81 | 14–16 (8–11) | 24 – Perez | 4 – Miller | 6 – Collins | Galen Center (6,834) Los Angeles, CA |
| March 9, 2024 9:00 p.m., FS1 | | at UCLA | L 47–59 | 14–17 (8–12) | 13 – Miller | 8 – Neal | 3 – Gaffney | Pauley Pavilion (7,424) Los Angeles, CA |
| Pac-12 Tournament |||||||||
| March 13, 2024 8:30 p.m., P12N | (11) | vs. (6) Utah First round | L 57–90 | 14–18 | 20 – Collins | 8 – Selebangue | 2 – Neal | T-Mobile Arena (10,133) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. |||||||||
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