# 2023–24 FUS Rabat basketball season

FUS Rabat plays the 2023–24 season in the Division Excellence and the Basketball Africa League (BAL), as well as in the Throne Cup competition.
They made their debut in the Road to BAL, having qualified as national champions. On 4 November, a place in the main tournament was guaranteed following a win over FAP in the semi-finals. FUS Rabat won the Kalahari Conference and clinched the number one seed for the playoffs, however, they were eliminated by the eight-seeded Cape Town Tigers who won the quarterfinal after overtime.

## Roster
### Current roster

Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA-sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationalities not displayed.

## Transactions
### In

| No. | Pos. | Name | Age | Moving from | Type | Ends | Date |
| 55 | G/F | Baeri Yacine | 34 | Free agent | Free agent | 2024 | October 25, 2023 |
| 11 | C | Prince Orizu | 28 | Tormes | Free agent | 2024 | October 25, 2023 |
| 15 | C | Aliou Diarra | 21 | Stade Malien | Free agent | 2024 | October 31, 2023 |
| 1 | PG | John Jordan | 30 | Zdravlje | Free agent | 2024 | January 20, 2024 |
| 2 | PG | Ken Brown | 33 | Al-Ittihad Aleppo | Free agent | 2024 | January 20, 2024 |

## Competitions
### Overview

| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record | Record |
| Competition | First match | Last match | Starting round | Final position | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Win % |
| BAL | 9 March 2024 | 26 May 2024 | Kalahari Conference | Quarterfinals | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 540 | 464 | +76 | 066.67 |
| Road to BAL | 31 October 2023 | 5 November 2023 | Elite 16 | Final | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 408 | 390 | +18 | 060.00 |
| Division Excellence | 4 October 2023 | | | | | | | | !— | |
| Throne Cup | | | | | | | | | !— | |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | Total | 11 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 948 | 854 | +94 | 063.64 |
Source: Goalzz, Afrobasket.com

### Division Excellence
#### Regular season

| Gameday | Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Record |
| 1 | 4 October | ASA | H | W 96–58 | 1–0 |
| 2 | 7 October | Raja Casablanca | A | W 33–89 | 2–0 |
| 3 | 15 October | MTB Majd Tanger | H | W 83–55 | 3–0 |
| 4 | 21 October | Wydad AC | H | W 72–62 | 4–0 |
| 5 | 11 November | KACM | A | W 68–74 | 5–0 |
| 6 | 23 November | IRT Tanger | H | W 70–67 | 6–0 |
| 7 | 4 December | MAS Fez | A | W 51–66 | 7–0 |
| 8 | 7 December | ASC | A | W 67–77 | 8–0 |
| 9 | 10 December | Larache | H | W 83–63 | 9–0 |
| 10 | 18 December | AS Salé | A | L 88–78 | 9–1 |
| 11 | 6 January | AS FAR | H | W 75–59 | 10–1 |
| 12 | 20 January | Raja Casablanca | H | W 80–67 | 11–1 |
| 13 | 25 January | MTB Majd Tanger | A | W 61–73 | 12–1 |
| 14 | 5 February | Wydad AC | A | W 53–74 | 13–1 |
| 15 | 8 February | ASC | H | W 83–60 | 14–1 |
| 16 | 2 March | AS FAR | A | W 70–78 | 15–1 |
| 17 | 8 April | Larache | A | L 90–89 | 15–2 |
| 18 | 17 April | AS Salé | H | W 98–86 | 16–2 |

#### Second stage

| Gameday | Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Record |
| 1 | 4 May | MTB Majd Tanger | A | W 69–90 | 1–0 |
| 2 | 8 May | ASCHBB | A | W 76–91 | 2–0 |
| 3 | 12 May | MTB Majd Tanger | H | W 92–72 | 3–0 |
| 4 | 15 May | ASCHBB | H | W 98–52 | 4–0 |
| 5 | 3 June | IRT Tanger | A | W 78–80 | 5–0 |
| 6 | 6 June | IRT Tanger | H | W 88–76 | 6–0 |

#### Playoffs

| Gameday | Date | Opponents | H / A | Result | Record |
| Semifinals ||||||
| Game 1 | 15 June | MAS Fes | A | W 63–78 | 1–0 |

### BAL

FUS Rabat played in the Kalahari Conference in South Africa and won the inaugural conference title.

#### Kalahari Conference

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | GF | GA | GD | PCT | Qualification |
| 1 | FUS Rabat | 4 | 3 | 1 | 363 | 295 | +68 | .750 | Advance to playoffs |
| 2 | Petro de Luanda | 4 | 2 | 2 | 360 | 340 | +20 | .500 | Advance to playoffs |
| 3 | Cape Town Tigers (H) | 4 | 1 | 3 | 305 | 346 | −41 | .250 | Advance to playoffs |
| 4 | Dynamo (D) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | Withdrew |

#### Playoffs
##### Quarterfinals
## Player statistics

FUS Rabat statistics :
| Player | GP | MPG | FG% | 3FG% | FT% | RPG | APG | SPG | BPG | PPG |
| Abdelhakim Zouita | 6 | 21.8 | .438 | .000 | .600 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 8.5 |
| Mohamed Anas Zeghloul | 2 | 1.0 | .000 | .000 | .000 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mohamed Sylla | 6 | 13.0 | .484 | .000 | .667 | 4.8 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 1.2 | 6.0 |
| Ayoub Nouhi | 6 | 22.7 | .396 | .133 | .533 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 8.7 |
| Abderrahim Najah | 6 | 10.5 | .481 | .000 | .200 | 4.5 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.5 |
| John Jordan | 6 | 30.7 | .391 | .344 | .852 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 14.7 |
| Abdelkarim El Haoua | 6 | 8.8 | .500 | .000 | .750 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.8 |
| Aliou Diarra | 6 | 25.9 | .667 | .000 | .633 | 10.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 16.5 |
| Ken Brown | 6 | 30.5 | .460 | .405 | .583 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.2 | 11.3 |
| Soufiane Benhmine | 6 | 20.5 | .400 | .278 | .800 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 1.2 | 0.0 | 6.8 |
| Yacine Baeri | 6 | 8.1 | .350 | .385 | .750 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 3.7 |
| Badr Azouga | 6 | 11.1 | .421 | .250 | .600 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 4.0 |