2023–24 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team

2023–24 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball
2023–24 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	11–21 (5–13 AAC)
Head coach	Steve Henson (8th season);
Associate head coach	Mike Peck
Assistant coaches	Adam Hood; Kurtis Darden;
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

The 2023–24 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by eighth-year head coach Steve Henson, played their home games at the Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas as first-year members of American Athletic Conference.

2023–24 American Athletic Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
South Florida	16	–	2	.889	25	–	8	.758
Florida Atlantic	14	–	4	.778	25	–	9	.735
Charlotte	13	–	5	.722	19	–	12	.613
UAB †	12	–	6	.667	23	–	12	.657
Memphis	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
SMU	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
North Texas	10	–	8	.556	19	–	15	.559
East Carolina	7	–	11	.389	15	–	18	.455
Tulsa	7	–	11	.389	16	–	15	.516
Tulane	5	–	13	.278	14	–	17	.452
Temple	5	–	13	.278	16	–	20	.444
Wichita State	5	–	13	.278	15	–	19	.441
Rice	5	–	13	.278	11	–	21	.344
UTSA	5	–	13	.278	11	–	21	.344

† 2024 AAC tournament winner

Previous season

The Roadrunners finished the 2022–23 season 10–22, 4–16 in Conference USA (C-USA), play to finish in last place.^[1] They lost in the first round of the C-USA tournament to Rice.^[2]

The season marked the team's last season as members of C-USA before joining the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2023.^[3]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
John Buggs	0	G	6' 3"	185	RS Sophomore	Homer, LA	Transferred to North Texas
Japhet Medor	1	G	6' 0"	168	RS Junior	Wellington, FL	Transferred to Fordham
Aleu Aleu	2	G/F	6' 9"	189	Senior	Austin, TX	Graduate transferred to St. Edward's
Azavier Johnson	3	G	6' 5"	202	RS Freshman	Las Vegas, NV	Transferred to New Mexico JC
Josh Farmer	4	F	6' 10"	198	Sophomore	Houston, TX	Transferred to Texas Southern
DJ Richards	5	F	6' 5"	180	Freshman	Houston, TX	Transferred to McNeese State
Erik Czumbel	10	G	6' 3"	196	Senior	Verona, Italy	Left the team for personal reasons
Lachlan Bofinger	11	F	6' 6"	223	Junior	Sydney, Australia	Transferred to St. Mary's
Sam Aldirawi	12	F	6' 5"	202	Freshman	Houston, TX	Walk-on; not on team roster
Lamin Sabally	20	F	6' 8"	204	Sophomore	Berlin, Germany	Transferred to Incarnate Word
Jacob Germany	24	C	6' 11"	238	Senior	Kingston, OK	Graduate transferred to Wichita State
Isaiah Addo-nkrah	25	G	6' 7"	220	Junior	Houston, TX	Walk-on; transferred to Denver

Incoming transfers

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Jordan Ivy-Curry	1	G	6' 2"	180	Junior	La Marque, TX	Pacific
Trey Edmonds	3	F	6' 10"	250	Junior	Aurora, CO	Utah Tech
Dre Fuller Jr.	4	G	6' 5"	215	RS Senior	Fayetteville, NC	UCF
Adante' Holiman	5	G	6' 0"	160	Sophomore	McAlester, OK	UT Rio Grande Valley
Chandler Cuthrell	10	F	6' 7"	200	Junior	Baltimore, MD	Odessa College
Isaiah Wyatt	11	G	6' 3"	200	RS Junior	Fort Worth, TX	Chadron State
Josh Reid	12	F	6' 7"		Junior	Havelock, NC	Walk-on; Gulf Coast State College
Juan Reyna	20	G	6'3"	185	Junior	San Antonio, TX	Campbell
PJ Carter	21	G	6' 5"		Junior	Fairburn, GA	Georgia Highlands College
Blessing Adesipe	23	F	6' 6"		RS Junior	Houston, TX	Miles CC
Justin Thomas	25	G	6' 7"	179	Junior	Baton Rouge, LA	Milwaukee

2023 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Nazar Mahmoud SG	Plano, TX	Spring Creek Academy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Mar 15, 2023
Nazar Mahmoud SG	Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN grade: NR
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: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved September 28, 2023.

Roster

2023–24 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Nazar Mahmoud	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Spring Creek Academy	Leander, TX
G	1	Jordan Ivy-Curry	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Pacific	La Marque, TX
C	2	Carlton Jr. Linguard	7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Sr	Kansas State	San Antonio, TX
F/C	3	Trey Edmonds	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	255 lb (116 kg)	Jr	Utah Tech	Aurora, CO
G	4	Dre Jr. Fuller	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	GS	UCF	Fayetteville, NC
PG	5	Adante' Holiman	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	UT Rio Grande Valley	McAlester, OK
F	10	Chandler Cuthrell	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Odessa College	Baltimore, MD
G/F	11	Isaiah Wyatt	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS Jr	Chadron State	Toledo, OH
F	12	Josh Reid (W)	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Jr	Gulf Coast State College	Havelock, NC
F	14	Massal Diouf	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	So	Western Canada Prep Academy	Gouda, Netherlands
PG	20	Juan Reyna	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Campbell	San Antonio, TX
G	21	PJ Carter	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Georgia Highlands College	Atlanta, GA
G	22	Christian Tucker (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	Jr	Gilbert Perry High School	Chandler, AZ
G/F	23	Blessing Adesipe	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Miles Community College	Houston, TX
G	25	Justin Thomas	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Milwaukee	Baton Rouge, LA

Head coach

Steve Henson (Kansas State)

Assistant coach(es)

Mike Peck (Northwood)
Adam Hood (Air Force)
Kurtis Darden (Pfeiffer)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: December 10, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 24, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Trinity	W 100–70		20 – Linguard Jr.	11 – Cuthrell	5 – tied	Convocation Center San Antonio, TX
October 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		McMurry	W 125–84		16 – Tucker	12 – Linguard Jr.	5 – tied	Convocation Center San Antonio, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Western Illinois	W 78–68 ^OT	1–0	18 – Tucker	10 – Linguard Jr.	8 – Tucker	Convocation Center (1,567) San Antonio, TX
November 10, 2023* 6:30 p.m., Peacock		at Minnesota	L 76–102	1–1	16 – Fuller Jr.	9 – Fuller Jr.	5 – Tucker	Williams Arena (6,973) Minneapolis, MN
November 14, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Lamar	L 82–90	1–2	22 – Holiman	12 – Edmonds	6 – Tucker	Montagne Center (3,264) Beaumont, TX
November 17, 2023* 7:15 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas State I-35 Rivalry	L 62–72	1–3	16 – Tucker	10 – Cuthrell	4 – Holiman	Strahan Coliseum (1,801) San Marcos, TX
November 20, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Houston Christian	W 89–87	2–3	24 – Fuller Jr.	7 – Edmonds	8 – Tucker	Sharp Gymnasium (804) Houston, TX
November 24, 2023* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		Jacksonville State Roadrunner/Cardinal Classic	L 62–77	2–4	19 – Tucker	10 – Fuller Jr.	3 – Tucker	Convocation Center (676) San Antonio, TX
November 26, 2023* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		Incarnate Word Roadrunner/Cardinal Classic	W 90–80	3–4	21 – Holiman	11 – Fuller Jr.	4 – Tucker	Convocation Center (916) San Antonio, TX
November 30, 2023* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		Lamar	W 86–83	4–4	27 – Wyatt	10 – Fuller Jr.	11 – Tucker	Convocation Center (1,535) San Antonio, TX
December 10, 2023* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+		Arkansas–Fort Smith	W 93–60	5–4	21 – Linguard Jr.	8 – tied	6 – Tucker	Convocation Center (927) San Antonio, TX
December 13, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Little Rock	L 84–93	5–5	23 – Tucker	9 – Wyatt	5 – Fuller Jr.	Jack Stephens Center Little Rock, AR
December 17, 2023* 2:00 p.m., P12N		at Oregon State	L 65–66	5–6	11 – Ivy-Curry	6 – Edmonds	7 – Ivy-Curry	Gill Coliseum (2,440) Corvallis, OR
December 21, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Army	L 53–63	5–7	10 – tied	10 – Edmonds	3 – tied	Convocation Center (1,193) San Antonio, TX
December 28, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Prairie View A&M	W 103–89	6–7	22 – Ivy-Curry	10 – Linguard Jr.	8 – Ivy-Curry	Convocation Center (1,082) San Antonio, TX
AAC regular season
January 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPNU		UAB	L 76–78	6–8 (0–1)	20 – Ivy-Curry	10 – Ivy-Curry	4 – Ivy-Curry	Convocation Center (744) San Antonio, TX
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Rice	W 89–82 ^OT	7–8 (1–1)	24 – Linguard Jr.	7 – Ivy-Curry	7 – Tucker	Jerabeck Activity and Athletic Center (1,424) Houston, TX
January 10, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 13 Memphis	L 101–107 ^OT	7–9 (1–2)	28 – Ivy-Curry	9 – Ivy-Curry	7 – Tucker	FedExForum (11,389) Memphis, TN
January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPNU		Charlotte	L 58–66	7–10 (1–3)	20 – Ivy-Curry	11 – Edmonds	2 – Ivy-Curry	Convocation Center (1,202) San Antonio, TX
January 17, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Tulsa	L 78–107	7–11 (1–4)	19 – Ivy-Curry	7 – Ivy-Curry	8 – Tucker	Reynolds Center (3,518) Tulsa, OK
January 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 23 Florida Atlantic	L 103–112 ^OT	7–12 (1–5)	38 – Ivy-Curry	7 – Ivy-Curry	12 – Tucker	Convocation Center (1,929) San Antonio, TX
January 24, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Tulane	W 89–88	8–12 (2–5)	31 – Linguard Jr.	11 – Cuthrell	5 – tied	Convocation Center (1,281) San Antonio, TX
January 27, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at South Florida	L 72–89	8–13 (2–6)	23 – Ivy-Curry	6 – Diouf	6 – Tucker	Yuengling Center (5,271) Tampa, FL
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Rice	L 76–80	8–14 (2–7)	19 – Ivy-Curry	10 – Linguard Jr.	8 – Tucker	Convocation Center (1,387) San Antonio, TX
February 7, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Wichita State	L 64–84	8–15 (2–8)	13 – Fuller Jr.	6 – Edmonds	3 – Holiman	Charles Koch Arena (6,133) Wichita, KS
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPNU		East Carolina	L 73–84	8–16 (2–9)	14 – Ivy-Curry	6 – Fuller Jr.	3 – Ivy-Curry	Convocation Center (1,535) San Antonio, TX
February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Charlotte	L 70–79	8–17 (2–10)	22 – Carter	10 – Edmonds	3 – Ivy-Curry	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,706) Charlotte, NC
February 18, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Temple	L 77–83	8–18 (2–11)	22 – Ivy-Curry	9 – Cuthrell	3 – Ivy-Curry	Liacouras Center (4,482) Philadelphia, PA
February 21, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		South Florida	L 61–66	8–19 (2–12)	15 – Tucker	10 – tied	6 – Tucker	Convocation Center (1,580) San Antonio, TX
February 24, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPNU		at North Texas	W 64–62	9–19 (3–12)	21 – Ivy-Curry	8 – Ivy-Curry	3 – Ivy-Curry	The Super Pit (5,247) Denton, TX
February 28, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Tulsa	W 89–73	10–19 (4–12)	20 – Ivy-Curry	7 – Ivy-Curry	14 – Tucker	Convocation Center (1,238) San Antonio, TX
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at SMU	W 77–73	11–19 (5–12)	33 – Ivy-Curry	11 – Cuthrell	9 – Tucker	Moody Coliseum (5,507) Dallas, TX
March 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Temple	L 82–84	11–20 (5–13)	27 – Carter	9 – tied	5 – Tucker	Convocation Center (1,096) San Antonio, TX
AAC tournament
March 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	(14)	vs. (11) Temple First round	L 61–64	11–21	15 – Tucker	15 – Linguard Jr.	4 – Tucker	Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

Source:^[4]

References

^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
^ "UTSA falls at the buzzer to Rice in C-USA Championships". UTSA Athletics. March 8, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
^ "UTSA officially joins the American Athletic Conference". The University of Texas at San Antonio. July 1, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.
^ "2023-24 UTSA Men's Basketball Schedule". UTSA Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2023.

[1] "2022-23 Men's Basketball Standings". Conference USA. Retrieved December 10, 2023.

[2] "UTSA falls at the buzzer to Rice in C-USA Championships". UTSA Athletics. March 8, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.

[3] "UTSA officially joins the American Athletic Conference". The University of Texas at San Antonio. July 1, 2023. Retrieved December 10, 2023.

[4] "2023-24 UTSA Men's Basketball Schedule". UTSA Athletics. Retrieved September 28, 2023.

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2023–24 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team

Contents

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

See also

References