2023–24 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team
The 2023–24 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team represents Southern Utah University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They are led by first-year head coach Rob Jeter and play their games at America First Event Center as members of the Western Athletic Conference.
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Conference | Western Athletic Conference |
Record | 0–0 (0–0 WAC) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Donald Williams |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | America First Event Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Abilene Christian | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California Baptist | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Grand Canyon | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Seattle | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Southern Utah | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stephen F. Austin | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tarleton* | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Arlington | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Rio Grande Valley | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah Tech* | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Utah Valley | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Ineligible for the NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† Conference tournament winner |
Previous season
The Thunderbirds finished the season 24–13, 12–6 in conference play to finish in third place. In the WAC tournament, the team won their first two games against Utah Tech and Utah Valley before falling to Grand Canyon in the championship. The Thunderbirds were invited to appear in the College Basketball Invitational where they defeated North Alabama and Rice to advance to the semifinals. They were defeated by Eastern Kentucky to end their season. On March 15, head coach Todd Simon accepted the same position at Bowling Green; assistant coach Flynn Clayman served as interim head coach during the College Basketball Invitational.[1][2]
Roster
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Schedule and Results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 23, 2023* 6:30 p.m. |
Westminster University | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
Regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2023* 8:00 p.m. |
at Cal State Bakersfield | Icardo Center (-) Bakersfield, CA | |||||||||
November 9, 2023* 6:30 p.m. |
Life Pacific | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
November 14, 2023* 7:00 p.m., MW Network |
at Utah State | Smith Spectrum (-) Logan, UT | |||||||||
November 21, 2023* 2:00 p.m. |
at Louisiana Tech | Thomas Assembly Center (-) Ruston, LA | |||||||||
November 22, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ |
Texas State | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
November 29, 2023 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
California Baptist | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
December 2, 2023 TBD |
at Seattle | Redhawk Center (-) Seattle, WA | |||||||||
December 5, 2023* 6:00 p.m., Pac-12 Network |
at Utah | Jon M. Huntsman Center (-) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||
December 9, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Idaho State | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
December 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m. |
at Northern Arizona | Walkup Skydome (-) Flagstaff, AZ | |||||||||
December 19, 2023* 7:00 p.m. |
at Montana State | Brick Breeden Fieldhouse (-) Bozeman, MT | |||||||||
December 22, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Middle Tennessee | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
December 30, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Antelope Valley | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
January 4, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Grand Canyon | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Utah Valley | UCCU Center (-) Orem, UT | |||||||||
January 13, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Stephen F. Austin | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
January 18, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Utah Tech | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
January 20, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at California Baptist | Fowler Events Center (-) Riverside, CA | |||||||||
January 25, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Tarleton State | Wisdom Gymnasium (-) Stephenville, TX | |||||||||
January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
Abilene Christian | Moody Coliseum (-) Abilene, TX | |||||||||
February 1, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
UT Arlington | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
February 3, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
UT Rio Grande Valley | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
February 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Utah Tech | Burns Arena (-) St. George, UT | |||||||||
February 10, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
at Grand Canyon | GCU Arena (-) Phoenix, AZ | |||||||||
February 15, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Seattle | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
February 17, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Utah Valley | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
February 22, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
UT Arlington | College Park Center (-) Arlington, TX | |||||||||
February 29, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Abilene Christian | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
March 2, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
Tarleton State | America First Event Center (-) Cedar City, UT | |||||||||
March 7, 2024 TBD, ESPN+ |
at Stephen F. Austin | William R. Johnson Coliseum (-) Nacogdoches, TX | |||||||||
March 9, 2024 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
UT Rio Grande Valley | UTRGV Fieldhouse (-) Edinburg, TX | |||||||||
WAC tournament | |||||||||||
March 13, 2024 TBD |
vs. TBD Quarterfinals |
Orleans Arena Paradise, NV | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. |
Source[3]
References
- "Fowler's Todd Simon comes back close to home, takes over Bowling Green men's basketball program". Lansing State Journal. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- "Southern Utah's Todd Simon accepts men's head basketball post at Bowling Green". Retrieved October 22, 2023.
- "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". suutbirds.com. Retrieved October 21, 2023.