Английская Википедия:2023–24 USC Trojans women's basketball team

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use mdy dates Шаблон:Infobox college sports team season Шаблон:2023–24 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings The 2023–24 USC Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Southern California during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans play their home games at the Galen Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. This is the last year the team will play in the Pac-12 as they are slated to join the Big Ten Conference. The squad is led by third-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb.

USC started off ranked No. 21 in the preseason rankings in both the AP and Coaches Polls. The team was picked to finished 6th by the last-ever Pac-12 coaches poll.

Previous season

The Women of Troy finished the regular Pac-12 season tied for 4th with UCLA and Arizona. Because both of those teams held tiebreakers over USC, the Trojans earned the 6th seed in the 2023 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament.

The squad earned its first bid for the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament since 2014. and its first at-large bid since 2006. Holding an 8-seed in the 2023 NCAA tournament, the Women of Troy fell in overtime in the first round to 9-seeded South Dakota State, 57-62.

Last year's team spent much of the season receiving votes in both polls and made the top 25 once in the AP Poll. In the last AP Poll, they received 3 votes while they no longer received any votes in the final two coaches' polls.

Offseason changes

The Women of Troy will bring in 2 first-years out of high school, 1 transfer student, and 4 graduate students. 1 student who red-shirted last year is also expected to play this coming season. 6 players from the previous year graduated while 1 transferred and 1 retired.

Regarding coaching staff, Women of Troy alumna Courtney Jaco, who previously served as Director of Player Development and who as a player won the 2014 Pac-12 tournament to qualify for the NCAA tournament, was promoted to Assistant Coach. Wilnett Crockett also joined the coaching staff as an Assistant Coach and Recruiting Coordinator. Meanwhile, Nneka Enemkpali joined the Rutgers coaching staff during the off-season.

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Koi Love	0	F	6'0"	Junior	Orlando, FL	Retired
Destiny Littleton	11	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	San Diego, CA	Graduated
Bella Perkins	12	F	5'9"	Sophomore	Fairfax, VA	Transferred to Pittsburgh
Madison Campbell	23	G	5'11"	RS Junior	Fresno, CA	Retired for Medical Reasons
Okako Adika	24	G/F	6'0"	Graduate Student	Holstebro, DK	Graduated
Alyson Miura	25	G	5'9"	Senior	Clackamas, OR	Graduated
Kadi Sissoko	30	F	6'2"	Graduate Student	Paris, FR	Graduated
Rokia Doumbia	52	G	5'9"	Graduate Student	Bamako, ML	Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Previous School
McKenzie Forbes	0	W	6'0"	Graduate Transfer	Folsom, CA	Harvard
Dominique Onu	23	G	5'9"	Junior	Los Angeles, CA	UCLA
Kaitlyn Davis	24	G/F	6'0"	Graduate Transfer	Norwalk, CT	Columbia
Roxane Makolo	24	G	5'10"	Graduate Transfer	Saint-Hubert, QC, CA	Purdue
Kayla Padilla	45	G	5'9"	Graduate Transfer	Torrance, CA	Penn

2023 recruiting class

Source:

Name	Overall Rank	Position	Position Rank	Hometown	High School	Height	ESPN Stars	ESPN Grade
Juju Watkins	1	PG/SG	1	Los Angeles, CA	Sierra Canyon	6'0"	5	98
Malia Samuels	-	G	-	Seattle, WA	Garfield HS	5'6"	4	94

The Women of Troy bring in the tenth-ranked recruiting class in the country. The incoming squad features top-ranked high school recruit Juju Watkins and 49th-ranked Malia Samuels. Redshirt first-year Aaliyah Gayles is also expected to play after having sat out the previous season due to injury. Gayles, ranked No. 8 in the country for the class of 2022, was recruited by previous head coach Mark Trakh

Schedule

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Rankings

Awards and honors

• Forbes
  • Cheryl Miller Preaseason Watchlist
• Marshall
  • Silver Medalist at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup.
  • Jersey Mike's Naismith Award Watchlist
  • Lisa Leslie Preaseason Watchlist
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 Team
  • John Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watchlist
• Watkins
  • No. 1 recruit in the nation
  • National Gatorade Player of the Year
  • Gold Medalist and MVP of the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup
  • 2020 Sports Illustrated Sports Kid of the Year
  • McDonald's All-American
  • Los Angeles Times Girls Basketball Player of the Year, 2021, 2022, 2023
  • USA Today Girls Basketball Player of the Year
  • Jersey Mike's Naismith Award Watchlist
  • Preseason All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention
  • USBWA Tamika Catchings Freshman of the Week
  • Pac-12 Freshman of the Week (x5)
  • Pac-12 Player of the Week
  • John Wooden Award Preseason Top 50 Watchlist

External links

• USC Athletics Site
• USC Basketball Fan Forums