Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Pepperdine Waves |
Conference: | West Coast Conference |
Short Conf: | WCC |
Record: | 13–20 |
Conf Record: | 5–11 |
Hc Year: | 6th, 9th overall |
Asst Coach1: | Curtis Allen |
The 2023–24 Pepperdine Waves men's basketball team represented Pepperdine University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Waves were led by head coach Lorenzo Romar, in the sixth season of his second stint after coaching the Waves from 1996 to 1999. They played their home games at the Firestone Fieldhouse in Malibu, California as members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 13–20, 5–11 in WCC play to finish in a three-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 8 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Pacific in the first round, before losing to San Diego in the second round.
The Waves finished the 2022–23 season 9–22, 2–14 in WCC play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round to Pacific of the WCC tournament.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Mike Mitchell Jr. | 1 | G | 6'2" | 185 | Sophomore | Transferred to Minnesota | ||
Jay Yoon | 5 | G | 6'4" | 195 | RS Senior | Walk-on; graduated | ||
Carson Basham | 11 | C | 6'10" | 210 | Sophomore | Transferred to Northern Arizona | ||
Majok Deng | 22 | G | 6'4" | 190 | RS Junior | Transferred to Colorado School of Mines | ||
24 | F | 6'7" | 195 | Sophomore | Declare for 2023 NBA draft; selected 40th overall by Denver Nuggets | |||
Jan Zidek | 31 | F | 6'9" | 240 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Chattanooga |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
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Michael Ajayi | 1 | G | 6'7" | Junior | Pierce College | |||
Ethan Anderson | 20 | G | 6'1" | 208 | GS Senior | Wyoming |
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