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Pac-12 · 15-18 · AdjEM +12.3, 70 of 362 nationally.

2023-24 seasonthrough ratings as of 2024-04-0824 weekly snapshots

Adjusted ratingas of 2024-04-08

Every team →
AdjEM
+12.370 of 362
AdjO
109.382 of 362
AdjD
97.157 of 362
AdjT
70.3149 of 362

USC went from +15.4 (#38) on 2023-11-05 to +12.3 (#70) on 2024-04-08, peaking at +18.3 (#23) on 2023-11-06.

AdjEM in each weekly snapshot this season; the dashed line is an average D1 team (0).

2023-11-052024-04-08

Four factorsraw season rates · 33 complete games

Leaderboards →
eFG%
51.7%120
TOV%
16.9%245
OREB%
26.9%165
FTA/FGA
33.6%151
Opp eFG%
50.2%164
Opp TOV%
17.1%96
DREB%
71.5%247
Opp FTA/FGA
31.6%149

Résumé15-18 · against the ratings of 2024-04-08

Schedule strength
+11.231 of 362
Non-conference
+7.636 of 362
Luck
-7.4%321 of 362
Wins above bubble
-5.3105 of 362
Quad 1
2-9
Quad 2
5-5
Quad 3
4-3
Quad 4
4-1

Quadrants use the selection committee's boundaries (Quad 1 is a home game against the top 30, a neutral one against the top 50, or a road game against the top 75) applied to our ranking, not to the NCAA's NET, so they will not match a NET team sheet game for game. Luck and wins above bubble compare the record with today's ratings; they are not a record of our projections.

Players16 who played · most minutes first

National leaders →
PlayerGMPGPPGRPGAPGeFG%TS%USG%3P%FT%
Chibuzo AgboG3331.213.75.10.856.3%58.5%—40.9%72.2%
Boogie EllisG2933.716.53.53.054.2%56.5%—41.8%72.0%
Kobe JohnsonG3131.010.94.63.346.8%49.3%—31.3%72.6%
DJ RodmanF3227.48.45.01.353.1%56.3%—36.2%73.8%
Isaiah CollierG2729.816.32.94.353.3%56.7%—33.8%67.3%
Joshua MorganF3120.75.73.71.355.7%57.6%——61.5%
Bronny JamesG2519.44.82.82.143.8%47.2%—26.7%67.6%
Vince IwuchukwuC3115.75.53.80.650.4%55.1%—0.0%69.7%
Oziyah SellersG3314.35.20.90.655.5%57.8%—42.9%82.6%
Harrison HorneryF2613.93.32.80.741.9%47.3%—28.3%80.0%
Kijani WrightF2812.03.92.60.458.4%60.9%——71.4%
Ryan CornishG1421.96.93.32.141.6%45.3%—15.8%60.5%
Arrinten PageF2710.73.12.10.453.2%53.7%—31.3%53.1%
Brandon GardnerF14.02.00.00.0100.0%100.0%———
Zach BrookerG60.50.00.00.00.0%0.0%—0.0%—
JD PloughG50.60.00.40.00.0%0.0%———

Season totals for every game played, from ESPN's statistics feed. In seasons before 2025-26 a roster can be missing a player or hold one who was elsewhere; usage is blank where the players listed do not add up to the team's minutes.

Games15-18

“Ours” is our projected margin for USC, from the snapshot dated before each game. Games before the season's first snapshot have none.

DateOpponentQuadResultOurs
11-06nKansas StateQ2#64W 82-69-1.4
11-09vsCal State BakersfieldQ4#258W 85-59+22.9
11-14vsUC IrvineQ3#78L 60-70+13.0
11-19vsBrownQ4#177W 81-70+17.7
11-23nSeton HallQ2#51W 71-63-0.9
11-24nOklahomaQ1#45L 70-72-5.0
11-29vsEastern WashingtonQ3#150W 106-78+16.8
12-02nGonzagaQ1#12L 76-89-6.6
12-10vsLong Beach StateQ4#171L 79-84+13.6
12-17@AuburnQ1#7L 75-91-8.9
12-19@Alabama StateQ4#329W 79-59+13.8
12-28@OregonQ1#54L 74-82-4.0
12-30@Oregon StateQ3#164L 70-86+7.5
01-03vsCaliforniaQ3#132W 82-74+14.4
01-06vsStanfordQ3#98W 93-79+6.5
01-10vsWashington StateQ2#37L 64-72+3.4
01-13@ColoradoQ1#25L 58-68-6.3
01-17@ArizonaQ1#4L 67-82-19.0
01-20@Arizona StateQ2#125L 67-82-0.4
01-27vsUCLAQ3#85L 50-65+6.5
02-01vsOregonQ2#54L 69-78+0.9
02-03vsOregon StateQ4#164W 82-54+11.3
02-07@CaliforniaQ2#132L 77-83+1.6
02-10@StanfordQ2#98L 68-99-2.5
02-15vsUtahQ2#44W 68-64-1.7
02-17vsColoradoQ1#25L 89-92-2.0
02-24@UCLAQ2#85W 62-56-4.0
02-29@Washington StateQ1#37L 72-75-8.2
03-02@WashingtonQ1#65W 82-75-4.9
03-07vsArizona StateQ3#125W 81-73+7.3
03-09vsArizonaQ1#4W 78-65-11.1
03-13nWashingtonQ2#65W 80-74-0.5
03-14nArizonaQ1#4L 49-70-13.3

How this is measured

Ranks are out of 362 rated teams, 1 = best (for AdjD and the defensive factors, 1 = allowed the least). The four factors are raw season rates from box scores.

Every projection uses a rating snapshot dated before the game — the snapshot column shows which. A snapshot dated on or after a game already contains its result, so it is never used to project it; a game before the season's first snapshot gets no number at all. Projected margin is (this team's AdjEM − the opponent's ± home advantage) × expected possessions ÷ 100.