2016-2017 USC Trojans

2016-2017 USC Trojans Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
0 Shaqquan Aaron So GF 6-7 200 Jul 21, 1995 Seattle (WA) United States Rainier Beach High School
25 Bennie Boatwright So PF 6-10 235 Jul 13, 1996 Mission Hills (CA) United States Village Christian High School
1 Charles Buggs Sr F 6-9 230 Apr 3, 1993 Arlington (TX) United States Hargrave Military Academy
13 Samer Dhillon Sr F 6-8 210 Apr 17, 1995 Sacramento (CA) United States Inderkum High School
12 Devin Fleming So G 6-2 180 Jun 17, 1997 Moreno Valley (CA) United States Valley View High School
3 Harrison Henderson Fr PF 6-11 240 Mar 18, 1997 Dallas (TX) United States South Grand Prairie High School
21 Kurt Karis Jr G 6-1 190 Apr 17, 1995 Northbrook (IL) United States Glenbrook North High School
2 Jonah Mathews Fr PG 6-3 175 May 5, 1997 Santa Monica (CA) United States Santa Monica High School
11 Jordan McLaughlin Jr G 6-0 185 Apr 9, 1996 Etiwanda (CA) United States Etiwanda High School
22 De'Anthony Melton Fr SG 6-3 200 May 28, 1998 Encino (CA) United States Crespi Carmelite High School
4 Chimezie Metu So PF 6-10 225 Mar 22, 1997 Los Angeles (CA) United States / Nigeria Lawndale High School
31 Nick Rakocevic Fr PF 6-11 200 Dec 31, 1997 Chicago (IL) United States / Serbia St. Joseph High School
30 Elijah Stewart Jr SF 6-5 190 Nov 14, 1995 DeRidder (LA) United States / Poland Westchester High School

USC Transfers Sitting Out 2016-2017

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality Transferred From
- Derryck Thornton So PG 6-3 195 May 30, 1997 Las Vegas (NV) United States Duke

Recent USC Trojans History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 15-18 (8-12) 9th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2022-2023 22-11 (14-6) 2nd (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2021-2022 26-8 (14-6) 3rd (Pac-12) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2020-2021 25-8 (15-5) 1st (Pac-12) 3rd Rnd NCAA 4th Rnd
2019-2020 22-9 (11-7) 3rd (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2018-2019 16-17 (8-10) 8th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2017-2018 24-12 (12-6) 2nd (Pac-12) Runner Up NIT 2nd Rnd
2016-2017 26-10 (10-8) 5th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NCAA 2nd Rnd
2015-2016 21-13 (9-9) 6th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2014-2015 12-20 (3-15) 12th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2013-2014 11-21 (2-16) 12th (Pac-12) 1st Rnd N/A
2012-2013 14-18 (9-9) 6th (Pac-12) 1st Rnd N/A
2011-2012 6-26 (1-17) 12th (Pac-12) 1st Rnd N/A
2010-2011 18-15 (10-8) 4th (Pac-12) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2009-2010 16-14 (8-10) 5th (Pac-12) N/A N/A
2008-2009 22-13 (9-9) 5th (Pac-12) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2007-2008 21-12 (11-7) 3rd (Pac-12) 3rd Rnd NCAA 1st Rnd
2006-2007 25-12 (11-7) 3rd (Pac-12) Runner Up NCAA 3rd Rnd
2005-2006 17-13 (8-10) 6th (Pac-12) 2nd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 12-17 (5-13) 10th (Pac-12) N/A N/A
2003-2004 13-15 (8-10) 6th (Pac-12) 1st Rnd N/A
2002-2003 13-17 (6-12) 6th (Pac-12) Runner Up N/A

2016-2017 USC Trojans Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
Chimezie Metu All-Pac-12 Second Team
Jordan McLaughlin All-Pac-12 Honorable Mention Team
Chimezie Metu Pac-12 Most Improved Player of the Year
Shaqquan Aaron Pac-12 Player of the Week (Jan 30, 2017)
Jordan McLaughlin Pac-12 Player of the Week (Mar 6, 2017)
Jordan McLaughlin Pac-12 Player of the Week (Dec 26, 2016)
Jordan McLaughlin Las Vegas Classic MVP

2016-2017 USC Trojans Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters J. McLaughlin D. Melton E. Stewart S. Aaron C. Metu
Rotation J. Mathews     B. Boatwright  
Rotation       N. Rakocevic  
Lim PT K. Karis     C. Buggs  
Lim PT D. Fleming     H. Henderson  
Lim PT       S. Dhillon  

2016-2017 USC Trojans Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Bennie Boatwright 19 27.6 15.1 4.5 1.7 0.4 0.4 1.6
Chimezie Metu 36 31.3 14.8 7.8 1.4 0.8 1.5 2.1
Jordan McLaughlin 36 34.1 12.9 3.6 5.5 1.5 0.1 2.2
Elijah Stewart 36 29.8 12.3 3.9 1.2 0.8 1.2 1.0
De'Anthony Melton 36 27.0 8.3 4.7 3.5 1.9 1.0 1.8
Shaqquan Aaron 36 20.8 7.6 3.1 1.1 0.4 0.2 1.0
Jonah Mathews 35 20.4 7.0 1.8 1.1 0.9 0.1 0.6
Nick Rakocevic 36 14.9 5.2 3.7 0.4 0.2 0.6 0.9
Charles Buggs 24 8.9 2.3 1.8 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4
Harrison Henderson 13 3.8 1.3 0.9 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Kurt Karis 13 1.8 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2
Samer Dhillon 7 1.3 0.4 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Devin Fleming 4 1.5 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0

2016-2017 USC Trojans Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Andy Enfield Head Coach 2013-2014 Head Coach (Florida Gulf Coast, 2011 to 2013)
Tony Bland Associate Head Coach 2014-2015 Assistant Coach (USC, 2013 to 2014)
Jason Hart Assistant Coach 2013-2014 N/A
Chris Capko Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Assistant Coach (Florida International, 2015 to 2016)
Martin Bahar Director of Scouting, Video Coordinator 2015-2016 Assistant Coach (Fairfield, 2012 to 2015)
Lynn Swann Athletic Director 2016-2017 N/A
Tim Tessalone Director of Sports Information 2013-2014 N/A
Liz Friedman Director of Basketball Administration 2014-2015 N/A
Michael Swets Director of Basketball Operations 2016-2017 Director of Basketball Operations (Towson, 2012 to 2016)
Darcy Couch Associate Director of Sports Information 2004-2005 N/A
Paul Goldberg Associate Director of Sports Information 2014-2015 N/A
David Tuttle Assistant Director of Sports Information 2012-2013 N/A
Jeremy Wu Assistant Director of Sports Information 2014-2015 N/A
Rachel Caton Assistant Director of Sports Information 2014-2015 N/A
Katie Ryan Assistant Director of Sports Information 2016-2017 N/A
Kurtis Shultz Strength and Conditioning Coach 2014-2015 N/A
Paul Diaz Trainer 2004-2005 N/A
Jon Yonamine Athletic Trainer 2014-2015 N/A