Long Beach State Men's Basketball 2024 NCAA Tournament Capsule

 
Long Beach State Beach
 
Big West (21-14, 10-10)
 
 
Big Wins: at Michigan (94-86), at USC (84-79)
Bad Losses: Cal State Fullerton (71-76), at Portland (73-78)
Coach: Dan Monson
 
Probable Starters:
Aboubacar Traore, Junior, Forward, 12.0 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 4.5 apg, 1.4 bpg, 1.6 spg
Lassina Traore, Junior, Forward, 12.1 ppg, 10.4 rpg
Jadon Jones, Junior, Guard, 12.2 ppg, 1.7 apg
Marcus Tsohonis, Senior, Guard, 17.8 ppg, 2.9 apg
Messiah Thompson, Senior, Guard, 5.9 ppg, 1.9 apg
 
Key Role Players:
Amari Stroud, Senior, Forward, 3.9 ppg, 2.7 rpg
AJ George, Sophomore, Guard, 10.5 ppg, 1.4 apg, 4.1 rpg
 
By the Numbers:
Scoring Offense: 77.4 (75th in nation, 2nd in conference)
Scoring Defense: 76.1 (286, 10)
Field-Goal Percentage: 44.7 (177, 5)
Field-Goal Defense: 43.5 (161, 6)
Three-Point Field Goals Per Game: 5.3 (334, 8)
Three-Point Field-Goal Percentage: 30.1 (327, 10)
Free-Throw Percentage: 70.3 (247, 9)
Rebound Margin: 3.0 (88, 3)
Assists Per Game: 15.2 (57, 2)
Turnovers Per Game: 13.1 (289, 7)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2022NITFirst Round loss to BYU
2016NITFirst Round loss to Washington
2013NITFirst Round loss to Baylor
2012NCAARound of 64 loss to New Mexico
2011NITFirst Round loss to Washington State
2007NCAARound of 64 loss to Tennessee
2000NITFirst Round loss to California
1995NCAARound of 64 loss to Utah
1993NCAARound of 64 loss to Illinois
 
*all team stats through 3/10