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USF Basketball: The American Athletic Conference has announced the games for the 2024-25 season

USF Basketball: The American Athletic Conference has announced the games for the 2024-25 season

South Florida Bulls during a men’s basketball game against the University of Central Florida Knights on March 19, 2024. (Mary Holt/South Florida Basketball)

By: Chad Smit

GOUSFBULLS.COM

IRVING, Texas (July 18, 2024) – The American Athletic Conference announced conference play for the 2024-25 men’s basketball season on Thursday.

All teams play an 18-game conference schedule. The Bulls play six opponents home and away, while the other six opponents play only once.

2024-25 AAC home and away opponents: Memphis, Florida Atlantic, UAB, Temple, Wichita State and East Carolina.
AAC 2024-2025 opponents playing at home only: North Texas, Tulsa and Rice.
Opponents away matches AAC 2024-2025: Charlotte, Tulane, and UTSA.

The complete 2024-25 men’s basketball composite schedule with dates and times will be announced at a later date. The first day of regular season play is Tuesday, December 31, 2024, with the final day of regular season set for Sunday, March 9, 2025, leading up to the 2025 American Men’s Basketball Championship, which will be held at Dickies Arena in Fort Worth, Texas, from March 12-16.

Match dates, times and broadcast schedules will be announced later.

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About USF Men’s Basketball
The South Florida men’s basketball team is led by Amir Abdur-Rahimwho was named the 11th head coach in program history on March 29, 2023. In his first season at South Florida, Abdur-Rahim was unanimously named American Athletic Conference Coach of the Year, Abdur-Rahim has led USF to a 25-8 record (16-2, AAC) and the No. 1 seed in the conference tournament as the Bulls claimed the program’s first-ever regular-season conference title by a two-game margin. USF’s win total marks a nine-win improvement from 2022-23, one of the nation’s top 20 improvements in 2023-24, and just the sixth 20-win season in program history. The Bulls’ 25 wins set a program record, which surpassed the 24 wins set in 2018-19.

USF earned its first-ever Top 25 ranking in men’s basketball during the season, reaching as high as No. 24 in the Associated Press and USA Today Coaches Polls. The Bulls’ 16 wins in the conference are the most in program history, and USF had the longest win streak in the country, with 15 consecutive conference victories to register the program’s longest win streak ever.

USF has retired three numbers in its history: Chucky Atkins (12), Charlie Bradley (30) and Radenko Dobras (31). The Bulls have earned three NCAA Tournament bids, appeared in the NIT eight times and won the 2019 College Basketball Invitational.

For tickets, please contact the USF Ticket Office at 1-800-Go-Bulls or go online to USFBullsTix.com. Season tickets for the 2023-24 USF men’s basketball roster are now on sale. To purchase season tickets, click here.