The 2023–24 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represents the University of California, Berkeley, in the

2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season will begin on November 6, 2023. The regular season will end on March 17, 2024, with the 2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 19 and ending ...

. This will be Mark Madsen's first year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears play their home games at

Haas Pavilion The Walter A. Haas Jr. Pavilion is an indoor arena in the western United States, on the campus of the University of California in Berkeley, California. It is the home venue of the Golden Bears men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, a ...

as last season members of the

Pac-12 Conference The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference, that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its College football, football teams compete in the NCAA D ...

after 45 years before they will join the

Atlantic Coast Conference The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...

in the 2024–25 season.

Previous season

The Golden Bears started the year losing their first 12 games, the worst for any

Power Five The Power Five conferences are the five most prominent and highest-earning athletic conferences in college football in the United States. They are part of the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) of NCAA Division I, the highest level of collegiate ...

team. They won three of their next four games, including two in conference play against Colorado and

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. The Golden Beas finished the year losing the last 15 in conference play and the first-round game in the conference tournament. At the end of the year, Mark Fox was fired on March 9, 2023, one day after losing their first-round game of the conference tournament.

Off-season

Departures

Incoming Transfers

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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