2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster
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2023-24 (Senior)
Second Team All Pac-12
Pac-12 Player of the Week (Feb. 12)
Jon Rothstein’s “Glue Guy” list
- Finished season with 1,277 points scored over four seasons
- Became the 55th player in Arizona history to score 1,000 points as a Wildcat with a jumper at UCLA on March 7
- He is the only player in the country to record 1,200 points, 500 rebounds, 300 assists, 100 steals while shooting 49% from the floor and 39% from the 3-point line over the previous four seasons (2020-21 through 2023-24)
- Larsson is one of seven players in the country since the 1996-97 season to reach those statistical markers, joining John Konchar, Desmond Bane, Kirk Hinrich, Tai Wesley, George Hill and Lee Cummard.
- Posted career highs in scoring (12.8), Field Goal Pct. (51.9%), 3-Pointers (46), Assists (134 – led team) and Steals (34) during the 2023-24 season
- Led Arizona with a +412 plus-minus for the season
- Scored in double figures 27 of 36 games, highlighted by a career-high 27 points at Utah on Feb. 8; also added eight assists and seven rebounds in the game
- Had four games scoring 20+ points
- Improved his scoring from 9.9 points as a junior to 12.8 points as a senior
- Preseason All Pac-12 Honorable Mention
- Pac-12 Academic Honor Roll
2022-23 (Junior)
- Appeared in all 35 games, making 18 starts and setting new career highs in every offensive category
- Averaged 9.9 points, 4.3 rebounds and shot 47.2% overall from the floor …
- Led the team in free throw percentage (83.5%)
- Second on the team with 114 assists and just 51 turnovers
- In Pac-12 games, Larsson was 62 of 70 (88.6%) from the free throw line to lead all conference players
- Was third in the Pac-12 in free throw percentage (83.5%)
- His 1.75 assist-to-turnover ratio was eighth in the conference
- Ranked 14th in the Pac-12 in assists per game (3.06)
- In 18 games as a starter, averaged 9.9 points and had 54 assists and in 17 games coming off the bench, averaged 9.9 points and dished out 53 assists
- Grabbed a career-high 11 rebounds at Utah (12/1)
- Was 6 of 10 from the 3-point line over the last five games of the season
- Had a streak of 36 straight free throws made snapped on Feb. 9 at Cal, falling three shy of tying the Arizona record of 39 straight set by Salim Stoudamire in 2001-02
- Posted his first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds in the season opener against Nicholls (11/7)
- Scored a career-high 17 points in the second game of the season against Southern (11/11)
- Registered 16 points in the win over Indiana (12/10) in Las Vegas
- Matched his career-high with 17 points at home against Tennessee (12/17)
- Had nine points, seven rebounds and five assists against Stanford (3/9) in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Tournament
- Grabbed the offensive rebound that led to Courtney Ramey’s game-winning 3-pointer in the closing seconds of the Pac-12 Tournament Championship game against UCLA
- Named to the Julius Erving Small Forward of the Year Award Preseason Top 20 Watch List
- Named to NABC Honors Court for having a cumulative GPA of 3.2 or higher
2021-22 (Sophomore)
Pac-12 Sixth Man of the Year
- Became the second Wildcat in as many years to be named the conference’s top performer off the bench, following Jordan Brown in 2020-21
- Showed versatility and physicality in being able to guard on the perimeter and in the post
- Played in all 37 games and made two starts, averaging 7.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game
- Shot 47.8% from the floor and 36.3% from the 3-point line
- Was one of three Wildcats to shoot over 80% from the free throw line (81.3%)
- Scored in double figures nine times, with eight of those coming in Pac-12 play
- Averaged 6.0 rebounds over the final four games of the season
- Went for a career-high 17 points on 6 of 7 shooting against Sacramento State (11/27)
- Grabbed a then career-high eight rebounds against Washington (1/3) and UCLA (2/3)
- Had 13 points, six assists and a career-high three blocked shots against Stanford (1/20)
- Was 5 of 5 from the floor – including 3 of 3 from long range – on his way to 14 points against Arizona State (2/7)
Summer 2021
- Transferred to Arizona from the University of Utah
- one of 17 players invited to participate in the Swedish National Team’s training camp leading up to the FIBA World Cup European Pre-Qualifiers in Portugal
Prior to Arizona
- Transferred to Arizona after playing the 2020-21 season at the University of Utah
- Appeared in 25 games, making 18 starts and averaging 8.2 points, 3.2 rebounds and 2.8 assists for the Utes
- Ranked second in the Pac-12 in free throw percentage (88.3) and third in 3-point field goal percentage (46.3)
- scored a season-high 15 points against Idaho (12/18) and matched his season high with 15 points against Oregon while making his first start
- Prior to attending Utah, he played for RIG Lulea and BC Lulea
- Named Swedish Basketball League's Star of the Year honor after averaging 7.6 points, 2.8 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 0.8 steals with BC Lulea in 2019-20
- In 2018-19, he averaged 17.9 points, 6.3 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 1.7 steals with RIG Lulea, earning him a spot on Eurobasket's All-Swedish BasketEttan Third Team
- While playing with the Swedish U18 team at the FIBA U18 European Championships in Romania, he averaged 15.8 points, 7.1 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 1.9 steals while leading the tournament in field goal percentage (61.1) and assists
- Was also named to the all-tournament team at the FIBA U18 European Championships
- His father, Christian, played professional basketball in Sweden and his older brother, Vilgot, played collegiate basketball at the University of Maine (2018-21)
Statistics
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Historical Player Information
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2021-22Sophomore
Guard
6'5"
215 lbs
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2022-23Junior
Guard
6'5"
215 lbs
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2023-24Senior
Guard
6'6"
215 lbs
