Two of the first officials of ZAA were then part of USMA, It is noteworthy that Muhammad Hattab better known as Habib Reda, who led the bomb network within the autonomous region and was sentenced to death was a basketball player in USM Alger.
In the season of 2016–17, the USMA managed to return to the Super division A after he finished first in the playoffs in the group included ESB Ouargla, MC Saida and OS Bordj Bou Arréridj.
[7][8] On November 4, 2018, MADAR Holding Company appointed Saïd Allik President of the Club sportif amateur of USM Alger, as the sporting director of CR Belouizdad.
[10] On June 10, 2023, USM Alger achieved a real feat by winning the title of Algerian Basketball Championship, at the Hamou Boutlélis Sports Palace of Oran, after dominating WO Boufarik, during the last match of the playoff tournament, reviving with a trophy having leaked since 1969, For his part the technical director of the capital club Khaled Berkani highlighted this coronation "especially since it put an end to 54 years of scarcity", he said, continuing that "the credit goes to the players and the coach in the first place".
[12] USM Alger participated for the first time in the Arab Club Basketball Championship, which was held in Qatar, and the team strengthened its roster with American player George Williams.
The “Rouge et Noir” thus manage to win their first Algerian Basketball Cup in the history, after the failure of their first attempt which dates back to the 1989 edition, lost against MC Alger (66-77).