2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
| 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season | |
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| Preseason AP No. 1 | Kansas |
| Regular season | November 6, 2023 – March 17, 2024 |
| NCAA Tournament | 2024 |
| Tournament dates | March 19 – April 8, 2024 |
| National Championship | State Farm Stadium Glendale, Arizona |
The 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began 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 with the championship game at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona on April 8.
Rule changes[edit]
On May 5, 2023, the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee proposed a suite of rule changes for the 2023–24 season. These changes were approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel during its June 8 conference call.[1][2]
- A defender near the basket must be in position to draw a charge before the offensive player plants his foot to jump during a field goal attempt. If the defender arrives after the shooter has planted his foot, the officials are to call a blocking foul if contact occurs.
- Prerecorded or live video can be transmitted to the bench area during the game, on an optional basis. This had been an experimental rule since 2021–22, but is now permanent.
- Officials will be able to review basket interference or goaltending calls during the next media timeout to ensure the call's accuracy, as long as they were made during play. Review is immediate if a foul is called on a shot that ended with basket interference or goaltending.
- Non-student bench personnel will be allowed to serve as peacekeepers in any altercation.
- If a coach requests a review of an out-of-bounds play in the last two minutes, that team will be charged a timeout if the challenge is unsuccessful.
- The shot clock will reset to 20 seconds for all offensive rebounds when the original shot has touched the rim.
- If a player is called for a foul, and replay officials see that the foul is the direct result of a flagrant foul against the player who was originally charged with the foul, officials can rescind the foul on the victim of the flagrant foul.
- A timeout can be granted when a player has possession of the ball while airborne.
- A player will be disqualified if he commits three flagrant 1 fouls in a game, regardless of his overall foul count.
- Red and amber lights can now be placed on the backboard.
- Schools will no longer have to apply for a waiver to allow players to use religious headwear that is safe for competition.
- All jersey numbers from 0–99 will be allowed. Previously, player numbers could only include digits from 0 to 5.
- Conferences will be allowed to continue using an experimental rule that allows for media timeouts to be taken at the first dead ball after the 17-, 14-, 11-, 8-, and 4-minute marks of the second half. This rule may also be used in the 2024 NIT, subject to approval by the NCAA's NIT board.
- Also, subject to NIT board approval, the free-throw lane may be widened to 16 feet in the 2024 NIT.
Season headlines[edit]
- March 8, 2023
- Jim Boeheim retired as head coach at Syracuse after 47 seasons, ending with the Orange missing the 2023 NCAA tournament for only the 11th time in his coaching history. He finished his career at Syracuse with a 1,015–441 record; his 1,015 wins were 6th all time in NCAA history at the time of his retirement. He also led Syracuse to one national title, five Final Fours, ten Big East regular-season titles, and five Big East tournament titles, and he was Big East coach of the year four times and the 2010 Naismith, AP, NABC, Henry Iba and Sporting News coach of the year.[3] Boeheim was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, and the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.[4][5]
- May 10 – The Northeast Conference (NEC) announced that Le Moyne would start a transition from Division II and join the conference on July 1.[6]
- May 12 – The Ohio Valley Conference announced that Western Illinois would join from the Summit League effective July 1.[7]
- May 24 – George Washington University announced that it would change its nickname from Colonials to Revolutionaries.[8]
- July 20 – The Colonial Athletic Association announced it had changed its name to Coastal Athletic Association.[9]
- July 27 – The Big 12 Conference announced that Colorado would rejoin the conference in 2024, after 13 seasons in the Pac-12 Conference.[10]
- August 4
- The Big Ten Conference announced that Oregon and Washington would leave the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten in 2024.[11]
- The Big 12 announced that Arizona, Arizona State, and Utah would leave the Pac-12 to join the Big 12 in 2024.[12]
- September 1 – The Atlantic Coast Conference announced that California, SMU, and Stanford would join the conference in 2024. California and Stanford are leaving the Pac-12, and SMU is leaving the American Athletic Conference.[13]
- September 6 – The ASUN Conference began to once again refer to itself by its former name, Atlantic Sun Conference, while still using ASUN as its official abbreviation.[14]
- September 8 – The Atlantic Sun Conference announced that the University of West Georgia will transition from Division II and be admitted as a full member of the conference, effective July 1, 2024.[15][16][17]
- September 27 – The Grand Sierra Resort, the city of Reno, Nevada, and the University of Nevada, Reno jointly announced that the casino resort planned a 10-year, $1-billion-plus expansion. As part of the project, the resort would build a new arena for the Nevada men's basketball team. The university's current arena, the Lawlor Events Center, will continue to be the home of Nevada women's basketball, The new 10,000-seat venue is tentatively set to open in 2026.[18][19]
- October 4 – The Division I Council announced changes to the transfer window for all sports. In men's and women's basketball, the transfer portal now opens on the day after Selection Sunday and remains open for 45 days, down from the previous 60.[20]
- October 23 – The AP released its preseason All-America team. Reigning national player of the year Zach Edey of Purdue was the only unanimous choice, joined by guard Tyler Kolek of Marquette, forward Kyle Filipowski of Duke, center Hunter Dickinson of Kansas, and center Armando Bacot of North Carolina.[21]
- October 23 – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) announced that Merrimack and Sacred Heart would join from the NEC in July 2024.[22]
- October 27 – The NCAA announced that conference regular season champions that do not win their conference tournaments or are not selected for the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, will no longer receive an automatic bid to the NIT. The NIT will now guarantee two teams, based on the NET Rankings from each of the six major conferences: ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12 and SEC. The top two teams in the NET Rankings that do not qualify for the NCAA tournament from each conference regardless of their record, will be selected for the NIT. The twelve teams that are automatically selected will be guaranteed the ability to host a game for the first round. After the twelve teams have been selected, the NIT selection committee will select the twenty best teams that are available to participate in the NIT. Based on the selection committee's rankings, four of the twenty teams will be selected as one of the sixteen first round hosts and the NIT selection will defer to the first four teams out of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.[23]
- November 28 – Conference USA announced that Delaware would join from the Coastal Athletic Association in 2025.[24]
- December 5 - The NEC announced that Chicago State would join from being the sole Independent in July 2024.[25]
- December 20 – The two schools left behind in the mass exodus from the Pac-12, Oregon State and Washington State, were reported to be nearing a deal with the West Coast Conference (WCC) for affiliate membership in multiple sports, including men's and women's basketball. The arrangement, expected to be voted on by WCC member presidents in the coming days, would run for two years (through 2025–26), during which time the so-called "Pac-2" would be eligible for WCC championships and could represent the conference in NCAA championship events.[26][27]
- December 22 – The reported deal between the "Pac-2" and the WCC became official, with Oregon State and Washington State joining as affiliate members in all non-football sports apart from baseball through 2025–26.[28]
Milestones and records[edit]
- November 26 – La Salle coach Fran Dunphy won his 600th career game, an 81–62 win over Coppin State. Dunphy accumulated all of his career victories for Philadelphia Big 5 programs, having previously coached Penn and Temple.[29]
Conference membership changes[edit]
Nineteen schools joined new conferences, became independents, or dropped athletics.[30]
| School | Former conference | New conference |
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| BYU | WCC | Big 12 |
| Campbell | Big South | CAA |
| Charlotte | C-USA | American |
| Cincinnati | American | Big 12 |
| Florida Atlantic | C-USA | American |
| Hartford | Independent | CCC (D-III) |
| Houston | American | Big 12 |
| Jacksonville State | ASUN | C-USA |
| Le Moyne | NE-10 (D-II) | NEC |
| Liberty | ASUN | C-USA |
| New Mexico State | WAC | C-USA |
| North Texas | C-USA | American |
| Rice | C-USA | American |
| St. Francis Brooklyn | NEC | None (dropped athletics) |
| Sam Houston | WAC | C-USA |
| UAB | C-USA | American |
| UCF | American | Big 12 |
| UTSA | C-USA | American |
| Western Illinois | Summit | OVC |
The 2023−24 season is the last for 19 Division I schools in their current conferences and 1 Division II school in their current conference before reclassification to Division I.[30]
| School | 2023−24 conference | Future conference |
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| Arizona | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
| Arizona State | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
| California | Pac-12 | ACC |
| Chicago State | Independent | NEC |
| Colorado | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
| Kennesaw State | ASUN | C-USA |
| Merrimack | NEC | MAAC |
| Oklahoma | Big 12 | SEC |
| Oregon | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
| Oregon State | Pac-12[a] | WCC |
| Sacred Heart | NEC | MAAC |
| SMU | American | ACC |
| Stanford | Pac-12 | ACC |
| Texas | Big 12 | SEC |
| UCLA | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
| USC | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
| Utah | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
| Washington | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
| Washington State | Pac-12[a] | WCC |
| West Georgia | Gulf South (D-II) | ASUN |
In addition to the above changes, the Indiana University and Purdue University systems will split IUPUI into separate IU- and Purdue-affiliated institutions at the end of the 2023–24 academic year, a move similar to the 2 systems' dissolution of their joint Fort Wayne campus in 2018. The IUPUI athletic program will be transferred to the new IU Indianapolis, maintaining IUPUI's memberships in Division I and the Horizon League.[31]
Arenas[edit]
New arenas[edit]
- Austin Peay left the on-campus Winfield Dunn Center for the new F&M Bank Arena in downtown Clarksville, Tennessee after 49 seasons. The new arena opened on July 15, 2023. The team played its first game there on November 6, 2023, with a 90–72 win over NAIA Life University.[32][33]
- Baylor will be leaveing the Ferrell Center for the new Foster Pavilion; the venue will open with the team's first game being played there on January 2, 2024, against Cornell.[34][35]
- Georgia Southern will leave the Hanner Fieldhouse for the new Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center. The venue was scheduled to open in the early fall of 2023, but was delayed until the 2024–25 season.[36]
- Longwood left Willett Hall for the new Joan Perry Brock Center; the venue opened on August 25, 2023. The team played its first game there on November 11, 2023, with a 95–43 win against NCAA Division III St. Mary's of Maryland.[37][38]
- Vermont was originally slated to open the new Tarrant Event Center, the replacement for Patrick Gym, in 2021. However, the new arena has since been placed on indefinite hold. Construction was initially halted by COVID-19. With the Tarrant Center being part of a much larger upgrade of UVM's athletic and recreation facilities, UVM chose to prioritize a new student recreation center. Construction of the Tarrant Center is now being hampered by increased borrowing costs.[39]
Seasonal outlook[edit]
The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching Polls.[40][41][42][43]
Pre-season polls[edit]
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Top 10 matchups[edit]
Rankings reflect the AP poll Top 25.
Regular season[edit]
- Nov. 21, 2023
- No. 2 Purdue defeated No. 7 Tennessee, 73–59 (Maui Invitational – Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI)
- No. 4 Marquette defeated No. 1 Kansas, 73–59, (Maui Invitational – Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI)
- Nov. 22
- No. 2 Purdue defeated No. 4 Marquette, 78–75 (Maui Invitational – Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI)
- No. 1 Kansas defeated No. 7 Tennessee, 69–60 (Maui Invitational – Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI)
- Dec. 1
- No. 5 Kansas defeated No. 4 UConn, 69–65 (Big East–Big 12 Battle – Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, KS)
- Dec. 5
- No. 5 UConn defeated No. 9 North Carolina, 87–76 (Jimmy V Classic – Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)
- Dec. 15
- No. 5 UConn defeated No. 10 Gonzaga, 76–63 (Continental Tire Seattle Tip-Off – Climate Pledge Arena, Seattle, WA)
- Dec. 16
- No. 3 Purdue defeated No. 1 Arizona, 92–84 (Indy Classic – Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Indianapolis, IN)
Regular season[edit]
Early season tournaments[edit]
Head-to-Head Conference Challenges[edit]
| Conference Match Up | Dates | Conference Winner | Conference Loser | Record |
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| MAC–SBC Challenge | November 8–12 | MAC | SBC | 7–5 |
| Gavitt Tipoff Games (Big East–Big Ten) | November 13–17 | Tied | 4–4 | |
| ACC–SEC Challenge | November 28–29 | Tied | 7–7 | |
| Big East–Big 12 Battle | November 30–December 6 | Big 12 | Big East | 7–4 |
| Pac−12/SWAC Legacy Series | November 10–December 19 | Pac-12 | SWAC | 6–0 |
| Big Sky–Summit Challenge | January 3–6 | – | ||
Upsets[edit]
An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of NCAA Division I men's basketball, this generally constitutes an unranked team defeating a team currently ranked in the top 25. This list will highlight those upsets of ranked teams by unranked teams as well as upsets of No. 1 teams. Rankings are from the AP poll. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes). Italics type indicates winning teams in an early season tournament (or event). Early season tournaments are tournaments played in the early season. Events are the tournaments with the same teams in it every year (even rivalry games).
| Winner | Score | Loser | Date | Tournament/event | Notes |
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| James Madison | 79–76OT | No. 4 Michigan State | November 6, 2023 | Michigan State was the first AP preseason top-5 team to lose its home opener to an unranked team since Kentucky lost to Western Kentucky in 2001. In an aside, JMU assistant Matt Bucklin is the nephew of MSU head coach Tom Izzo.[44] | |
| BYU | 74–65 | No. 17 San Diego State | November 10, 2023 | ||
| Weber State | 61–57 | No. 23 Saint Mary's | November 12, 2023 | ||
| Penn | 76–72 | No. 21 Villanova | November 13, 2023 | Big 5 Classic | |
| UC Irvine | 70–60 | No. 16 USC | November 14, 2023 | Irvine's win over USC made it their second consecutive year with an upset over a ranked Pac-12 team, having beat the Oregon Ducks in the previous season. | |
| UNC Greensboro | 78–72 | No. 14 Arkansas | November 17, 2023 | UNCG's win over Arkansas is the first over an SEC opponent in program history. | |
| Bryant | 61–52 | No. 10 Florida Atlantic | November 18, 2023 | Bryant's win over Florida Atlantic is the first over a ranked opponent in program history. | |
| Wisconsin | 65–41 | No. 24 Virginia | November 20, 2023 | Fort Myers Tip-Off | |
| Florida State | 77–71OT | No. 18 Colorado | November 21, 2023 | Sunshine Slam | |
| No. 4 Marquette | 73–59 | No. 1 Kansas | Maui Invitational | ||
| Villanova | 83–81OT | No. 14 North Carolina | November 23, 2023 | Battle 4 Atlantis | |
| Colorado State | 69–48 | No. 8 Creighton | Hall of Fame Classic | ||
| Memphis | 84–79 | No. 20 Arkansas | Battle 4 Atlantis | ||
| Oklahoma | 72–70 | No. 23 USC | November 24, 2023 | Rady Children's Invitational | |
| Ohio State | 92–81 | No. 17 Alabama | Emerald Coast Classic | ||
| Georgia Tech | 67–59 | No. 21 Mississippi State | November 28, 2023 | ACC–SEC Challenge | |
| Clemson | 85–77 | No. 23 Alabama | |||
| Saint Joseph's | 78–65 | No. 18 Villanova | November 29, 2023 | Big 5 Classic | |
| Virginia | 59–47 | No. 14 Texas A&M | ACC–SEC Challenge | ||
| Arkansas | 80–75 | No. 7 Duke | |||
| Northwestern | 92–88 | No. 1 Purdue | December 1, 2023 | ||
| Wisconsin | 75–64 | No. 3 Marquette | December 2, 2023 | Rivalry | |
| Drexel | 57–55 | No. 18 Villanova | Big 5 Classic | ||
| Georgia Tech | 72–68 | No. 7 Duke | |||
| UNC Wilmington | 80–73 | No. 12 Kentucky | This was UNCW's first-ever win over a ranked team on the road. It was also Seahawks head coach Takayo Siddle's second win over a ranked Kentucky team at Rupp Arena; in 2007, he played in Gardner–Webb's early-season upset of the Wildcats.[45] | ||
| Southern | 60–59 | No. 21 Mississippi State | December 3, 2023 | ||
| Grand Canyon | 79–73 | No. 25 San Diego State | December 5, 2023 | This was Grand Canyon's first win over a ranked opponent in school history. | |
| Saint Mary's | 64–61 | No. 13 Colorado State | December 9, 2023 | ||
| Utah | 73–69 | No. 14 BYU | Rivalry | ||
| Washington | 78–73 | No. 7 Gonzaga | Rivalry | ||
| Colorado | 90–63 | No. 15 Miami (FL) | December 10, 2023 | NABC Brooklyn Showcase | |
| Memphis | 81–75 | No. 21 Texas A&M | |||
| Chicago State | 75–73 | No. 25 Northwestern | December 13, 2023 | This was Chicago State's first win over a ranked opponent in school history. | |
| UNLV | 79–64 | No. 8 Creighton | Jack Jones Classic | ||
| Michigan State | 88–64 | No. 6 Baylor | December 16, 2023 | Motor City Invitational | |
| Memphis | 79–77 | No. 13 Clemson | |||
| No. 3 Purdue | 92–84 | No. 1 Arizona | Indy Classic | ||
| Providence | 72–57 | No. 6 Marquette | December 19, 2023 | ||
| Seton Hall | 75–60 | No. 5 UConn | December 20, 2023 | ||
| Villanova | 68–66OT | No. 12 Creighton |
In addition to the above listed upsets in which an unranked team defeated a ranked team, there have been four non-Division I teams to defeat a Division I team so far this season. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes).
| Winner | Score | Loser | Date |
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| Clark Atlanta (Division II) | 71–64[46] | Mercer | November 6, 2023 |
| Mobile (NAIA) | 83–74[47] | South Alabama | November 6, 2023 |
| Albany State (Division II) | 92–852OT[48] | Florida A&M | November 29, 2023 |
| Rocky Mountain (NAIA) | 70–62[49] | Montana State | November 30, 2023 |
Conference standings[edit]
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Award winners[edit]
2024 consensus All-Americans[edit]
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Major player of the year awards[edit]
- Wooden Award:
- Naismith Award:
- Associated Press Player of the Year:
- NABC Player of the Year:
- Oscar Robertson Trophy (USBWA):
- Sporting News Player of the Year:
Major freshman of the year awards[edit]
Major coach of the year awards[edit]
- Associated Press Coach of the Year:
- Henry Iba Award (USBWA):
- NABC Coach of the Year:
- Naismith College Coach of the Year:
- Sporting News Coach of the Year:
Other major awards[edit]
- Naismith Starting Five:
- Bob Cousy Award (best point guard):
- Jerry West Award (best shooting guard):
- Julius Erving Award (best small forward):
- Karl Malone Award (best power forward):
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Award (best center):
- Pete Newell Big Man Award (best big man):
- NABC Defensive Player of the Year:
- Naismith Defensive Player of the Year:
- Lute Olson Award:
- Robert V. Geasey Trophy (top player in Philadelphia Big 5):
- Haggerty Award (top player in NYC metro area):
- Ben Jobe Award (top minority coach):
- Hugh Durham Award (top mid-major coach):
- Jim Phelan Award (top head coach):
- Lefty Driesell Award (top defensive player):
- Lou Henson Award (top mid-major player):
- Skip Prosser Man of the Year Award (coach with moral character):
- Academic All-American of the Year (top scholar-athlete):
- Elite 90 Award (top GPA among upperclass players at Final Four):
- Perry Wallace Most Courageous Award:
Coaching changes[edit]
Many teams will change coaches during the season and after it ends. Three teams changed coaches between June 1 and the start of the season.
| Team | Former |
Interim |
New |
Reason |
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| Bryant | Jared Grasso | Phil Martelli Jr. | Grasso, who had been on a leave of absence from Bryant since September, with the school providing no more information as to why, announced his resignation on November 13, 2023 after 5+ seasons. Bulldogs associate head coach Phil Martelli Jr., who was named acting head coach during Grasso's initial leave, was set to continue in that role for the rest of the season[50] until 2 days later when he was officially named the new head coach of the program.[51] | |
| Charleston Southern | Barclay Radebaugh | Saah Nimley | Radebaugh announced his resignation from Charleston Southern on November 30, 2023 after 18+ seasons. He left as the school's longest tenured head coach as well as the program's winnigest coach with 228 wins. Buccaneers associate head coach and former star player Nimley was named interim head coach for the rest of the season.[52] | |
| Charlotte | Ron Sanchez | Aaron Fearne | Sanchez announced his resignation from Charlotte on June 6, 2023, after 5 seasons to return to Virginia, where he had previously spent nine seasons on Tony Bennett's staff, to become Bennett's top assistant, leaving with a 72–78 record.[53] 49ers associate head coach Fearne, who was initially named interim head coach following Sanchez's departure, will continue in that role for the 2023–24 season.[54] | |
| Coastal Carolina | Cliff Ellis | Benny Moss | Ellis announced his retirement from coaching on December 6, 2023 after 49 seasons, the last 17 spent at Coastal Carolina. The 78-year-old retired as the program's winnigest head coach with 297 wins, and his 831 career NCAA D1 wins puts him in 9th all time. Longtime Chanticleers assistant coach Moss will serve as the team's interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[55] | |
| Fairfield | Jay Young | Chris Casey | Young, who was set to begin his 5th season as Fairfield head coach, announced he was stepping down on October 16, 2023, just 3 weeks before the team's season opener at Boston College. Stags assistant coach Casey was named interim head coach for the season.[56] | |
| West Virginia | Bob Huggins | Josh Eilert | Huggins resigned on June 17, 2023, one day after being arrested in Pittsburgh on a DUI charge. The arrest came six weeks after he had used an anti-gay slur in an interview with a Cincinnati radio station, for which he had been suspended for the first three games of the 2023–24 season. Huggins finished his 16-year tenure at his alma mater with 345 wins, the most in program history, along with 11 NCAA tournament appearances.[57] A week after Huggins' departure, the Mountaineers named assistant coach Eilert as interim head coach for the 2023–24 season.[58] | |
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