| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Appalachian State Mountaineers |
| Sport: | basketball |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 27–7 |
| Conf Record: | 16–2 |
| Head Coach: | Dustin Kerns |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Assoc Coach: | Frank Young |
| Asst Coach1: | Tanner Smith |
| Asst Coach2: | Bob Szorc |
| Stadium: | Holmes Center |
| Champion: | Sun Belt regular season champions |
| Tourney: | NIT |
| Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2023–24 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by fifth-year head coach Dustin Kerns, played their home games at the Holmes Center in Boone, North Carolina as members in the Sun Belt Conference.
The Mountaineers finished the 2022–23 season 16–16, 9–9 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for seventh place. The Mountaineers lost to South Alabama in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament.[1]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carvell Teasett | 12 | G | 6'1" | 180 | Sophomore | Transferred to Angelo State[2] | ||
| Michael Eads Jr. | 10 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Sophomore | Entered Transfer Portal | ||
| Zocko Littelton | 4 | G | 6'3" | 175 | Freshman | Transferred to Chipola College | ||
| Quinn Hafner (Walk-on) | 24 | G | 6'3" | 170 | Freshman | Unknown | ||
| Tamell Pearson | 3 | F | 6'10" | 223 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Tyree Boykin | 30 | G | 6'1" | 190 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
| Dibaji Walker | 35 | F | 6'9" | 200 | GS Senior | Graduated |
The Mountaineers were picked to finish in second place in the conference's preseason poll.[3] Graduate forward Donovan Gregory was named to the preseason All-SBC First Team. Senior forward CJ Huntley was named to the conference preseason third team.
| Coaches poll | ||
| 1 | James Madison - 176 (7) | |
| 2 | App State - 159 (2) | |
| 3 | Old Dominion - 154 (1) | |
| 4 | Southern Miss - 148 | |
| 5 | Louisiana - 136 (2) | |
| 6 | South Alabama - 129 (2) | |
| 7 | Marshall - 119 | |
| 8 | Troy - 91 | |
| 9 | Arkansas State - 84 | |
| 10 | Texas State - 72 | |
| 11 | Georgia State - 69 | |
| 12 | Coastal Carolina - 59 | |
| 13 | Georgia Southern - 42 | |
| 14 | ULM - 32 | |
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