| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
| Next Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Clemson Tigers |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Coachrank: | 15 |
| Aprank: | 14 |
| Record: | 24–12 |
| Conf Record: | 11–9 |
| Head Coach: | Brad Brownell |
| Hc Year: | 14th |
| Assoc Coach: | Billy Donlon |
| Ahc Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach1: | Sean Dixon |
| Ac1 Year: | 2nd |
| Asst Coach2: | Dick Bender |
| Ac2 Year: | 8th |
| Stadium: | Littlejohn Coliseum (Capacity: 9,000) |
| Champion: | Asheville Championship champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | Elite Eight |
The 2023–24 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers were led by 14th-year head coach Brad Brownell and played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Tigers began the season with nine straight wins. This included a one-point win over UAB and a three-point win over Davidson to claim the Asheville Championship. They continued their strong start to the season, upsetting twenty-third ranked Alabama in the ACC–SEC Challenge. They opened the ACC season with a nine-point win at Pittsburgh. They debuted in the national rankings at twenty-fourth before their rivalry game with South Carolina. They won that game and their ensuing game against TCU for their ninth win of the season. After the win, they achieved their highest ranking during the season of thirteenth. Their first defeat was by two-points against Memphis on December 16, 2023. They won their final two non-conference games to finish their non-conference season 10–1. Their non-conference success did not carry into the start of their ACC season as they lost four of their first five games. A loss to Miami (FL) and eigtht-ranked North Carolina dropped them to twenty-first in the rankings. Despite defeating Boston College and losing to Virginia Tech, the Tigers fell out of the rankings. A double-overtime loss to Georgia Tech capped the first five games. The Tigers won five of their next seven games, including only their second ever win at North Carolina. They lost by a point at twelfth-ranked Duke and also by a point to Virginia. They Tigers won four of their last six games including the completion of a season sweep against Pittsburgh and Florida State. They ended the season with a loss to Wake Forest. After the season, Ian Schieffelin was named ACC Most Improved Player, becoming the second Clemson player to win the award. PJ Hall was named to the All-ACC First Team.
The Tigers finished the season 24–12 and 11–9 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament, were defeated by Boston College in the Second Round. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were placed as the sixth-seed in the West region. They defeated eleventh-seed New Mexico in the First Round, third-seed Baylor in the Second Round and second-seed Arizona in the Sweet Sixteen. This advanced Clemson to only their second Elite Eight in program history. In the Elite Eight the Tigers lost in a rematch of an early season game against Alabama 82–89 to end their season.
The Tigers finished the 2022–23 season 23–11, 14–6 in ACC play, in a three-way tie for third place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they defeated sixth seed NC State for the third time during the season. They fell to second seeded Virginia in the semifinals. They were not selected for the NCAA tournament and were listed as the fourth team out on Selection Sunday. They received a first overall seed in the National Invitation Tournament.[1] Despite being the first seed, and hosting, the Tigers lost to Morehead State in the first round to end their season.
Clemson started the season 6–0 in ACC play, for the first time since the ACC was created as a conference. Their previous best was in the 1996–97 season when they started 5–0.[2] The Tigers continued their run by defeating Duke but then lost to Wake Forest to end their undefeated run. They won their next two games and were 9–1 at the halfway point of the conference season. This gave the team its best six, seven, eight, nine and ten game starts in conference history.[3] The Tigers would set another program record on February 15, 2023, when they defeated Florida State 94–54 at home. This was the Tigers' widest margin of victory in ACC play, beating the previous record of a 34-point win in 1975.[4]
| Clemson Departures | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
| 5 | F | 6'8" | 215 | Graduated/2023 NBA draft; selected 37th overall by Oklahoma City Thunder[5] | ||||
| Ben Middlebrooks | 10 | F/C | 6'10" | 232 | Sophomore | Transferred to NC State[6] | ||
| Brevin Galloway | 11 | G | 6'2" | 215 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
| Chauncey Gibson | 13 | G | 6'5" | 190 | Freshman | Transferred to Tulsa[7] | ||
| Devin Foster | 14 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Senior | Walk-on; graduated | ||
| Jack Nauseef | 15 | G | 6'1" | 160 | Senior | Walk-on; graduated |
| Clemson incoming transfers | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
| Jake Heidbreder | 3 | G | 6'5.5" | 180 | Junior | Air Force[8] | ||
| Jack Clark | 5 | G | 6'8" | 200 | GS Senior | NC State[9] | ||
| 11 | G | 6'1" | 190 | GS Senior | Syracuse[10] | |||
| Bas Leyte | 33 | F | 6'10" | 220 | GS Senior | UNC Greensboro[11] |
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See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.
| Player | GP | GS | MPG | FG% | 3P% | FT% | RPG | APG | PPG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PJ Hall | 36 | 36 | 28.9 | 48.8% | 31.5% | 77.9% | 6.4 | 1.4 | 18.3 | |
| Joseph Girard III | 36 | 36 | 32.8 | 43.0% | 41.3% | 93.5% | 3.2 | 1.5 | 15.1 | |
| Chase Hunter | 36 | 36 | 32.8 | 42.4% | 31.1% | 85.0% | 2.6 | 3.2 | 12.9 | |
| Ian Schieffelin | 36 | 36 | 27.5 | 56.4% | 46.9% | 73.1% | 9.4 | 2.2 | 10.9 | |
| RJ Godfrey | 36 | 0 | 15.5 | 59.4% | 42.9% | 62.7% | 3.4 | 0.8 | 6.1 | |
| Chauncey Wiggins | 36 | 18 | 17.7 | 44.2% | 34.9% | 71.4% | 2.1 | 0.9 | 5.4 | |
| Alex Hemenway | 5 | 0 | 15.6 | 38.1% | 42.1% | 50.0% | 0.6 | 1.4 | 5.2 | |
| Jack Clark | 25 | 17 | 23.5 | 39.8% | 30.2% | 76.9% | 4.9 | 1.4 | 4.7 | |
| Josh Beadle | 32 | 0 | 10.8 | 47.3% | 14.3% | 68.8% | 0.9 | 0.8 | 3.0 | |
| Dillon Hunter | 36 | 1 | 14.7 | 39.3% | 25.7% | 42.1% | 1.6 | 1.3 | 2.3 | |
| Bas Leyte | 20 | 0 | 4.5 | 54.5% | 33.3% | 40.0% | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.8 | |
| Andrew Latiff | 5 | 0 | 1.6 | 25.0% | 0.0% | — | 0.8 | 0.0 | 0.4 | |
| Daniel Nauseef | 5 | 0 | 1.9 | 0.0% | 0.0% | — | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Matt Kelly | 5 | 0 | 1.8 | 0.0% | — | — | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
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