| Mode: | basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Fairleigh Dickinson Knights |
| Conference: | Northeast Conference |
| Short Conf: | NEC |
| Record: | 15–17 |
| Conf Record: | 9–7 |
| Head Coach: | Jack Castleberry |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Josh Hayes |
| Asst Coach2: | Tom Kiely |
| Asst Coach3: | Kevin Zabo |
| Stadium: | Bogota Savings Bank Center |
The 2023–24 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team represented Fairleigh Dickinson University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights, led by first-year head coach Jack Castleberry, played their home games in Hackensack, New Jersey as members of the Northeast Conference (NEC). During the season, on January 18, 2024, the name of the Knights' home venue was changed from the Rothman Center to the Bogota Savings Bank Center.[1] [2] [3]
The Northeast Conference released its preseason coaches' poll on October 24, 2023. The Knights were picked to finish in third in the conference.[4]
| 1. | Sacred Heart (7) |
|---|---|
| 2. | Central Connecticut (1) |
| 3. | Fairleigh Dickinson (1) |
| 4. | Merrimack |
| 5. | Wagner |
| 6. | Stonehill |
| 7. | LIU |
| 8. | Saint Francis |
| 9. | Le Moyne |
Junior forward Ansley Almonor was selected as a member of the NEC Preseason All-Conference Team.[5]
The Knights finished the 2022–23 season 17–14, 10–6 in NEC play, to finish in a tie for second place. As the number two seed in the NEC tournament, they defeated St. Francis Brooklyn and Saint Francis (PA) to advance to the championship game where they lost to Merrimack. However, because Merrimack was in a transition period from Division II to Division I and ineligible for the NCAA tournament, the Knights received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 16 seed in the East region. In the First Four, they defeated Texas Southern to advance to the first round. There they became only the second No. 16 seed ever to upset a No. 1 seed by defeating Purdue.[6] The Knights would then go on to lose in the second round to Florida Atlantic.
On March 21, 2023, head coach Tobin Anderson left the school to become the head coach at Iona.[7] The same day, the school promoted assistant coach Jack Castleberry to head coach.[8]
|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=|NEC tournamentSources:[9] [10]