Mode: | basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Georgia Southern Eagles |
Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
Record: | 9–24 |
Conf Record: | 8–10 |
Head Coach: | Charlie Henry |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Assoc Coach: | Chris Shumate |
Asst Coach2: | Kente' Hart |
Asst Coach3: | Marreese Speights |
Stadium: | Hanner Fieldhouse |
The 2023–24 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first-year head coach Charlie Henry, played their home games at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 9–24, 8–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 9 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated South Alabama in the second round, before losing to Appalachian State in the quarterfinals.
The Eagles finished the 2022–23 season 17–16, 9–9 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place.[1] As the #7 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Louisiana–Monroe in the second round,[2] before losing to Louisiana in the quarterfinals.[3]
On March 9, 2023, the school fired head coach Brian Burg.[4] On March 29, the school named Alabama assistant coach Charlie Henry the team's new head coach.[5]
The Eagles were picked to finish in thirteenth place in the conference's preseason poll.[6]
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 |
|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt tournament|-Sources:[7] [8]