Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Houston Christian Huskies |
Conference: | Southland Conference |
Short Conf: | Southland |
Record: | 6–23 |
Conf Record: | 4–14 |
Hc Year: | 33rd |
Asst Coach1: | Jud Kinne |
Asst Coach2: | Terry Johnson |
Asst Coach3: | Dee Wallace |
The 2023–24 Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball team represented Houston Christian University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by 33rd-year head coach Ron Cottrell, played their home games at Sharp Gymnasium in Houston, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 6–23, 4–14 in Southland play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland tournament.
On March 7, 2024, the school fired Ron Cottrell, who had been the team's head coach since 1991.[1]
The Huskies finished the season 10–22, 7–11 in Southland play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Southland tournament, they lost New Orleans in the first round.
The season marked the first as Houston Christian, the school having changed its name in September of 2022.[2]
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 10, 2023. Receiving 50 votes overall, the Huskies were picked to finish eighth in the conference.[3]
1 | Southeastern | 144 (6) |
2 | McNeese | 142 (6) |
3 | New Orleans | 132 (3) |
4 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 124 (5) |
5 | Northwestern State | 84 |
6 | Nicholls | 71 |
7 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 66 |
8 | Houston Christian | 50 |
9 | Lamar | 45 |
10 | Incarnate Word | 42 |
Senior center Bonke Maring was named Preseason All-Conference first team.[3]
|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Southland Conference seasonSource[4] [5]
2023–24 Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball team