| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
| Next Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Incarnate Word Cardinals |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 8–23 |
| Conf Record: | 3–15 |
| Head Coach: | Shane Heirman |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Jaren Jackson, Sr. |
| Ac1 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach2: | Ben Lang |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach3: | Shawn Ward |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach4: | Robert Holloway |
| Ac4 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | McDermott Center (Capacity: 2,000) |
The 2023–24 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by first-year head coach Shane Heirman and played their home games at McDermott Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas as members of the Southland Conference.
The Cardinals finished the season 12–19, 6–12 in Southland play to finish in ninth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland tournament.
On April 11, 2023, the school fired head coach Carson Cunningham.[1] On May 5, the school named Central Michigan associate head coach Shane Heirman the team's new head coach.[2]
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 10, 2023. Receiving 42 votes overall, the Cardinals were picked to finish tenth in the conference.[3]
| 1 | Southeastern Louisiana | 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 |
No Incarnate Word players were selected as a member of the Preseason all conference team.[3]
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