Mode: | basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Kennesaw State Owls |
Conference: | ASUN Conference |
Short Conf: | ASUN |
Record: | 15–16 |
Conf Record: | 6–10 |
Head Coach: | Antoine Pettway |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Assoc Coach: | Willie Watson |
Asst Coach1: | Robert Kirby |
Asst Coach2: | Donovan Kates |
Stadium: | KSU Convocation Center |
The 2023–24 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by first-year head coach Antoine Pettway, played their home games at the KSU Convocation Center in Kennesaw, Georgia as members of the ASUN Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 6–10 in ASUN play, to finish in ninth place. As the No. 9 seed in the ASUN tournament, they lost to Jacksonville in the first round.
The Owls finished the 2022–23 season 26–9, 15–3 in ASUN play, to tie for first place in conference standings. They defeated Queens, Lipscomb and Liberty to win the ASUN tournament.[1] As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 14 seed in the Midwest region.[2] They lost in the first round to Xavier.[3] [4]
The Owls were picked to finish in fourth place in the conference's preseason poll.[5] Senior guard Terrell Burden was named to the preseason All-ASUN First Team.
Coaches poll | ||
1 | Eastern Kentucky – 140 (8) | |
2 | Florida Gulf Coast – 106 | |
3 | Stetson – 105 | |
4 | Kennesaw State – 103 (1) | |
5 | Lipscomb – 99 | |
6 | Bellarmine – 81 | |
7 | North Alabama – 74 (1) | |
8 | Austin Peay – 71 (1) | |
9 | Jacksonville – 51 | |
10 | Queens – 47 | |
11 | North Florida – 36 (1) | |
12 | Central Arkansas – 23 |
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