| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Lamar Cardinals |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 19–14 |
| Conf Record: | 12–6 |
| Head Coach: | Alvin Brooks |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach1: | Charles Harral |
| Ac1 Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach2: | Wendell Moore |
| Ac2 Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach3: | Mikhail McClean |
| Ac3 Year: | 3rd |
| Stadium: | Neches Federal Credit Union Arena at the Montagne Center (Capacity: 10,080) |
The 2023–24 Lamar Cardinals basketball team represented Lamar University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by third-year head coach Alvin Brooks and played their home games at the Neches Federal Credit Union Arena at the Montagne Center in Beaumont, Texas. They finished the season 19–14 overall and 12–6 in Southland Conference play for a fourth-place conference finish. As the fourth-seeded team, the Cardinals were 1–1 in the SLC tournament defeating eighth-seeded New Orleans 71–57[1] and losing to top-seeded McNeese 57–76 in the semifinal round.[2]
The Cardinals finished the 2022–23 season 9–22 overall and 5–13 in Southland Conference play to finish last in conference. The Cardinals failed to qualify for the SLC tournament.[3]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ja'Sean Jackson | 170 | Abilene Christian | ||||||
| B.B. Knight | 189 | Tulsa | ||||||
| Errol White | 205 | Eastern New Mexico |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jayden Barrs | 190 | Manor High School | ||||||
| Aleksa Lekic | 195 | KK Buducnost VOLI | ||||||
| Javon Murray | 225 | Clear Falls High School |
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 10, 2023. Receiving 45 votes overall, the Cardinals were picked to finish ninth in the conference.[6]
| 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 |
No Cardinals were selected as members of a preseason all-conference team.[6]
|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
|-!colspan=12 style=| Southland regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Southland tournamentSource:[7] [8]
| Honors | Player | Position | Date awarded | Ref. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLC Men's Basketball Player of the Week | Adam Hamilton | C | November 20, 2023 | [9] | |
| SLC Men's Basketball Player of the Week | Terry Anderson | F | March 8, 2024 | [10] |