Sport: | basketball |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Longwood Lancers |
Conference: | Big South Conference |
Short Conf: | Big South |
Record: | 21–14 |
Conf Record: | 6–10 |
Head Coach: | Griff Aldrich |
Hc Year: | 6th |
Assoc Coach: | Marty McGillan |
Asst Coach1: | Ronnie Thomas |
Asst Coach2: | Quinn McDowell |
Asst Coach3: | Taylor Land |
Arena: | Joan Perry Brock Center |
Champion: | Big South tournament champions Brock Challenge champions |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2023–24 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team represented Longwood University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lancers, led by sixth-year head coach Griff Aldrich, played their home games at the newly opened Joan Perry Brock Center in Farmville, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 6–10 in Big South play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big South Tournament, they defeated Winthrop, High Point, and UNC Asheville to win the Big South tournament championship, as a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the second time in school history. As a No. 16 seed in the South region, they lost to Houston in the First Round.
The Lancers finished the 2022–23 season 20–12, 12–6 in Big South play to finish in a tie for second place.[1] As the #2 seed in the Big South tournament, they were upset by #7 seed Campbell in the quarterfinals.[2]
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