2023–24 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:men
Year:2023–24
Prev Year:2022–23
Next Year:2024–25
Team:Marquette Golden Eagles
Conference:Big East Conference
Short Conf:Big East
Record:27–10
Conf Record:14–6
Coachrank:11
Aprank:12
Hc Year:3rd
Asst Coach1:Neill Berry
Ac1 Year:3rd
Asst Coach2:Cody Hatt
Ac2 Year:3rd
Ac3 Year:3rd
Stadium:Fiserv Forum
(Capacity: 17,341)
Tourney Result:Sweet Sixteen

The 2023–24 Marquette Golden Eagles men's basketball team represented Marquette University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Shaka Smart and played their home games at Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as a member of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

The Golden Eagles finished the 2022–23 season 29–7, 17–3 in Big East play to win the regular season championship. They defeated St. John's, UConn, and Xavier to win the Big East tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the East region. They defeated Vermont in the First Round before losing to Michigan State in the Second Round of the tournament.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Emarion Ellis 2 G 6'5" 200 Sophomore Transferred to Bradley
Zach Wrightsil 10 F 6'7" 215 GS Senior Graduate transferred to California Baptist
12 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Declare for 2023 NBA draft
Caleb Kozinski 25 G 6'1" 170 Freshman Walk-on; transferred
Keeyan Itejere 40 F 6'9" 215 RS Freshman Transferred to Northern Kentucky
Michael Kennedy 42 F 6'6" 190 RS Junior Walk-on; didn't return

Recruiting classes

2024 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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Rankings

See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule . Marquette University Athletics . July 6, 2023 . en.