2023–24 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Sex:none
Year:2023–24
Prev Year:2022–23
Next Year:2024–25
Team:North Texas Mean Green men's
Conference:American Athletic Conference
Short Conf:AAC
Record:19–15
Conf Record:10–8
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Johnny Estelle
Asst Coach2:Phil Forte
Tourney Result:Second Round

The 2023–24 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Ross Hodge, and played their home games at UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas as first year members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Mean Green finished the 2022–23 season 31–7, 16–4 in C-USA play to finish in second place. They defeated Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament before losing to UAB. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament as a No. 2 seed. They defeated Alcorn State, Sam Houston, Oklahoma State, and Wisconsin to advance to the championship game. There they defeated C-USA foe UAB to win the NIT championship.

On March 31, 2023, head coach Grant McCasland left the school to take the head coaching position at Texas Tech.[1] On April 2, the school named associate head coach Ross Hodge the team's new head coach.[2]

The season marked the team's last season as members of Conference USA before joining the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2023.[3]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Rasheed Browne 0 G 6'2" 182 RS Senior Graduated
Bryce Zephir 2 G 6'2" 200 Junior Transferred to Salt Lake CC
Tyree Eady 4 G 6'5" 215 RS Senior Graduated
5 G 5'11" 182 Senior Graduate transferred to Kansas State
Kai Huntsberry 10 G 6'3" 215 Senior Left the team for personal reasons
Arsh Mattu 13 G 6'3" 192 RS Sophomore Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Jayden Martinez 25 F 6'7" 215 GS Senior Graduated
Abou Ousmane 33 F 6'10" 230 Junior Transferred to Xavier

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
John Buggs 0 G 6'3" 185 RS Junior UTSA
Jason Edwards 2 G 6'0" RS Sophomore Dodge City CC
Rondel Walker 5 G 6'5" 185 Junior TCU
Robert Allen 10 F 6'8" 230 GS Senior Ole Miss
Terrance Dixon 13 F 6'8" 200 Sophomore Kilgore College
C. J. Noland 22 G 6'2" 229 Junior Oklahoma

2024 recruiting class

Schedule and results

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-03-31 . Texas Tech hires UNT's McCasland as new coach . 2023-04-04 . ESPN.com . en.
  2. Web site: bvito@dentonrc.com . Brett Vito Staff Writer . North Texas officially names Ross Hodge its men's basketball coach . 2023-04-04 . Denton Record-Chronicle . en.
  3. News: UNT to enter The American on July 1, 2023 . Charlotte 49ers Athletics . 2022-10-16 . 2022-06-15.
  4. News: 2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule. North Texas Athletics. September 25, 2023. en.