| Mode: | basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Sam Houston Bearkats |
| Conference: | Conference USA |
| Short Conf: | CUSA |
| Record: | 21–12 |
| Conf Record: | 13–3 |
| Head Coach: | Chris Mudge |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Justin Bailey |
| Ac1 Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach2: | Brendan Foley |
| Ac2 Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach3: | Jake White |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Stadium: | Bernard Johnson Coliseum |
| Champion: | Conference USA regular season champions Trojan Classic champions |
The 2023–24 Sam Houston Bearkats men's basketball team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearkats, led by first-year head coach Chris Mudge, played their home games at the Bernard Johnson Coliseum in Huntsville, Texas as first-year members of the Conference USA.
The Bearkats finished the 2022–23 season 26–8, 14–4 in WAC play to finish in second place. They defeated California Baptist in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament before losing to Grand Canyon in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated Santa Clara before losing to eventual champion North Texas in the second round.
On March 24, 2023, head coach Jason Hooten left the school to take the head coaching position at New Mexico State.[1] On April 3, the school named assistant coach Chris Mudge the team's new head coach.[2]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Mitchell Jr. | 0 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Junior | Transferred to Langston | ||
| Kaosi Ezeagu | 1 | F | 6'10" | 255 | Junior | Transferred to New Mexico State | ||
| 2 | G | 6'1" | 190 | Senior | Graduated | |||
| Jacoby Bishop | 5 | G | 6'2" | 195 | Sophomore | Walk-on; not on team roster | ||
| Javion May | 11 | G | 6'2" | 190 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Tristan Ikpe | 12 | F | 6'6" | 210 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Donte Powers | 24 | G | 6'2" | 170 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Giovanni Emejuru | 33 | F/C | 6'10" | 270 | RS Freshman | Transferred to Siena |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Owen McGlashan | 0 | F/G | 6'7" | 210 | GS Senior | Saint Anselm | ||
| Davon Barnes | 2 | F | 6'5" | 215 | Junior | Texas Southern | ||
| Marcus Boykin | 5 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Junior | Barton College | ||
| Kingsley Ijeoma | 14 | F | 6'8" | 200 | Sophomore | Kilgore College | ||
| Lewis Rowe | 21 | F/C | 6'10" | Junior | New Mexico JC | |||
| Souleymane Doumbia | 31 | C | 6'11" | 235 | Senior | TCU |
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