| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
| Next Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 16–16 |
| Conf Record: | 9–9 |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Asst Coach1: | Juan Cardona |
| Asst Coach2: | Nick Williams |
| Asst Coach3: | Isaiah Carson |
The 2023–24 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by fifth-year head coach Jay Ladner, played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as second-year members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 16–16, 9–9 in Sun Belt play, to finish in sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they lost to Texas State in the second round.
The Golden Eagles finished the 2022–23 season 25–8, 14–4 in Sun Belt play, to finish first in the conference. They would lose to South Alabama in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament.[1]
The Golden Eagles were picked to finish in fourth place in the conference's preseason poll.[2] Senior guard Austin Crowley was named the preseason player of the year.[2] Senior guard Austin Crowley was named to the preseason All-SBC First Team.[2]
| Coaches poll | ||
| 1 | James Madison – 176 (7) | |
| 2 | App State – 159 (2) | |
| 3 | Old Dominion – 154 (1) | |
| 4 | Southern Miss – 148 | |
| 5 | Louisiana – 136 (2) | |
| 6 | South Alabama – 129 (2) | |
| 7 | Marshall – 119 | |
| 8 | Troy – 91 | |
| 9 | Arkansas State – 84 | |
| 10 | Texas State – 72 | |
| 11 | Georgia State – 69 | |
| 12 | Coastal Carolina – 59 | |
| 13 | Georgia Southern – 42 | |
| 14 | ULM – 32 | |
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