| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Florida Atlantic Owls |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | AAC |
| Record: | 25–9 |
| Conf Record: | 14–4 |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach1: | Kyle Church |
| Asst Coach2: | Todd Abernethy |
| Asst Coach3: | Drew Williamson |
| Champion: | ESPN Events Invitational champions |
| Tourney Result: | first round |
The 2023–24 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by sixth-year head coach Dusty May, played their home games at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena in Boca Raton, Florida as a member of the American Athletic Conference (AAC), their first season in the American. They finished the season 25–9, 14–4 in AAC play, to finish in second place. They beat North Texas in the quarterfinals[1] of the AAC tournament before losing to Temple in the semifinals.[2] They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the East region. There they lost to Northwestern, ending their season.[3]
On March 24, 2024, head coach Dusty May left the school to take the head coaching position at Michigan.[4] On March 27, the school named Baylor assistant John Jakus the team's new head coach.[5]
The season marked the team's first year as members of the American Athletic Conference after announcing FAU would join the conference in June 2022.[6]
The Owls finished the 2022–23 season 35–4, 18–2 in Conference USA (C-USA) play, to win the regular-season championship. They defeated Western Kentucky,[7] Middle Tennessee[8] and UAB[9] to win the C-USA tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 9 seed in the East region. They defeated Memphis in the first round which marked the school's first NCAA tournament win.[10] They then defeated Fairleigh Dickinson to advance to the Sweet Sixteen.[11] The Owls defeated Tennessee[12] and Kansas State[13] to advance to the school's first Final Four. This made FAU the first men's team since George Mason in 2006 to reach the Final Four in the same season that it earned its first NCAA tournament win.[14] In the Final Four, they lost to San Diego State.[15]
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See main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.