2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
Preseason AP No. 1	Kansas Jayhawks
Regular season	November 6, 2023 – March 17, 2024
NCAA Tournament	2024
Tournament dates	March 19 – April 8, 2024
National Championship	State Farm Stadium Glendale, Arizona
NCAA Champions	UConn Huskies
Other champions	Seton Hall Pirates (NIT), Seattle Redhawks (CBI), Norfolk State Spartans (CIT)
Player of the Year (Naismith,Wooden)	Zach Edey,Purdue Boilermakers
←2022–23 2024–25 →

The2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 6, 2023. The regular season ended on March 17, 2024, with the2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with theFirst Four on March 19 and ending with thechampionship game atState Farm Stadium inGlendale,Arizona, on April 8.

On May 5, 2023, the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee proposed a suite of rule changes for the 2023–24 season. These changes were approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel during its June 8 conference call.^[1][2]

• A defender near the basket must be in position to draw a charge before the offensive player plants his foot to jump during a field goal attempt. If the defender arrives after the shooter has planted his foot, the officials are to call a blocking foul if contact occurs.
• Prerecorded or live video can be transmitted to the bench area during the game, on an optional basis. This had been an experimental rule since 2021–22, but is now permanent.
• Officials will be able to review basket interference or goaltending calls during the next media timeout to ensure the call's accuracy, as long as they were made during play. Review is immediate if a foul is called on a shot that ended with basket interference or goaltending.
• Non-student bench personnel will be allowed to serve as peacekeepers in any altercation.
• If a coach requests a review of an out-of-bounds play in the last two minutes, that team will be charged a timeout if the challenge is unsuccessful.
• The shot clock will reset to 20 seconds for all offensive rebounds when the original shot has touched the rim.
• If a player is called for a foul, and replay officials see that the foul is the direct result of a flagrant foul against the player who was originally charged with the foul, officials can rescind the foul on the victim of the flagrant foul.
• A timeout can be granted when a player has possession of the ball while airborne.
• A player will be disqualified if he commits three flagrant 1 fouls in a game, regardless of his overall foul count.
• Red and amber lights can now be placed on the backboard.
• Schools will no longer have to apply for a waiver to allow players to use religious headwear that is safe for competition.
• All jersey numbers from "0" to "99," including "00," will be allowed, although with the restriction that teams are allowed to use "0" or "00," but not both at the same time. It is the first time that players are allowed to wear the digits "6" through "9" on their uniforms since those digits were prohibited prior to the1957–58 season as a means of simplifying referees' hand signals to the scorer's table after calling a foul.^[3][4]
• Conferences will be allowed to continue using an experimental rule that allows for media timeouts to be taken at the first dead ball after the 17-, 14-, 11-, 8-, and 4-minute marks of the second half. This rule may also be used in the 2024 NIT, subject to approval by the NCAA's NIT board.
• Also, subject to NIT board approval, the free-throw lane may be widened to 16 feet in the 2024 NIT.

• March 8, 2023
  • Jim Boeheim retired as head coach atSyracuse after 47 seasons, ending with the Orange missing the2023 NCAA tournament for only the 11th time in his coaching history. He finished his career at Syracuse with a 1,015–441 record; his 1,015 wins were 6th all time in NCAA history at the time of his retirement. He also led Syracuse to onenational title, fiveFinal Fours, tenBig East regular-season titles, and fiveBig East tournament titles, and he wasBig East coach of the year four times and the 2010Naismith,AP,NABC,Henry Iba andSporting News coach of the year.^[5] Boeheim was inducted into theNaismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in 2005, and theNational Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2006.^[6][7]
• May 10 – TheNortheast Conference (NEC) announced thatLe Moyne would start a transition from Division II and join the conference on July 1.^[8]
• May 12 – TheOhio Valley Conference announced thatWestern Illinois would join from theSummit League effective July 1.^[9]
• May 24 – George Washington University announced that it would change its nickname from Colonials toRevolutionaries.^[10]
• July 20 – The Colonial Athletic Association announced it had changed its name toCoastal Athletic Association.^[11]
• July 27 – TheBig 12 Conference announced thatColorado would rejoin the conference in 2024, after 13 seasons in thePac-12 Conference.^[12]
• August 4
  • TheBig Ten Conference announced thatOregon andWashington would leave the Pac-12 to join the Big Ten in 2024.^[13]
  • The Big 12 announced thatArizona,Arizona State, andUtah would leave the Pac-12 to join the Big 12 in 2024.^[14]
• September 1 – TheAtlantic Coast Conference announced thatCalifornia,SMU, andStanford would join the conference in 2024. California and Stanford left the Pac-12, and SMU left theAmerican Athletic Conference.^[15]
• September 6 – The ASUN Conference began to once again refer to itself by its former name,Atlantic Sun Conference, while still using ASUN as its official abbreviation.^[16]
• September 8 – The ASUN announced that theUniversity of West Georgia would transition from Division II and be admitted as a full member of the conference, effective July 1, 2024.^[17][18][19]
• September 27 – TheGrand Sierra Resort, the city ofReno, Nevada, and theUniversity of Nevada, Reno jointly announced that the casino resort planned a 10-year, $1-billion-plus expansion. As part of the project, the resort would build a new arena for theNevada men's basketball team. The university's current arena, theLawlor Events Center, will continue to be the home ofNevada women's basketball, The new 10,000-seat venue is tentatively set to open in 2026.^[20][21]
• October 4 – The Division I Council announced changes to the transfer window for all sports. In men's and women's basketball, thetransfer portal now opens on the day after Selection Sunday and remains open for 45 days, down from the previous 60.^[22]
• October 23 – The AP released its preseason All-America team. Reigning national player of the yearZach Edey ofPurdue was the only unanimous choice, joined by guardTyler Kolek ofMarquette, forwardKyle Filipowski ofDuke, centerHunter Dickinson ofKansas, and centerArmando Bacot ofNorth Carolina.^[23]
• October 23 – TheMetro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) announced thatMerrimack andSacred Heart would join from the NEC in July 2024.^[24]
• October 27 – The NCAA announced that conference regular season champions that do not win their conference tournaments or are not selected for theNCAA Division I men's basketball tournament, will no longer receive an automatic bid to theNIT. The NIT will now guarantee two teams, based on the NET Rankings from each of the six major conferences:ACC,Big East,Big Ten,Big 12,Pac-12, andSEC. The top two teams in the NET Rankings that do not qualify for the NCAA tournament from each conference regardless of their record, will be selected for the NIT. The twelve teams that are automatically selected will be guaranteed the ability to host a game for the first round. After the twelve teams have been selected, the NIT selection committee will select the twenty best teams that are available to participate in the NIT. Based on the selection committee's rankings, four of the twenty teams will be selected as one of the sixteen first round hosts and the NIT selection will defer to the first four teams out of the NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.^[25]
• November 28 –Conference USA announced thatDelaware would join from theCoastal Athletic Association in 2025.^[26]
• December 5 – The NEC announced thatChicago State would join from being the soleIndependent in July 2024.^[27]
• December 20 – The two schools left behind in the mass exodus from the Pac-12,Oregon State andWashington State, were reported to be nearing a deal with theWest Coast Conference (WCC) for affiliate membership in multiple sports, including men's and women's basketball. The arrangement, expected to be voted on by WCC member presidents in the coming days, would run for two years (through 2025–26), during which time the so-called "Pac-2" would be eligible for WCC championships and could represent the conference in NCAA championship events.^[28][29]
• December 22 – The reported deal between the "Pac-2" and the WCC became official, with Oregon State and Washington State joining as affiliate members in all non-football sports apart from baseball through 2025–26.^[30]
• February 29 – TheMid-American Conference (MAC) announced thatUMass, currently a member of theAtlantic 10 Conference, would join the MAC for all sports starting July 1, 2025.^[31] This confirmed prior reporting by multiple media outlets, withThe Athletic being the first to break the news.^[32][33]
• March 5 – TheDartmouth men's basketball team voted to unionize in an unprecedented step toward forming the first labor union for college athletes.^[34] The National Labor Relations Board supervised the election inside of in the school’s human resources offices as the players voted 13–2 to join Service Employees International Union Local 560, which already represents some Dartmouth workers.^[34]
• March 25 – TheSouthland Conference announced that theUniversity of Texas Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV) would join from theWestern Athletic Conference on July 1, 2024.^[35]
• April 4 – The NEC announced thatMercyhurst University, a member of the Division IIPennsylvania State Athletic Conference, would start a transition to Division I and join the NEC on July 1, 2024.^[36]

• During the season, the following players reached the 2,000 career point milestone –Maryland guardJahmir Young,^[37]North Carolina centerArmando Bacot,^[38]Colorado State guardIsaiah Stevens,^[39]Rice guardTravis Evee,^[40]Kentucky guardAntonio Reeves,^[41]UC Davis guardElijah Pepper,^[42]Hofstra guardTyler Thomas,^[43]Purdue centerZach Edey,^[44]Northern Kentucky guardMarques Warrick,^[45]Kansas centerHunter Dickinson,^[46]Oklahoma State guardJohn-Michael Wright,^[47]Duquesne guardDae Dae Grant,^[48]Creighton guardBaylor Scheierman,^[49]Wright State guardTrey Calvin,^[50]Denver guardTommy Bruner,^[51]Clemson guardJoseph Girard III,^[52]Northwestern guardBoo Buie,^[53]George Washington guardJames Bishop IV,^[54] Wright State guardTanner Holden,^[55]Nevada guardJarod Lucas,^[56]Illinois forwardMarcus Domask,^[57]Seattle guardCameron Tyson,^[58]Arizona guardCaleb Love,^[59]Iowa forwardBen Krikke,^[60]Xavier guardQuincy Olivari,^[61]Wyoming forwardSam Griffin,^[62]Michigan State guardTyson Walker,^[63]Alabama guardMark Sears,California guardJalen Cone,^[64]USC guardBoogie Ellis,^[65]NC State guardDJ Horne,^[66] Illinois guardTerrence Shannon Jr.,^[67] North Carolina guardR. J. Davis,^[68] NC State forwardD. J. Burns^[69]Auburn forward/centerJohni Broome,^[70]Ohio State forwardJamison Battle^[71] andUConn guardTristen Newton.
• November 26 –La Salle coachFran Dunphy won his 600th career game, an 81–62 win overCoppin State. Dunphy accumulated all of his career victories forPhiladelphia Big 5 programs, having previously coachedPenn andTemple.^[72]
• December 21 – Elijah Pepper became the leading scorer inUC Davis program history. Scoring 21 points in an 80–57 win overUC Merced, Pepper passed Audwin Thomas, whose program record had stood since 1979.^[73]
• February 10 – Marques Warrick became the leading scorer inNorthern Kentucky program history. Scoring 22 points in a 79–67 win overDetroit Mercy, Warrick passedDrew McDonald's record of 2,066, set in 2019.^[74]
• February 19 –Texas fifth-year seniorMax Abmas scored his 3,000th career point, becoming just the12th player in Division I men's basketball history to reach the milestone.^[75] He scored eight points in a 62–56 win overKansas State to finish the game with 3,001.^[75]
• February 22 –Northwestern fifth-year seniorBoo Buie surpassedJohn Shurna (2,038 points) as the school's all-time leading scorer in a 76–62 win overMichigan.^[76][77] Shurna's record had stood since 2012.^[76]
• March 16 – Zach Edey becamePurdue's all-time leading scorer in the Boilermakers'Big Ten tournament semifinal loss toWisconsin. He brokeRick Mount's record of 2,323, which had stood since 1970.^[78] Earlier in the season (February 18) Edey became the school's all-time leading rebounder, passingJoe Barry Carroll (1,148).^[79]

Nineteen schools joined new conferences, became independents, or dropped athletics.^[80]

The 2023–24 season was the last for 20 Division I schools in their then-current conferences and two Division II schools in their then-current conferences before reclassification to Division I. It was also Chicago State's last season as a Division I independent.^[80]

In addition to the above changes, theIndiana University andPurdue University systems splitIUPUI into separate IU- and Purdue-affiliated institutions at the end of the 2023–24 academic year, a move similar to the two systems' dissolution of their jointFort Wayne campus in 2018. TheIUPUI athletic program transferred to the new IU Indianapolis, maintaining IUPUI's memberships in Division I and theHorizon League.^[81] Shortly before the split became official, the IUPUI athletic website adopted a new brand of IU Indy.

• Austin Peay left the on-campusWinfield Dunn Center for the newF&M Bank Arena in downtown Clarksville, Tennessee after 49 seasons. The new arena opened on July 15, 2023. The first basketball event in the new arena was a joint practice by the Peay men's andwomen's teams on October 26, 2023.^[82][83] This was followed by an 82–43 exhibition win againstTennessee Tech on November 1. The first official games were a men's and women's doubleheader on January 6, with the men defeatingNAIALife University 90–72 in the second game.^[84][85][86]
• Baylor left theFerrell Center for the newFoster Pavilion. The Bears defeatedCornell 98–79 in the arena opener on January 2, 2024.^[87]
• Georgia Southern will leave theHanner Fieldhouse for the newJack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center. The venue was scheduled to open in the early fall of 2023, but was delayed until the 2024–25 season.^[88]
• Longwood leftWillett Hall for the newJoan Perry Brock Center; the venue opened on August 25, 2023. The team played its first game there on November 11, 2023, with a 95–43 win againstNCAA Division IIISt. Mary's of Maryland.^[89][90]
• Vermont was originally slated to open the newTarrant Event Center, the replacement forPatrick Gym, in 2021. However, the new arena has since been placed on indefinite hold. Construction was initially halted by COVID-19. With the Tarrant Center being part of a much larger upgrade of UVM's athletic and recreation facilities, UVM chose to prioritize a new student recreation center. Construction of the Tarrant Center is now being hampered by increased borrowing costs.^[91]

Le Moyne plays on campus on Ted Grant Court in theLe Moyne Events Center.

On January 18, the name of the Rothman Center, the home arena ofFairleigh Dickinson, was changed to theBogota Savings Bank Center.^[92][93][94]

The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching Polls.^{[95][96][97][98][99]}

Rankings reflect theAP poll Top 25.

• Nov. 21, 2023
  • No. 2Purdue defeated No. 7Tennessee, 73–59 (Maui Invitational –Stan Sheriff Center,Honolulu, HI)
  • No. 4Marquette defeated No. 1Kansas, 73–59 (Maui Invitational – Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI)
• Nov. 22
  • No. 2 Purdue defeated No. 4 Marquette, 78–75 (Maui Invitational – Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI)
  • No. 1 Kansas defeated No. 7 Tennessee, 69–60 (Maui Invitational – Stan Sheriff Center, Honolulu, HI)
• Dec. 1
  • No. 5 Kansas defeated No. 4UConn, 69–65 (Big East–Big 12 Battle –Allen Fieldhouse,Lawrence, KS)
• Dec. 5
  • No. 5 UConn defeated No. 9North Carolina, 87–76 (Jimmy V Classic –Madison Square Garden,New York, NY)
• Dec. 15
  • No. 5 UConn defeated No. 10Gonzaga, 76–63 (Continental Tire Seattle Tip-Off –Climate Pledge Arena,Seattle, WA)
• Dec. 16
  • No. 3 Purdue defeated No. 1Arizona, 92–84 (Indy Classic –Gainbridge Fieldhouse,Indianapolis, IN)
• Jan. 5, 2024
  • No. 1 Purdue defeated No. 9Illinois, 83–78 (Mackey Arena,West Lafayette, IN)
• Jan. 13
  • No. 3 Kansas defeated No. 9Oklahoma, 78–66 (Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, KS)
• Feb. 3
  • No. 8 Kansas defeated No. 4Houston, 78–65 (Allen Fieldhouse, Lawrence, KS)
  • No. 3 North Carolina defeated No. 7Duke, 93–84 (Dean Smith Center,Chapel Hill, NC)
  • No. 5 Tennessee defeated No. 10Kentucky, 103–92 (Rupp Arena,Lexington, KY)
• Feb. 4
  • No. 2 Purdue defeated No. 6Wisconsin, 75–69 (Kohl Center,Madison, WI)
• Feb. 17
  • No. 1 UConn defeated No. 4 Marquette, 81–53 (XL Center,Hartford, CT)
• Feb. 19
  • No. 2 Houston defeated No. 6Iowa State, 73–65 (Fertitta Center,Houston, TX)
• Mar. 6
  • No. 2 UConn defeated No. 8 Marquette, 74–67 (Fiserv Forum,Milwaukee, WI)
• Mar. 9
  • No. 7 North Carolina defeated No. 9 Duke, 84–79 (Cameron Indoor Stadium,Durham, NC)
• March 16
  • No. 7 Iowa State defeated No. 1 Houston, 69–41 (Big 12 tournament,T-Mobile Center,Kansas City, MO)
  • No. 2 UConn defeated No. 10 Marquette, 73–57 (Big East tournament, Madison Square Garden, New York, NY)

• March 28
  • No. 10 Illinois defeated No. 4 Iowa State, 72–69 (Sweet Sixteen,TD Garden,Boston, MA)
• March 30
  • No. 1 UConn defeated No. 10 Illinois, 77–52 (Elite Eight, TD Garden, Boston, MA)
• March 31
  • No. 3 Purdue defeated No. 6 Tennessee, 72–66 (Elite Eight,Little Caesars Arena,Detroit, MI)
• April 8
  • No. 1 UConn defeated No. 3 Purdue, 75–60 (National Championship Game,State Farm Stadium,Phoenix, AZ)

An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of NCAA Division I men's basketball, this generally constitutes an unranked team defeating a team currently ranked in the top 25. This list will highlight those upsets of ranked teams by unranked teams as well as upsets of No. 1 teams. Rankings are from the AP poll.Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes).Italics type indicates winning teams in an early season tournament (or event). Early season tournaments are tournaments played in the early season. Events are the tournaments with the same teams in it every year (even rivalry games).

In addition to the above listed upsets in which an unranked team defeated a ranked team, there have been five non-Division I teams that defeated a Division I team so far this season.Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes).

Each of the 32 Division Iathletic conferences ended itsregular season with asingle-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference receives the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. Unless otherwise noted, the winners of these tournaments received automatic invitations to the2024 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

The NCAA Tournament tipped off on March 19, 2024 with theFirst Four inDayton, Ohio, and will conclude on April 8 atState Farm Stadium inGlendale, Arizona. A total of 68 teams entered the tournament. Thirty-two of the teams earned automatic bids by winning theirconference tournaments. The remaining 36 teams were granted "at-large" bids, which are extended by the NCAA Selection Committee.

Per the NCAA, an upset occurs "when the losing team in an NCAA tournament game was seeded at least five seed lines better than the winning team."^[142] The 2024 tournament had nine upsets, with seven in the first round, one in the Sweet Sixteen, and one in the Elite Eight.

After the NCAA Tournament field is announced, theNational Invitation Tournament invites 32 teams to participate, reducing the field's size from 40. For the first time in recent years, automatic bids will not be granted to regular-season conference champions that fail to reach the NCAA tournament. Instead, after the NCAA tournament bracket is filled, the NCAA will award NIT bids to the top two remaining teams in NET rating from each of the so-called "Power 6" conferences (ACC, Big East, Big Ten, Big 12, Pac-12, and SEC). All games before the semifinals will be at campus sites, with the semifinals and final atHinkle Fieldhouse inIndianapolis.^[143]

After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, theCollege Basketball Invitational invited 15 teams to participate.

After the NCAA Tournament field was announced, theCollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament invited 9 teams to participate.