The 2023–24 UMass Minutemen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Minutemen were led by second-year head coach Frank Martin and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
Although the Minutemen were picked to finish 13th (of 15) in the Atlantic 10, the 2023-24 squad outperformed expectations, finishing 11-7 in the conference and a fourth-place finish. Josh Cohen and Matt Cross each earned Atlantic 10 First Team honors at the end of the season, and the team finished with a 20-11 overall record, their most wins in ten seasons.
Previous season The Minutemen finished the 2022–23 season 15–16, 6–12 in A-10 play to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 tournament to Richmond. The team then saw seven players transfer out, and lost a total of 72% of their scoring output.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Wildens Leveque 0 F/C 6'10" 255 Senior Brockton, MA Graduate transferred to Texas A&M Brandon Martin 1 F 6'5" 223 GS Senior Miami, FL Graduated Tafara Gapare 2 F 6'9" 185 Freshman Wellington, New Zealand Transferred to Georgia Tech Ta'Quan Woodley 5 F 6'8" 280 Sophomore Camden, NJ Left the team for personal reasons Isaac Kante 10 F 6'7" 259 GS Senior Brooklyn, NY Graduated Noah Fernandes 11 G 5'11" 180 Senior Mattapoisett, MA Graduate transferred to Rutgers RJ Luis Jr. 12 G 6'7" 196 Freshman Miami, FL Transferred to St. John's Gianni Thompson 13 F 6'8" 210 Sophomore Newton, MA Left team, no detail announced T.J. Weeks Jr. 23 G 6'4" 190 RS Junior Warwick, RI Transferred to Rider John Kelly 44 F 6'7" 212 RS Junior Shelton, CT Walk-on; transferred to Assumption Dyondre Dominguez 45 F 6'9" 200 Junior Providence, RI Transferred to Arkansas State
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Daniel Hankins-Sanford 1 F 6'8" 233 Sophomore Charlotte, NC South Carolina Josh Cohen 23 F 6'10" 220 RS Senior Lincroft, NJ Saint Francis (PA)
2023 recruiting class
Sawyer Mayhugh participated with the team in the summer 2023 program, but left the university in October.
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Tyler Mason joined the team in December, after reclassifying.
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| A-10 regular season
!colspan=12 style=| A-10 tournament
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