The 2023–24 Syracuse Orange men's basketball team represented Syracuse University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Orange were led by first-year head coach Adrian Autry and played their home games at JMA Wireless Dome in Syracuse, New York as eleventh-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. The Syracuse Orange men's basketball team drew an average home attendance of 20,288 in 2023-24, the 2nd highest in college basketball.
The Orange won their first three games of the season before participating in the Maui Invitational. They lost the first two games of the tournament against seventh-ranked Tennessee and eleventh-ranked Gonzaga. They finished the tournament with a win against Chaminade. They followed that with an ACC–SEC Challenge win against LSU before losing their ACC opener to Virginia. The Orange won their final four non-conference games to finish with a non-conference record of 9–2. Syracuse won four of its next six ACC games, including two wins against Pittsburgh and the only losses coming against fourteenth-ranked Duke and seventh-ranked North Carolina. The Orange weren't able to carry that momentum forward, as they lost four of their next six games. They rebounded to end their season, winning five of their last seven games, including an upset win over seventh-ranked North Carolina. They completed a season sweep of NC State but ended the season with a loss as they were beaten by Clemson for the second time in the season.
The Orange finished the 2023–24 season 20–12 and 11–9 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. Syracuse lost the tiebreaker and was the seventh seed in the ACC tournament. They faced tenth-seed NC State for the third time this season in the Second Round and NC State avenged both regular season losses by defeating the Orange 83–65. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament and they were eligible to participate in the NIT Tournament, but they opted not to participate.
Previous season The Orange finished the 2022–23 season 17–15, 10–10 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the eighth seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to Wake Forest in the second round. This was the second year in a row that Syracuse did not qualify for any post season tournament, a first in then coach Jim Boeheim's 47 year tenure.
Offseason Departures Departures John Bol Ajak 2 F 6'10" 216 Natinga, South Sudan Entered Transfer Portal Symir Torrence 10 G 6'3" 195 Senior Syracuse, NY Graduate transferred to Binghamton Joseph Girard III 11 G 6'1" 190 Senior Glens Falls, NY Graduate transferred to Clemson Jesse Edwards 14 C 6'11" 230 Senior Amsterdam, Netherlands Graduate transferred to West Virginia Shane Feldman 25 G 6'2" 165 Agoura Hills, CA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Arthur Cordes 33 G 6'3" 180 Junior Wallingford, CT Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Kyle Cuffe Jr. 0 G 6'2" 180 New York, NY Kansas JJ Starling 2 G 6'4" 200 Sophomore Baldwinsville, NY Notre Dame Naheem McLeod 10 C 7'4" 255 Junior Philadelphia, PA Florida State Chance Westry 11 G 6'6" 190 Sophomore Harrisburg, PA Auburn
Recruiting classes 2023 recruiting class
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results Source:
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Rankings
*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings
References