The 2023–24 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team, led by first-year head coach Aaron Fearne, played their home games at Dale F. Halton Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina, in their first season as members in the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season The 49ers finished the 2022–23 season with a record of 22–14, 9–11 in C-USA play to finish in fifth place. As the #5 seed in the C-USA Tournament, they would be defeated by #4 seed Middle Tennessee in the quarterfinals. They were invited to play in the CBI, where they defeated Western Carolina in the first round, Milwaukee in the quarterfinals, Radford in the semifinals, and 8th seed Eastern Kentucky to win their first-ever postseason tournament championship. This season marked the team's last season as members of Conference USA, before joining the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2023.

On June 6, 2023, head coach Ron Sanchez announced that he would be returning to Virginia as the associate head coach, the role he held prior to his hiring at Charlotte, ending his five year tenure. The following day, associate head coach Aaron Fearne was named interim head coach, with his appointment for the entire 2023–24 season becoming official a week later.

Offseason Departures NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure Montre Gipson 1 G 5'11" 200 GS Senior DeSoto, TX Graduated Brice Williams 3 G 6'7" 215 RS Junior Huntersville, NC Transferred to Nebraska Regin Larson 14 G 6'6" 185 Senior Charlotte, NC Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Aly Khalifa 15 F/C 6'11" 230 RS Sophomore Alexandria, Egypt Transferred to BYU Musa Jallow 21 G 6'5" 210 GS Senior Bloomington, IN Graduated Josh Aldrich 22 G/F 6'8" 224 Senior Wilmington, NC Graduated

Incoming transfers NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious school Dishon Jackson 1 C 6'10" 250 RS Sophomore Oakland, CA Washington State Dean Reiber 21 F 6'10" 225 RS Junior Greensboro, NC Rutgers Iaroslav Niagu 99 F 7'0" 215 Sophomore Krasnodar, Russia USC

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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Source

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

See also 2023–24 Charlotte 49ers women's basketball team

References