The 2023–24 North Texas Mean Green men's basketball team represented the University of North Texas during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Ross Hodge, and played their home games at UNT Coliseum in Denton, Texas as first year members of the American Athletic Conference.
Previous season The Mean Green finished the 2022–23 season 31–7, 16–4 in C-USA play to finish in second place. They defeated Louisiana Tech in the quarterfinals of the C-USA tournament before losing to UAB. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament as a No. 2 seed. They defeated Alcorn State, Sam Houston, Oklahoma State, and Wisconsin to advance to the championship game. There they defeated C-USA foe UAB to win the NIT championship.
On March 31, 2023, head coach Grant McCasland left the school to take the head coaching position at Texas Tech. On April 2, the school named associate head coach Ross Hodge the team's new head coach.
The season marked the team's last season as members of Conference USA before joining the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2023.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Rasheed Browne 0 G 6'2" 182 RS Senior Philadelphia, PA Graduated Bryce Zephir 2 G 6'2" 200 Junior Carson, CA Transferred to Salt Lake CC Tyree Eady 4 G 6'5" 215 RS Senior Middleton, Wi Graduated Tylor Perry 5 G 5'11" 182 Senior Fort Coffee, OK Graduate transferred to Kansas State Kai Huntsberry 10 G 6'3" 215 Senior New Orleans, LA Left the team for personal reasons Arsh Mattu 13 G 6'3" 192 RS Sophomore Lewisville, TX Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Jayden Martinez 25 F 6'7" 215 GS Senior Cibolo, TX Graduated Abou Ousmane 33 F 6'10" 230 Junior Brooklyn, NY Transferred to Xavier
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School John Buggs 0 G 6'3" 185 RS Junior Homer, LA UTSA Jason Edwards 2 G 6'0" RS Sophomore Atlanta, GA Dodge City CC Rondel Walker 5 G 6'5" 185 Junior Midwest City, OK TCU Robert Allen 10 F 6'8" 230 GS Senior Orlando, FL Ole Miss Terrance Dixon 13 F 6'8" 200 Sophomore Phoenix, AZ Kilgore College C. J. Noland 22 G 6'2" 229 Junior Waxahachie, TX Oklahoma
2023 recruiting class
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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Source
See also 2023–24 North Texas Mean Green women's basketball team
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