The 2023–24 Mississippi State Bulldogs men's basketball team represented Mississippi State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bulldogs were led by second-year head coach Chris Jans, and played their home games at Humphrey Coliseum in Mississippi State, Mississippi, just outside Starkville, as a member of the Southeastern Conference.
Previous season The Bulldogs finished the 2022–23 season 20–11, 8–10 in SEC play to tie for 9th place. They defeated Florida in the second round of the SEC tournament before losing to Alabama in the quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament as an 11th seed, where they lost in the First Four play-in round to Pittsburgh.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Jamel Horton 2 G 6'3" 190 GS Senior Queens, NY Graduated Kimani Hamilton 5 F 6'7" 210 Freshman Clinton, MS Transferred to High Point Eric Reed Jr. 11 G 6'2" 195 Senior Baton Rouge, LA Graduated Will McNair Jr. 13 F 6'11" 265 Junior Philadelphia, PA Transferred to Kansas State Tyler Stevenson 14 F 6'8" 215 Senior Columbus, MS Graduated Justin Rumph 15 G 6'5" 225 GS Senior Birmingham, AL Walk-on; graduated Tyler Brumfield 24 G 6'2" 180 Sophomore Los Angeles, CA Walk-on; transferred
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Lorenzo Fort III 11 G 6'4" 195 Junior Jackson, MS Howard College Jimmy Bell Jr. 15 F 6'10" 295 GS Senior Saginaw, MI West Virginia Jaquan Scott 22 F 6'8" 210 Junior Dallas, TX Salt Lake CC Andrew Taylor 23 G 6'3" 194 GS Senior Corbin, KY Marshall
2023 recruiting class
2024 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""|Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=""|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| SEC regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| SEC tournament
!colspan=12 style=""| NCAA tournament
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Rankings
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