The 2023–24 Sam Houston Bearkats men's basketball team represented Sam Houston State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearkats, led by first-year head coach Chris Mudge, played their home games at the Bernard Johnson Coliseum in Huntsville, Texas as first-year members of the Conference USA.

Previous season The Bearkats finished the 2022–23 season 26–8, 14–4 in WAC play to finish in second place. They defeated California Baptist in the quarterfinals of the WAC tournament before losing to Grand Canyon in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated Santa Clara before losing to eventual champion North Texas in the second round.

On March 24, 2023, head coach Jason Hooten left the school to take the head coaching position at New Mexico State. On April 3, the school named assistant coach Chris Mudge the team's new head coach.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Ronald Mitchell Jr. 0 G 6'3" 180 Junior Philadelphia, PA Transferred to Langston Kaosi Ezeagu 1 F 6'10" 255 Junior Brampton, ON Transferred to New Mexico State Qua Grant 2 G 6'1" 190 Senior DeSoto, TX Graduated Jacoby Bishop 5 G 6'2" 195 Sophomore New Waverly, TX Walk-on; not on team roster Javion May 11 G 6'2" 190 Senior Chicago, IL Graduated Tristan Ikpe 12 F 6'6" 210 Senior Deer Park, TX Graduated Donte Powers 24 G 6'2" 170 Senior Starkville, MS Graduated Giovanni Emejuru 33 F/C 6'10" 270 RS Freshman Leicester, England Transferred to Siena

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Owen McGlashan 0 F/G 6'7" 210 GS Senior Marlton, NJ Saint Anselm Davon Barnes 2 F 6'5" 215 Junior Memphis, TN Texas Southern Marcus Boykin 5 G 6'1" 185 Junior Clinton, NC Barton College Kingsley Ijeoma 14 F 6'8" 200 Sophomore Houston, TX Kilgore College Lewis Rowe 21 F/C 6'10" Junior Adelaide, Australia New Mexico JC Souleymane Doumbia 31 C 6'11" 235 Senior Abidjan, Ivory Coast TCU

2023 recruiting class

2024 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Conference USA tournament

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