The 2023–24 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by fifth-year head coach Dustin Kerns, played their home games at the Holmes Center in Boone, North Carolina as members in the Sun Belt Conference.

The Mountaineers finished the season 27–7, 16–2 in Sun Belt play, to finish as the conference's regular-season champions. In the Sun Belt tournament, the Mountaineers defeated Georgia Southern in the semifinals but lost to Arkansas State in the quarterfinals. They lost to Wake Forest in the first round of the National Invitation Tournament.

Previous season The Mountaineers finished the 2022–23 season 16–16, 9–9 in Sun Belt play, to finish in a tie for seventh place. They lost to South Alabama in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Carvell Teasett 12 G 6' 1" 180 Sophomore Baton Rouge, LA Transferred to Angelo State Michael Eads Jr. 10 G 6' 4" 200 Sophomore Orlando, FL Entered Transfer Portal Zocko Littelton 4 G 6' 3" 175 Freshman Marietta, GA Transferred to Chipola College Quinn Hafner 24 G 6' 3" 170 Freshman (walk-on) Centerville, OH Unknown Tamell Pearson 3 F 6' 10" 223 Senior Chicago, IL Graduated Tyree Boykin 30 G 6' 1" 190 GS Senior Clarksville, TN Graduated Dibaji Walker 35 F 6' 9" 200 GS Senior Columbus, OH Graduated

Incoming transfers 2023 recruiting class

2024 recruiting class Preseason Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Mountaineers were picked to finish in second place in the conference's preseason poll. Graduate forward Donovan Gregory was named to the preseason All-SBC First Team. Senior forward C. J. Huntley was named to the conference preseason third team.

Coaches poll 1 James Madison – 176 (7) 2 App State – 159 (2) 3 Old Dominion – 154 (1) 4 Southern Miss – 148 5 Louisiana – 136 (2) 6 South Alabama – 129 (2) 7 Marshall – 119 8 Troy – 91 9 Arkansas State – 84 10 Texas State – 72 11 Georgia State – 69 12 Coastal Carolina – 59 13 Georgia Southern – 42 14 ULM – 32

Roster

Schedule and results

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