# 2023–24 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team

The 2023–24 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team represented Lafayette College during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leopards, led by first-year head coach Mike McGarvey, played their home games at the Kirby Sports Center located in Easton, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League.

## Previous season

The Leopards finished the 2022–23 season 11–23, 7–11 in Patriot League play to finish in a four-way tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Patriot League tournament, they defeated Lehigh and American to advance to the tournament championship for the first time since 2015, where they would lose to Colgate.
On February 21, 2023, two games before the end of the season, head coach Mike Jordan was placed on administrative leave following a complaint, with associate head coach Mike McGarvey being appointed as the acting head coach. On March 29, the school announced that McGarvey would take over as the team's permanent head coach.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Saint Joseph's | L 60–81 | 0–1 | Hagan Arena (1,793) Philadelphia, PA |
| November 10, 2023* 11:00 pm, P12N | | at UCLA | L 50–68 | 0–2 | Pauley Pavilion (6,259) Los Angeles, CA |
| November 12, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Pepperdine | L 53–76 | 0–3 | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA |
| November 19, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Wilkes | W 69–53 | 1–3 | Kirby Sports Center (1,119) Easton, PA |
| November 24, 2023* 4:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Penn Cathedral Classic | L 72–74 | 1–4 | The Palestra (1,883) Philadelphia, PA |
| November 25, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | vs. Monmouth Cathedral Classic | L 53–63 | 1–5 | The Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| November 26, 2023* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | vs. Belmont Cathedral Classic | L 69–79 | 1–6 | The Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| November 29, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Drexel | L 48–69 | 1–7 | Kirby Sports Center (1,017) Easton, PA |
| December 2, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Cornell | L 71–79 | 1–8 | Kirby Sports Center (1,068) Easton, PA |
| December 5, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Columbia | L 72–83 | 1–9 | Levien Gymnasium (567) New York, NY |
| December 9, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | La Salle | L 51–67 | 1–10 | Kirby Sports Center (1,009) Easton, PA |
| December 21, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Quinnipiac | L 60–78 | 1–11 | Kirby Sports Center (864) Easton, PA |
| December 30, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Richmond | L 38–59 | 1–12 | Robins Center (5,484) Richmond, VA |
| Patriot League regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Army | W 52–47 | 2–12 (1–0) | Kirby Sports Center (1,149) Easton, PA |
| January 6, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Boston University | W 59–51 | 3–12 (2–0) | Case Gym (553) Boston, MA |
| January 10, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Colgate | W 69–64 | 4–12 (3–0) | Cotterell Court (657) Hamilton, NY |
| January 13, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Navy | W 78–62 | 5–12 (4–0) | Kirby Sports Center (1,379) Easton, PA |
| January 17, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Holy Cross | W 72–68 | 6–12 (5–0) | Hart Center (692) Worcester, MA |
| January 20, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Bucknell | W 75–72 $^{OT}$ | 7–12 (6–0) | Kirby Sports Center (1,293) Easton, PA |
| January 24, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Loyola (MD) | W 70–44 | 8–12 (7–0) | Reitz Arena (472) Baltimore, MD |
| January 27, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Boston University | L 48–62 | 8–13 (7–1) | Kirby Sports Center (1,462) Easton, PA |
| January 31, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | American | L 66–69 | 8–14 (7–2) | Kirby Sports Center (1,289) Easton, PA |
| February 3, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Army | W 64–56 $^{OT}$ | 9–14 (8–2) | Christl Arena (913) West Point, NY |
| February 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Holy Cross | W 75–59 | 10–14 (9–2) | Kirby Sports Center (1,241) Easton, PA |
| February 10, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Lehigh | L 90–94 $^{OT}$ | 10–15 (9–3) | Stabler Arena (1,962) Bethlehem, PA |
| February 14, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Loyola (MD) | L 64–79 | 10–16 (9–4) | Kirby Sports Center (1,183) Easton, PA |
| February 17, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at American | W 68–62 | 11–16 (10–4) | Bender Arena (1,087) Washington, D.C. |
| February 19, 2024 6:00 pm, CBSSN | | Colgate | L 62–67 | 11–17 (10–5) | Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA |
| February 24, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Lehigh | L 63–71 | 11–18 (10–6) | Kirby Sports Center (2,231) Easton, PA |
| February 28, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Navy | L 58–62 | 11–19 (10–7) | Alumni Hall (730) Annapolis, MD |
| March 2, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Bucknell | L 50–60 | 11–20 (10–8) | Sojka Pavilion (1,328) Lewisburg, PA |
| Patriot League tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (3) | (6) Lehigh Quarterfinals | L 61–76 | 11–21 | Kirby Sports Center (1,776) Easton, PA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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