# 2023–24 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team

The 2023–24 Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers men's basketball team represented Mount St. Mary's University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by sixth-year head coach Dan Engelstad, played their home games at Knott Arena in Emmitsburg, Maryland as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

## Previous season

The Mountaineers finished the 2022–23 season 13–20, 8–12 in MAAC play, to finish in a tie for ninth place. In the MAAC tournament, they defeated Canisius in the first round, before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions Iona in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 28, 2023* 4:00 p.m. | | Bucknell Behan Strong Exhibition Game | W 72–67 $^{2OT}$ | | Knott Arena (850) Emmitsburg, MD |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2023* 7:00 p.m., B1G+ | | at Maryland | L 53–68 | 0–1 | Xfinity Center (14,044) College Park, MD |
| November 11, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Coppin State | W 74–60 | 1–1 | Knott Arena (2,206) Emmitsburg, MD |
| November 18, 2023* 12:00 p.m., Fox 5 Plus | | at Georgetown Georgetown MTE | L 72–83 | 1–2 | Capital One Arena (4,648) Washington, D.C. |
| November 22, 2023* 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at American Georgetown MTE | L 65–68 | 1–3 | Bender Arena (584) Washington, D.C. |
| November 25, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Howard | L 83–87 $^{2OT}$ | 1–4 | Knott Arena (1,215) Emmitsburg, MD |
| December 1, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Manhattan | L 74–75 $^{OT}$ | 1–5 (0–1) | Draddy Gymnasium (1,097) Riverdale, NY |
| December 3, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Siena | W 80–48 | 2–5 (1–1) | Knott Arena (1,863) Emmitsburg, MD |
| December 5, 2023* 8:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at Ole Miss | L 68–77 | 2–6 | SJB Pavilion (6,950) Oxford, MS |
| December 9, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Loyola (MD) | W 77–64 | 3–6 | Reitz Arena (821) Baltimore, MD |
| December 15, 2023* 7:00 p.m. | | at Saint Francis (PA) | W 72–65 | 4–6 | DeGol Arena (502) Loretto, PA |
| December 20, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at Georgia | L 82–94 | 4–7 | Stegeman Coliseum (6,045) Athens, GA |
| December 23, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | LIU | W 87–59 | 5–7 | Knott Arena (1,782) Emmitsburg, MD |
| December 30, 2023* 12:00 p.m. | | at Delaware State | L 73–77 | 5–8 | Memorial Hall (550) Dover, DE |
| January 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Canisius | W 74–69 | 6–8 (2–1) | Knott Arena (1,307) Emmitsburg, MD |
| January 7, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Saint Peter's | L 64–70 | 6–9 (2–2) | Run Baby Run Arena (426) Jersey City, NJ |
| January 14, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Iona | L 70–87 | 6–10 (2–3) | Hynes Athletics Center (1,434) New Rochelle, NY |
| January 19, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Marist | W 65–48 | 7–10 (3–3) | Knott Arena (1,808) Emmitsburg, MD |
| January 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Niagara | L 71–82 | 7–11 (3–4) | Knott Arena (2,412) Emmitsburg, MD |
| January 25, 2024 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Quinnipiac | L 65–79 | 7–12 (3–5) | M&T Bank Arena (929) Hamden, CT |
| January 27, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Rider | L 62–66 | 7–13 (3–6) | Knott Arena (2,965) Emmitsburg, MD |
| February 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Marist | W 76–58 | 8–13 (4–6) | McCann Arena (1,360) Poughkeepsie, NY |
| February 4, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Siena | W 68–61 | 9–13 (5–6) | MVP Arena (5,730) Albany, NY |
| February 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Manhattan | W 82–78 | 10–13 (6–6) | Knott Arena (2,270) Emmitsburg, MD |
| February 10, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Quinnipiac | W 96–79 | 11–13 (7–6) | Knott Arena (2,166) Emmitsburg, MD |
| February 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Rider | L 57–61 | 11–14 (7–7) | Alumni Gymnasium (1,587) Lawrenceville, NJ |
| February 18, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Fairfield | L 80–94 | 11–15 (7–8) | Leo D. Mahoney Arena (2,327) Fairfield, CT |
| February 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Saint Peter's | L 65–70 | 11–16 (7–9) | Knott Arena (2,061) Emmitsburg, MD |
| February 25, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Iona | W 72–65 | 12–16 (8–9) | Knott Arena (1,387) Emmitsburg, MD |
| March 1, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Canisius | L 56–61 | 12–17 (8–10) | Koessler Athletic Center (914) Buffalo, NY |
| March 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Niagara | W 91–72 | 13–17 (9–10) | Gallagher Center (1,077) Lewiston, NY |
| March 9, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Fairfield | L 92–96 | 13–18 (9–11) | Knott Arena (2,790) Emmitsburg, MD |
| MAAC tournament ||||||
| March 12, 2024 5:15 p.m., ESPN+ | (8) | vs. (9) Canisius First round | L 61–77 | 13–19 | Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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