# 2023–24 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team

The 2023–24 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chanticleers played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They were led by 17th-year head coach Cliff Ellis for the first eight games of the season before he retired on December 8, 2023, with longtime associate head coach Benny Moss taking over for the rest of the season. They finished the season 9–22, 5–13 in Sun Belt play, to finish in thirteenth place. As the No. 13 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Louisiana–Monroe in the first round, before losing to Louisiana in the second round.
On March 11, 2024, the school named Western Carolina coach Justin Gray the team's new head coach.

## Previous season

The Chanticleers finished the 2022–23 season 11–20, 5–13 in Sun Belt play, to finish in twelfth place. They lost to Arkansas State in the first round of the Sun Belt Conference tournament.

## Preseason
### Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll

The Chanticleers were picked to finish in 12th place in the conference's preseason poll.
Coaches poll :
| Predicted finish | Team (1st-place votes) |
| 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 |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Piedmont | W 88–86 | 1–0 | 20 – Easley | 13 – Ojiako | 5 – Abraham | HTC Center (1,562) Conway, SC |
| November 16, 2023* 4:30 p.m., ESPNU | | Wichita State Myrtle Beach Invitational 1st round | L 77–86 | 1–1 | 16 – Easley | 9 – Meyer | 4 – Easley | HTC Center (1,417) Conway, SC |
| November 17, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Furman Myrtle Beach Invitational consolation 2nd round | L 80–89 | 1–2 | 23 – Blackmon | 9 – Ojiako | 5 – Easley | HTC Center (1,266) Conway, SC |
| November 19, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Charleston Myrtle Beach Invitational 7th-place game | L 72–80 | 1–3 | 16 – Easley | 9 – Ojiako | 4 – Sanders | HTC Center (1,172) Conway, SC |
| November 26, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | North Carolina Central | L 58–70 | 1–4 | 14 – Sanders | 10 – Ojiako | 3 – 2 tied | HTC Center (1,039) Conway, SC |
| November 29, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | USC Upstate | W 72–70 $^{OT}$ | 2–4 | 16 – Easley | 13 – Ojiako | 4 – Sanders | HTC Center (1,244) Conway, SC |
| December 2, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Winthrop | L 87–90 | 2–5 | 20 – Blackmon | 10 – Ojiako | 5 – Sanders | HTC Center (1,305) Conway, SC |
| December 4, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | St. Andrews | W 110–46 | 3–5 | 20 – Ojiako | 12 – Ojiako | 6 – 2 tied | HTC Center (1,114) Conway, SC |
| December 9, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Wofford | L 80–88 | 3–6 | 17 – Sanders | 10 – Ojiako | 5 – Meyer | HTC Center (1,239) Conway, SC |
| December 18, 2023* 6:00 p.m., FloHoops | | at Charleston | L 81–84 | 3–7 | 17 – Sanders | 13 – Ojiako | 6 – Sanders | TD Arena (4,993) Charleston, SC |
| December 21, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | North Carolina A&T | L 82–85 | 3–8 | 19 – Ojiako | 12 – Ojiako | 5 – 2 tied | HTC Center (1,033) Conway, SC |
| Sun Belt regular season |||||||||
| December 30, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Troy | L 65–72 | 3–9 (0–1) | 15 – Blackmon | 9 – Ojiako | 3 – Sanders | HTC Center (1,424) Conway, SC |
| January 4, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Texas State | W 71–63 | 4–9 (1–1) | 15 – Freeman | 13 – Whitehead | 3 – 2 tied | Strahan Arena (1,086) San Marcos, TX |
| January 6, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Louisiana | L 77–85 | 4–10 (1–2) | 17 – Blackmon | 12 – Ojiako | 5 – Sanders | Cajundome (2,383) Lafayette, LA |
| January 11, 2024 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Appalachian State | L 45–70 | 4–11 (1–3) | 13 – Meyer | 8 – Whitehead | 3 – Sanders | HTC Center (1,838) Conway, SC |
| January 13, 2024 3:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Old Dominion | W 79–75 | 5–11 (2–3) | 15 – 2 tied | 11 – Ojiako | 4 – Sanders | HTC Center (1,478) Conway, SC |
| January 18, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Georgia Southern | L 70–73 | 5–12 (2–4) | 20 – Ojiako | 9 – Ojiako | 4 – Sanders | Hanner Fieldhouse (1,821) Statesboro, GA |
| January 20, 2024 4:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Appalachian State | L 59–88 | 5–13 (2–5) | 18 – Ojiako | 16 – Ojiako | 3 – Easley Jr. | Holmes Center (3,174) Boone, NC |
| January 24, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Southern Miss | L 63–79 | 5–14 (2–6) | 18 – Easley Jr. | 9 – Ojiako | 3 – Easley Jr. | HTC Center (1,489) Conway, SC |
| January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Georgia State | W 85–83 $^{OT}$ | 6–14 (3–6) | 28 – Easley Jr. | 15 – Ojiako | 3 – Sanders | HTC Center (1,389) Conway, SC |
| February 1, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at James Madison | L 67–105 | 6–15 (3–7) | 20 – Meyer | 6 – Ojiako | 3 – 2 tied | Atlantic Union Bank Center (4,490) Harrisonburg, VA |
| February 3, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Marshall | L 74–91 | 6–16 (3–8) | 22 – Meyer | 13 – Ojiako | 3 – Sanders | Cam Henderson Center (5,711) Huntington, WV |
| February 7, 2024 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Louisiana–Monroe | L 75–79 | 6–17 (3–9) | 18 – Meyer | 13 – Ojiako | 6 – Meyer | Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,392) Monroe, LA |
| February 15, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Georgia Southern | W 82–75 | 7–17 (4–9) | 31 – Blackmon | 10 – MacVicar | 2 – 3 tied | HTC Center (1,428) Conway, SC |
| February 17, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Marshall | W 74–67 | 8–17 (5–9) | 21 – Meyer | 12 – Ojiako | 4 – 2 tied | HTC Center (1,982) Conway, SC |
| February 21, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Georgia State | L 71–72 | 8–18 (5–10) | 23 – Meyer | 14 – Ojiako | 3 – 2 tied | GSU Convocation Center (1,697) Atlanta, GA |
| February 24, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Old Dominion | L 59–75 | 8–19 (5–11) | 17 – Ojiako | 13 – Ojiako | 3 – 2 tied | Chartway Arena (6,420) Norfolk, VA |
| February 28, 2024 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Arkansas State | L 60–71 | 8–20 (5–12) | 17 – Meyer | 15 – Ojiako | 3 – 2 tied | HTC Center (1,144) Conway, SC |
| March 1, 2024 7:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | James Madison | L 76–86 | 8–21 (5–13) | 19 – Ojiako | 8 – Ojiako | 3 – 2 tied | HTC Center (1,513) Conway, SC |
| Sun Belt tournament |||||||||
| March 5, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (13) | vs. (12) Louisiana–Monroe First round | W 75–71 | 9–21 | 32 – Meyer | 7 – 2 tied | 5 – Meyer | Pensacola Bay Center (651) Pensacola, FL |
| March 7, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (13) | vs. (5) Louisiana Second round | L 66–80 | 9–22 | 22 – Meyer | 11 – Easley Jr. | 3 – Easley Jr. | Pensacola Bay Center (882) Pensacola, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||||||
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