2023-24_Florida_Atlantic_Owls_men's_basketball_team

2023–24 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball
2023–24 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball
ESPN Events Invitational champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
Conference	American Athletic Conference
Record	25–9 (14–4 AAC)
Head coach	Dusty May (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Kyle Church; Todd Abernethy; Drew Williamson;
Home arena	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2023–24 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team represented Florida Atlantic University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by sixth-year head coach Dusty May, played their home games at Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena in Boca Raton, Florida as first-year members of the American Athletic Conference, their first season in the American. They finished the season 25–9, 14–4 in AAC play to finish in second place. They beat North Texas in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament before losing to Temple in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the East region. There they lost to Northwestern, ending their season.

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On March 24, 2024, head coach Dusty May left the school to take the head coaching position at Michigan.^[1] On March 27, the school named Baylor assistant John Jakus the team's new head coach.^[2]

The season marked the team's first year as members of the American Athletic Conference after announcing FAU would join the conference in June 2022.^[3]

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 8, 2023* 7:00 p.m., Barstool.tv	No. 10	vs. Loyola Chicago Barstool Sports Invitational	W 75–62	1–0	19 – Goldin	10 – Goldin	5 – Greenlee	Wintrust Arena (2,169) Chicago, IL
November 14, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 10	Eastern Michigan	W 100–57	2–0	19 – Goldin	5 – Tied	7 – Boyd	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
November 18, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 10	Bryant	L 52–61	2–1	17 – Davis	12 – Davis	2 – Greenlee	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
November 23, 2023* 2:30 p.m., ESPN2	No. 19	vs. Butler ESPN Events Invitational quarterfinals	W 91–86	3–1	19 – Goldin	11 – Goldin	3 – Tied	State Farm Field House (3,061) Bay Lake, FL
November 24, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2	No. 19	vs. No. 12 Texas A&M ESPN Events Invitational semifinals	W 96–89	4–1	26 – Davis	7 – Martin	5 – Tied	State Farm Field House Bay Lake, FL
November 26, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 19	vs. Virginia Tech ESPN Events Invitational championship game	W 84–50	5–1	17 – Martin	8 – Martin	6 – Gaffney	State Farm Field House (2,528) Bay Lake, FL
November 30, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 13	Liberty Field of 68 Tip-Off	W 83–58	6–1	20 – Martin	9 – Rosado	3 – Greenlee	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
December 2, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 13	Charleston Field of 68 Tip-Off	W 90–74	7–1	24 – Davis	12 – Goldin	4 – Gaffney	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
December 5, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN	No. 11	vs. No. 20 Illinois Jimmy V Classic	L 89–98	7–2	23 – Goldin	9 – Davis	7 – Gaffney	Madison Square Garden (17,873) New York, NY
December 13, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 15	FIU	W 94–60	8–2	16 – Davis	9 – Goldin	6 – Gaffney	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
December 16, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPNU	No. 15	vs. St. Bonaventure Basketball Hall of Fame Classic	W 64–54	9–2	16 – Davis	9 – Davis	4 – Davis	MassMutual Center (2,745) Springfield, MA
December 23, 2023* 3:00 p.m., FOX	No. 14	vs. No. 4 Arizona Desert Holiday Classic	W 96–95 ^2OT	10–2	35 – Davis	9 – Davis	4 – Gaffney	T-Mobile Arena (7,207) Paradise, NV
December 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 7	at Florida Gulf Coast	L 68–72	10–3	21 – Goldin	10 – Martin	2 – Tied	Alico Arena (4,633) Fort Myers, FL
AAC regular season
January 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 17	East Carolina	W 79–64	11–3 (1–0)	20 – Tied	11 – Goldin	4 – Tied	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
January 6, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 17	at Charlotte	L 68–70	11–4 (1–1)	20 – Davis	6 – Goldin	2 – Tied	Dale F. Halton Arena (3,785) Charlotte, NC
January 11, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 24	at Tulane	W 85–84	12–4 (2–1)	21 – Boyd	11 – Goldin	8 – Davis	Devlin Fieldhouse (2,048) New Orleans, LA
January 14, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 24	UAB	W 86–73	13–4 (3–1)	30 – Davis	8 – Tied	5 – Greenlee	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
January 18, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 23	Wichita State	W 86–77	14–4 (4–1)	22 – Martin	9 – Martin	6 – Davis	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
January 21, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 23	at UTSA	W 112–103 ^OT	15–4 (5–1)	34 – Davis	7 – Davis	6 – Boyd	Convocation Center (1,929) San Antonio, TX
January 24, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 22	at Rice	W 69–56	16–4 (6–1)	18 – Boyd	9 – Davis	6 – Greenlee	Tudor Fieldhouse (1,896) Houston, TX
January 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 22	North Texas	W 66–63	17–4 (7–1)	28 – Davis	8 – Tied	3 – Tied	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
February 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	No. 20	Tulsa	W 102–70	18–4 (8–1)	24 – Davis	9 – Martin	4 – Boyd	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
February 8, 2024 9:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 20	at UAB	L 73–76 ^OT	18–5 (8–2)	17 – Davis	11 – Davis	5 – Davis	Bartow Arena (5,309) Birmingham, AL
February 11, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 20	at Wichita State	W 95–82 ^OT	19–5 (9–2)	20 – Goldin	9 – Goldin	5 – Goldin	Charles Koch Arena (6,513) Wichita, KS
February 15, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2	No. 24	Temple	W 80–68	20–5 (10–2)	17 – Davis	7 – Tied	6 – Davis	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
February 18, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN	No. 24	at South Florida	L 86–90	20–6 (10–3)	23 – Goldin	6 – Davis	5 – Davis	Yuengling Center (10,659) Tampa, FL
February 22, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		SMU	W 80–70	21–6 (11–3)	21 – Goldin	8 – Gaffney	5 – Davis	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
February 25, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN		at Memphis	L 74–78	21–7 (11–4)	22 – Goldin	9 – Martin	6 – Weatherspoon	FedExForum (13,510) Memphis, TN
March 2, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPNU		Tulane	W 79–73	22–7 (12–4)	21 – Goldin	12 – Goldin	5 – Davis	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
March 6, 2024 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at North Texas	W 80–76	23–7 (13–4)	29 – Davis	8 – Martin	4 – Davis	UNT Coliseum (4,551) Denton, TX
March 9, 2024 12:00 p.m., CBS		Memphis	W 92–84	24–7 (14–4)	21 – Tied	12 – Goldin	5 – Davis	Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,161) Boca Raton, FL
AAC tournament
March 15, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPNU	(2)	vs. (7) North Texas Quarterfinals	W 77–71	25–7	21 – Goldin	10 – Goldin	2 – Tied	Dickies Arena Fort Worth, TX
March 15, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPNU	(2)	vs. (11) Temple Semifinals	L 73–74	25–8	23 –	7 – Tied	2 – Tied	Dickies Arena (5,545) Fort Worth, TX
NCAA Tournament
March 22, 2024* 12:15 p.m., CBS	(8 E)	vs. (9 E) Northwestern First Round	L 65–77 ^OT	25–9	19 – Goldin	9 – Goldin	3 – Greenlee	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Devin Vanterpool SG	Middle Village, NY	Christ the King High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Mar 12, 2023
Devin Vanterpool SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports:
Jakel Powell SG	Raleigh, NC	Word of God Christian Academy	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jun 8, 2023
Jakel Powell SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports:
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved July 1, 2023.

2023-24_Florida_Atlantic_Owls_men's_basketball_team

2023–24 Florida Atlantic Owls men's basketball team

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

References

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
South Florida	16	–	2	.889	25	–	8	.758
Florida Atlantic	14	–	4	.778	25	–	9	.735
Charlotte	13	–	5	.722	19	–	12	.613
UAB †	12	–	6	.667	23	–	12	.657
Memphis	11	–	7	.611	22	–	10	.688
SMU	11	–	7	.611	20	–	13	.606
North Texas	10	–	8	.556	19	–	15	.559
East Carolina	7	–	11	.389	15	–	18	.455
Tulsa	7	–	11	.389	16	–	15	.516
Tulane	5	–	13	.278	14	–	17	.452
Temple	5	–	13	.278	16	–	20	.444
Wichita State	5	–	13	.278	15	–	19	.441
Rice	5	–	13	.278	11	–	21	.344
UTSA	5	–	13	.278	11	–	21	.344

† 2024 AAC tournament winner

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	Final
AP	10	10	19	13	11	15	14	7	17	24	23	22	20	20	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	—
Coaches	9	10	20	17	9	14	12	6	17	25	RV	24	23	22	RV	RV	—	—	RV	—	—