2023–24 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team
The 2023–24 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball team will represent Fairleigh Dickinson University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Knights, will be led by first-year head coach Jack Castleberry, and play their home games at the Rothman Center in Hackensack, New Jersey as members of the Northeast Conference.
| 2023–24 Fairleigh Dickinson Knights men's basketball | |
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| Conference | Northeast Conference |
| Record | 0-0 (0-0 NEC) |
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| Home arena | Rothman Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Central Connecticut | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fairleigh Dickinson | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Le Moyne* | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| LIU | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Merrimack | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sacred Heart | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Saint Francis (PA) | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stonehill | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wagner | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | 0 | – | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| * ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 NEC tournament winner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
On March 21, 2023, head coach Tobin Anderson left the school to become the head coach at Iona.[1] The same day, the school promoted assistant coach Jack Castleberry to head coach.[2]
Previous season
The Knights finished the 2022–23 season 17–14, 10–6 in NEC play to finish in a tie for second place. As the number two seed in the NEC tournament, they defeated St. Francis Brooklyn and Saint Francis (PA) to advance to the championship game where they lost to Merrimack. However, because Merrimack was in a transition period from Division II to Division I and ineligible for the NCAA Tournament, the Knights received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament as the No. 16 seed in the East region. In the First Four, they defeated Texas Southern to advance to the First Round. There they became only the second No. 16 seed ever to upset a No. 1 seed by defeating Purdue.[3] The Knights would then go on to lose in the Second Round to Florida Atlantic.
References
- Singelais, Mark (2023-03-21). "Former Siena assistant Tobin Anderson hired as Iona men's basketball coach". Times Union. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- Jackson, Wilton (2023-03-21). "NCAA Tournament Darling Acts Quickly to Replace Coach Poached After Historic Upset". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
- Boone, Kyle (2023-03-18). "Fairleigh Dickinson upsets Purdue as second 16-seed to defeat 1-seed in men's NCAA Tournament history". CBSSports.com. Retrieved 19 October 2023.