2023–24 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team

2023–24 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball
2023–24 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball
Conference	Sun Belt Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 Sun Belt)
Head coach	Bob Marlin (14th season);
Assistant coaches	Derrick Zimmerman; Donovan Kates; Casey Perrin;
Home arena	Cajundome

The 2023–24 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team will represent the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns, will be led by 14th-year head coach Bob Marlin, and will play their home games at the Cajundome as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

2023–24 Sun Belt Conference men's basketball standings
	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Appalachian State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Arkansas State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Coastal Carolina	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Georgia Southern	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Georgia State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
James Madison	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Louisiana	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Louisiana–Monroe	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Marshall	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Old Dominion	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
South Alabama	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Southern Miss	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Texas State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Troy	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2024 Sun Belt tournament winner

Previous season

The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2021–22 season 26–8, 13–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Georgia Southern, Texas State, and South Alabama to win the tournament championship.[1] As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 13 seed in the East region.[2] Then they lost to Tennessee in the first round.[3]

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll

The Ragin' Cajuns were picked to finish in fifth place in the conference's preseason poll.[4] Redshirt junior Themus Fulks was named to the preseason All-SBC First Team.[4]

Predicted finish	Team (1st place Votes)
Coaches poll
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

References

"Sun Belt Men's Championship: Louisiana-Lafayette come up clutch late to take down South Alabama". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
"Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, a 13-seed in NCAA Tournament, will face Tennessee in March Madness". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
"Louisiana 55-58 Tennessee (Mar 16, 2023) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
"James Madison Tops Sun Belt Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". sunbeltsports.org. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

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[1] "Sun Belt Men's Championship: Louisiana-Lafayette come up clutch late to take down South Alabama". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[2] "Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns, a 13-seed in NCAA Tournament, will face Tennessee in March Madness". The Daily Advertiser. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[3] "Louisiana 55-58 Tennessee (Mar 16, 2023) Game Recap". ESPN. Retrieved 20 October 2023.

[:0-4] "James Madison Tops Sun Belt Men's Basketball Preseason Poll". sunbeltsports.org. 2023-10-16. Retrieved 2023-10-24.

Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball
Venues	Earl K. Long Gymnasium (1939–1950) Blackham Coliseum (1950–1985) Cajundome (1985–present)
Culture & lore	Cayenne "Ragin' Cajuns Fight Song" NCAA sanctions
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24