The 2023–24 Memphis Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Memphis in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers were led by sixth-year head coach Penny Hardaway. The team played their home games at FedExForum as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Memphis Tigers men's basketball team drew an average home attendance of 12,276 in 15 games in 2023–24.
In July 2025, a probe revealed a basketball player paid two softball players to complete homework assignments and provide test answers for him, resulting in the school having to vacate their three wins earned on February 3, 8, and 11, retroactively ending Memphis’s streak of 20-win seasons.
Previous season The Tigers finished the 2022–23 season 23–8, 13–5 in AAC play, to finish in second place. They defeated UCF and Tulane to advance to the championship game of the AAC tournament. There, they upset No. 1-ranked Houston to claim their first-ever AAC tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 8 seed in the East Region, where they were defeated by Florida Atlantic in the first round.
Offseason Departing players Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Elijah McCadden 0 G 6'5" 195 Senior Rocky Mount, NC Graduated Keonte Kennedy 1 G 6'5" 180 RS Senior Austin, TX Graduate transferred to California Alex Lomax 2 G 6'0" 190 GS Senior Memphis, TN Graduated Kendric Davis 3 G 6'0" 177 GS Senior Houston, TX Graduated Chandler Lawson 4 F 6'7" 215 Senior Memphis, TN Graduate transferred to Arkansas Kaodirichi Akobundu-Ehiogu 5 F 6'10" 210 RS Junior Lagos, Nigeria Declared for 2023 NBA draft Jahmar Young Jr. 10 F 6'10" 223 RS Senior Oak Cliff, TX Graduate transferred to Texas Southern Johnathan Lawson 11 G 6'6" 190 Sophomore Memphis, TN Transferred to Creighton DeAndre Williams 12 F 6'9" 205 GS Senior Houston, TX Graduated Ian Granja 14 F 6'7" 188 Freshman Barcelona, Spain Transferred to Coastal Carolina James DeJesus 20 G 6'0" 160 Junior Memphis, TN Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Conor Glennon 30 G 5'10" 177 Junior Chicago, IL Walk-on; transferred Tadarius Jacobs 31 G 6'1" 170 Sophomore Memphis, TN Walk-on; transferred Damaria Franklin 55 G 6'3" 200 RS Senior Chicago, IL Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jonathan Pierre 0 F 6'9" 192 Junior Hallandale, FL Nova Southeastern Jayhlon Young 1 G 6'2" 175 RS Junior Dallas, TX UCF Nick Jourdain 2 F 6'8" 205 Junior Clifton, NJ Temple Jordan Brown 3 F 6'11" 225 Senior Roseville, CA Louisiana David Jones 8 F 6'6" 210 Senior Santo Domingo, DR St. John's Caleb Mills 9 G 6'5" 180 RS Senior Arden, NC Florida State Jaykwon Walton 10 G 6'7" 206 RS Senior Columbus, GA Wichita State Jahvon Quinerly 11 G 6'1" 175 GS Senior Hackensack, NJ Alabama Noah Stansbury 15 G 6'0" 170 RS Junior Bowling Green, KY Walk-on; Western Kentucky
2023 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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