The 2023–24 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies were led by third-year head coach Rashon Burno. They played their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in MAC play to finish in 11th place. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament
Previous season
The Huskies finished the 2022–23 season 13–19 and 9–9 in the MAC to finish a tie for sixth place. As the seventh seed in the MAC tournament they lost to Kent State in the first round.
Offseason
Departures DeparturesNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReasonTaku Youngblood1G6'2"185FreshmanYokohama, JapanEntered Transfer PortalKaleb Thornton3G6'0"175JuniorBolingbrook, IllinoisTransferred to AkronDarweshi Hunter24G6'5"200FreshmanCincinnati, OhioTransferred to Miami (OH)Drew Wiemers25F6'4"200SeniorCoal Valley, IllinoisArmandas Plintauskas41G6'4"185FreshmanKėdainiai, LithuaniaTransferred to MerrimackAnthony Crump50G6'8"215SeniorInkster, MichiganTransferred to Western Michigan
Incoming transfers Incoming transfersNameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious SchoolPhilmon Gebrewhit5G6'8"185SeniorBoston, MassachusettsTransferred from DePaulEthan Butler15G6'7"205SophomoreToronto, OntarioTransferred from OregonQuaran McPherson24G6'4"197SophomoreQueens, NYTransferred from Nebraska
Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=|Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=|Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| MAC regular season
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