The 2023–24 Vanderbilt Commodores men's basketball team represented Vanderbilt University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Jerry Stackhouse, and played their home games at Memorial Gymnasium in Nashville, Tennessee as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 9–23, 4–14 in SEC play, to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round of the SEC tournament to Arkansas.
On March 14, 2024, the school fired head Jerry Stackhouse after five seasons. On March 25, the school named James Madison head coach Mark Byington the team's new head coach.
Previous season The Commodores finished the 2022–23 season 22–15, 11–7 in SEC play, to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They defeated LSU and Kentucky to advance to the semifinals of the SEC tournament where they were defeated by Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Yale and Michigan to advance to the quarterfinals before losing to UAB.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Noah Shelby 2 G 6'3" 180 Freshman McKinney, TX Transferred to Rice Jordan Wright 4 G/F 6'6" 220 Senior Baton Rouge, LA Graduated; transferred to LSU Myles Stute 10 F 6'7" 215 Junior Washington, D.C. Transferred to South Carolina Adrian Samuels 11 G 6'5" 170 Freshman Nashville, TN Walk-on; transferred to American Trey Thomas 12 G 6'0" 160 Junior Durham, ON Transferred to Bowling Green Emmanuel Ansong 20 G 6'4" 195 Senior Bordentown, NJ Graduated Liam Robbins 21 C 7'0" 250 GS Senior Davenport, IA Graduated Malik Dia 23 F 6'9" 240 Freshman Murfreesboro, TN Transferred to Belmont Quentin Millora-Brown 42 F 6'10" 245 RS Senior Lorton, VA Graduated; transferred to The Citadel
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Ven-Allen Lubin 2 F 6'8" 226 Sophomore Orlando, FL Notre Dame Jordan Williams 10 G 6'3" 215 Sophomore Houston, TX Texas A&M Evan Taylor 12 G 6'6" 205 GS Senior Glen Ellyn, IL Lehigh Tasos Kamateros 21 F 6'8" 240 Senior Athens, Greece South Dakota
Recruiting classes 2023 recruiting class
2024 recruiting class
Preseason polls SEC Basketball Media poll 1 Tennessee 2 Texas A&M 3 Arkansas 4 Kentucky 5 Alabama 6 Auburn 7 Mississippi State 8 Florida 9 Missouri 10 Mississippi 11 Vanderbilt 12 Georgia 13 Louisiana State 14 South Carolina
Roster
Schedule and results
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Source
See also 2023–24 Vanderbilt Commodores women's basketball team
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