The 2023–24 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first-year head coach Charlie Henry, played their home games at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 9–24, 8–10 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 9 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated South Alabama in the second round, before losing to Appalachian State in the quarterfinals.
Previous season The Eagles finished the 2022–23 season 17–16, 9–9 in Sun Belt play to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the #7 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Louisiana–Monroe in the second round, before losing to Louisiana in the quarterfinals.
On March 9, 2023, the school fired head coach Brian Burg. On March 29, the school named Alabama assistant coach Charlie Henry the team's new head coach.
Offseason Recruiting classes 2023 recruiting class
Preseason Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Eagles were picked to finish in thirteenth place in the conference's preseason poll.
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
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt tournament
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