2023–24 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team
| 2023–24 Clemson Tigers men's basketball | |
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Asheville Championship champions | |
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 15 |
| AP | No. 14 |
| Record | 24–12 (11–9 ACC) |
| Head coach |
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| Associate head coach | Billy Donlon (2nd season) |
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| Home arena | Littlejohn Coliseum (Capacity: 9,000) |
| Conf. | Overall | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7 North Carolina | 17 | – | 3 | .850 | 29 | – | 8 | .784 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9 Duke | 15 | – | 5 | .750 | 27 | – | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 13 | – | 7 | .650 | 23 | – | 11 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 12 | – | 8 | .600 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 21 | – | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14 Clemson | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 24 | – | 12 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 11 | – | 9 | .550 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 10 | – | 10 | .500 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10 NC State † | 9 | – | 11 | .450 | 26 | – | 15 | .634 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 8 | – | 12 | .400 | 20 | – | 16 | .556 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notre Dame | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 13 | – | 20 | .394 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 7 | – | 13 | .350 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 6 | – | 14 | .300 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 3 | – | 17 | .150 | 8 | – | 24 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2024 ACC tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The 2023–24 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team represented Clemson University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers were led by 14th-year head coach Brad Brownell and played their home games at Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Tigers began the season with nine straight wins. This included a one-point win over UAB and a three-point win over Davidson to claim the Asheville Championship. They continued their strong start to the season, upsetting twenty-third ranked Alabama in the ACC–SEC Challenge. They opened the ACC season with a nine-point win at Pittsburgh. They debuted in the national rankings at twenty-fourth before their rivalry game with South Carolina. They won that game and their ensuing game against TCU for their ninth win of the season. After the win, they achieved their highest ranking during the season of thirteenth. Their first defeat was by two-points against Memphis on December 16, 2023. They won their final two non-conference games to finish their non-conference season 10–1. Their non-conference success did not carry into the start of their ACC season as they lost four of their first five games. A loss to Miami (FL) and eighth-ranked North Carolina dropped them to twenty-first in the rankings. Despite defeating Boston College and losing to Virginia Tech, the Tigers fell out of the rankings. A double-overtime loss to Georgia Tech capped the first five games. The Tigers won five of their next seven games, including only their second ever win at North Carolina. They lost by a point at twelfth-ranked Duke and also by a point to Virginia. They Tigers won four of their last six games including the completion of a season sweep against Pittsburgh and Florida State. They ended the season with a loss to Wake Forest. After the season, Ian Schieffelin was named ACC Most Improved Player, becoming the second Clemson player to win the award. PJ Hall was named to the All-ACC First Team.
The Tigers finished the season 24–12 and 11–9 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for fifth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament, were defeated by Boston College in the Second Round. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were placed as the sixth-seed in the West region. They defeated eleventh-seed New Mexico in the First Round, third-seed Baylor in the Second Round and second-seed Arizona in the Sweet Sixteen. This advanced Clemson to only their second Elite Eight in program history. In the Elite Eight the Tigers lost in a rematch of an early season game against Alabama 89–82 to end their season.