2023–24 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team

2023–24 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball
Missouri Valley champions
Ball Dawgs Classic champions
NIT, Runner-Up
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record32–7 (17–3 MVC)
Head coach
Associate head coachMatthew Graves
Assistant coaches
  • Justin Furr
  • Antone Gray
Home arenaHulman Center
2023–24 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Indiana State 17 3   .850 32 7   .821
Drake 16 4   .800 28 7   .800
Bradley 13 7   .650 23 12   .657
Northern Iowa 12 8   .600 19 14   .576
Belmont 12 8   .600 20 13   .606
Southern Illinois 11 9   .550 19 13   .594
Illinois State 9 11   .450 15 17   .469
Murray State 9 11   .450 12 20   .375
Missouri State 8 12   .400 17 16   .515
Evansville 6 14   .300 17 18   .486
UIC 4 16   .200 12 21   .364
Valparaiso 3 17   .150 7 25   .219
2024 MVC tournament winner

The 2023–24 Indiana State Sycamores men's basketball team represented Indiana State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Sycamores, led by third-year head coach Josh Schertz, played their home games at the Hulman Center in Terre Haute, Indiana as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC). The team finished the season 32–7, 17–3 in MVC play to win the regular-season championship. They defeated Missouri State and Northern Iowa before losing to Drake in the MVC tournament championship game. They received a bid to the National Invitation Tournament as a No. 1 seed. They defeated SMU, Minnesota, Cincinnati and Utah to advance to the NIT championship game. There they lost to Seton Hall.

On February 12, 2024, the Sycamores were ranked in the AP poll for the first time since the 1978–79 season. Consecutive losses to Illinois State and Southern Illinois right after they were ranked took them out of the poll after just one week.

On March 17, in a move that drew criticism, Indiana State was omitted from the NCAA tournament by the selection committee, instead receiving a bid to the National Invitation Tournament as a No. 1 seed. The Sycamores were the highest NET-ranked team (at 28 nationally) to miss the NCAA tournament.

On April 6, head coach Josh Schertz left the school to become the head coach at Saint Louis. On April 11, the school named associate head coach Matthew Graves the team's new head coach.