2023–24 Tarleton State Texans men's basketball team

2023–24 Tarleton State Texans men's basketball
SoCal Challenge Sand Division champions
CIT, semifinals
ConferenceWestern Athletic Conference
Record25–10 (16–4 WAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Joseph Jones (acting head coach as of November 14)
  • Luke Adams
  • Damon Archibald
Home arenaWisdom Gym
2023–24 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Grand Canyon 17 3   .850 30 5   .857
Tarleton * 16 4   .800 25 10   .714
UT Arlington 13 7   .650 20 14   .588
Seattle 11 9   .550 23 14   .622
Utah Valley 11 9   .550 16 16   .500
Stephen F. Austin 10 10   .500 18 15   .545
Abilene Christian 10 10   .500 16 18   .471
California Baptist 8 12   .400 16 17   .485
Utah Tech * 7 13   .350 11 20   .355
Southern Utah 5 15   .250 10 21   .323
UT Rio Grande Valley 2 18   .100 6 25   .194
2024 WAC tournament winner
* Ineligible for the NCAA tournament due to transition from Division II

The 2023–24 Tarleton State Texans men's basketball team represented Tarleton State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Billy Gillispie and played their games at the Wisdom Gym as members of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). They finished the season 25–10, 16–4 in WAC play, to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the WAC tournament, they lost to UT Arlington in the semifinals. They received an invitation to the CIT, where they defeated Texas Southern in the first round, and fellow WAC member Abilene Christian in the quarterfinals, before losing to Purdue Fort Wayne in the semifinals.

This season marked Tarleton State's final year of a four-year transition period from Division II to Division I. As a result, the Texans were not eligible to play in the NCAA tournament, but were eligible to play in the WAC tournament.

On November 14, just four games into the season, head coach Billy Gillispie took a medical leave of absence, leaving Joseph Jones as the acting head coach. Gillespie later signed a two-year contract extension on March 5, but announced he would remain in an advisory role for the remainder of the season in order to fully recover.