2023–24 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team
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Conference | Patriot League |
Record | 11–21 (10–8 Patriot) |
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Home arena | Kirby Sports Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate † | 16 | – | 2 | .889 | 25 | – | 10 | .714 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 11 | – | 21 | .344 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 14 | – | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 18 | .438 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 22 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 10 | – | 23 | .303 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 7 | – | 25 | .219 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2024 Patriot League tournament winner |
The 2023–24 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team represented Lafayette College during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leopards, led by first-year head coach Mike McGarvey, played their home games at the Kirby Sports Center located in Easton, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League.
Previous season
[edit]The Leopards finished the 2022–23 season 11–23, 7–11 in Patriot League play to finish in a four-way tie for sixth place.[1] As the No. 6 seed in the Patriot League tournament, they defeated Lehigh[2] and American to advance to the tournament championship for the first time since 2015,[3] where they would lose to Colgate.[4]
On February 21, 2023, two games before the end of the season, head coach Mike Jordan was placed on administrative leave following a complaint, with associate head coach Mike McGarvey being appointed as the acting head coach.[5] On March 29, the school announced that McGarvey would take over as the team's permanent head coach.[6]
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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November 6, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Saint Joseph's | L 60–81 | 0–1 | Hagan Arena (1,793) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
November 10, 2023* 11:00 pm, P12N | at UCLA | L 50–68 | 0–2 | Pauley Pavilion (6,259) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
November 12, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Pepperdine | L 53–76 | 0–3 | Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA | |||||||
November 19, 2023* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | Wilkes | W 69–53 | 1–3 | Kirby Sports Center (1,119) Easton, PA | |||||||
November 24, 2023* 4:30 pm, ESPN+ | at Penn Cathedral Classic | L 72–74 | 1–4 | The Palestra (1,883) Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
November 25, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | vs. Monmouth Cathedral Classic | L 53–63 | 1–5 | The Palestra Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
November 26, 2023* 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | vs. Belmont Cathedral Classic | L 69–79 | 1–6 | The Palestra Philadelphia, PA | |||||||
November 29, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Drexel | L 48–69 | 1–7 | Kirby Sports Center (1,017) Easton, PA | |||||||
December 2, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Cornell | L 71–79 | 1–8 | Kirby Sports Center (1,068) Easton, PA | |||||||
December 5, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Columbia | L 72–83 | 1–9 | Levien Gymnasium (567) New York, NY | |||||||
December 9, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | La Salle | L 51–67 | 1–10 | Kirby Sports Center (1,009) Easton, PA | |||||||
December 21, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Quinnipiac | L 60–78 | 1–11 | Kirby Sports Center (864) Easton, PA | |||||||
December 30, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Richmond | L 38–59 | 1–12 | Robins Center (5,484) Richmond, VA | |||||||
Patriot League regular season | |||||||||||
January 3, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Army | W 52–47 | 2–12 (1–0) | Kirby Sports Center (1,149) Easton, PA | |||||||
January 6, 2024 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Boston University | W 59–51 | 3–12 (2–0) | Case Gym (553) Boston, MA | |||||||
January 10, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Colgate | W 69–64 | 4–12 (3–0) | Cotterell Court (657) Hamilton, NY | |||||||
January 13, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Navy | W 78–62 | 5–12 (4–0) | Kirby Sports Center (1,379) Easton, PA | |||||||
January 17, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Holy Cross | W 72–68 | 6–12 (5–0) | Hart Center (692) Worcester, MA | |||||||
January 20, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Bucknell | W 75–72 OT | 7–12 (6–0) | Kirby Sports Center (1,293) Easton, PA | |||||||
January 24, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Loyola (MD) | W 70–44 | 8–12 (7–0) | Reitz Arena (472) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
January 27, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Boston University | L 48–62 | 8–13 (7–1) | Kirby Sports Center (1,462) Easton, PA | |||||||
January 31, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | American | L 66–69 | 8–14 (7–2) | Kirby Sports Center (1,289) Easton, PA | |||||||
February 3, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Army | W 64–56 OT | 9–14 (8–2) | Christl Arena (913) West Point, NY | |||||||
February 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Holy Cross | W 75–59 | 10–14 (9–2) | Kirby Sports Center (1,241) Easton, PA | |||||||
February 10, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Lehigh | L 90–94 OT | 10–15 (9–3) | Stabler Arena (1,962) Bethlehem, PA | |||||||
February 14, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Loyola (MD) | L 64–79 | 10–16 (9–4) | Kirby Sports Center (1,183) Easton, PA | |||||||
February 17, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | at American | W 68–62 | 11–16 (10–4) | Bender Arena (1,087) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
February 19, 2024 6:00 pm, CBSSN | Colgate | L 62–67 | 11–17 (10–5) | Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA | |||||||
February 24, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Lehigh | L 63–71 | 11–18 (10–6) | Kirby Sports Center (2,231) Easton, PA | |||||||
February 28, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Navy | L 58–62 | 11–19 (10–7) | Alumni Hall (730) Annapolis, MD | |||||||
March 2, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Bucknell | L 50–60 | 11–20 (10–8) | Sojka Pavilion (1,328) Lewisburg, PA | |||||||
Patriot League tournament | |||||||||||
March 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (3) | (6) Lehigh Quarterfinals | L 61–76 | 11–21 | Kirby Sports Center (1,776) Easton, PA | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Standings". Patriot League. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Mountain Hawks Fall to Lafayette in Patriot League Quarterfinals". Lehigh University Athletics. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Men's Basketball Advances to the Patriot League Championship". Lafayette College Athletics. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Colgate University beats Lafayette in Patriot League men's basketball championship game". WFMZ-TV. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Head basketball coach on leave after 'complaint': Team, administration stay quiet". The Lafayette. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Lafayette Names McGarvey as Men's Basketball Coach". Lafayette College Athletics. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Lafayette College Athletics. Retrieved December 6, 2023.
- ^ "Lafayette Leopards 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved December 6, 2023.