2023–24 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team
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Big South tournament champions Brock Challenge champions | |
NCAA tournament, First Round | |
Conference | Big South Conference |
Record | 21–14 (6–10 Big South) |
Head coach |
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Associate head coach | Marty McGillan |
Assistant coaches |
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Home arena | Joan Perry Brock Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
High Point | 13 | - | 3 | .813 | 27 | - | 9 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UNC Asheville | 12 | - | 4 | .750 | 22 | - | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gardner–Webb | 11 | - | 5 | .688 | 17 | - | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winthrop | 8 | - | 8 | .500 | 17 | - | 15 | .531 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Longwood † | 6 | - | 10 | .375 | 21 | - | 14 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Presbyterian | 6 | - | 10 | .375 | 14 | - | 19 | .424 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Charleston Southern | 6 | - | 10 | .375 | 10 | - | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
USC Upstate | 5 | - | 11 | .313 | 10 | - | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Radford | 5 | - | 11 | .313 | 16 | - | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2024 Big South tournament winner |
The 2023–24 Longwood Lancers men's basketball team represented Longwood University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Lancers, led by sixth-year head coach Griff Aldrich, played their home games at the newly opened Joan Perry Brock Center in Farmville, Virginia as members of the Big South Conference. They finished the season 21–14, 6–10 in Big South play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 5 seed in the Big South Tournament, they defeated Winthrop, High Point, and UNC Asheville to win the Big South tournament championship, as a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament for the second time in school history. As a No. 16 seed in the South region, they lost to Houston in the First Round.
Previous season
[edit]The Lancers finished the 2022–23 season 20–12, 12–6 in Big South play to finish in a tie for second place.[1] As the #2 seed in the Big South tournament, they were upset by #7 seed Campbell in the quarterfinals.[2]
Roster
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Schedule and results
[edit]Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at St. Bonaventure | L 69–73 | 0–1 |
Reilly Center (3,577) St. Bonaventure, NY | |||||||
November 11, 2023* 2:30 pm, ESPN+ |
St. Mary's (MD) | W 95–43 | 1–1 |
Joan Perry Brock Center (3,000) Farmville, VA | |||||||
November 15, 2023* 8:00 pm |
at Maryland Eastern Shore | W 80–61 | 2–1 |
Hytche Athletic Center (1,886) Princess Anne, MD | |||||||
November 18, 2023* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
North Carolina Central | W 73–66 | 3–1 |
Joan Perry Brock Center (1,373) Farmville, VA | |||||||
November 24, 2023* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Delaware State Brock Challenge |
W 84–82 | 4–1 |
Joan Perry Brock Center (1,147) Farmville, VA | |||||||
November 25, 2023* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Lamar Brock Challenge |
W 83–72 | 5–1 |
Joan Perry Brock Center (100) Farmville, VA | |||||||
November 26, 2023* 3:30 pm, ESPN+ |
Bethune–Cookman Brock Challenge |
W 69–48 | 6–1 |
Joan Perry Brock Center (1,375) Farmville, VA | |||||||
November 30, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Newport News Apprentice | W 95–46 | 7–1 |
Joan Perry Brock Center (1,071) Farmville, VA | |||||||
December 3, 2023* 2:00 pm |
at Morgan State | W 88–54 | 8–1 |
Talmadge L. Hill Field House (876) Baltimore, MD | |||||||
December 9, 2023* 2:00 pm |
at Delaware State | W 62–61 | 9–1 |
Memorial Hall (1,100) Dover, DE | |||||||
December 11, 2023* 11:00 am, ESPN+ |
Gallaudet | W 92–61 | 10–1 |
Joan Perry Brock Center (1,537) Farmville, VA | |||||||
December 13, 2023* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Milwaukee | W 80–67 | 11–1 |
UW–Milwaukee Panther Arena (1,551) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
December 17, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
VMI | W 68–49 | 12–1 |
Joan Perry Brock Center (2,337) Farmville, VA | |||||||
December 20, 2023* 3:00 pm |
at North Carolina Central | L 70–79 | 12–2 |
McDougald–McLendon Arena (782) Durham, NC | |||||||
December 30, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Dayton | L 69–78 | 12–3 |
UD Arena (13,407) Dayton, OH | |||||||
Big South Conference regular season | |||||||||||
January 3, 2024 6:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Winthrop | L 60–68 OT | 12–4 (0–1) |
Winthrop Coliseum (1,426) Rock Hill, SC | |||||||
January 6, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Charleston Southern | W 77–56 | 13–4 (1–1) |
Joan Perry Brock Center (1,423) Farmville, VA | |||||||
January 10, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Radford | L 58–69 | 13–5 (1–2) |
Joan Perry Brock Center (2,923) Farmville, VA | |||||||
January 13, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at UNC Asheville | L 61–65 | 13–6 (1–3) |
Kimmel Arena (1,577) Asheville, NC | |||||||
January 17, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at USC Upstate | L 71–73 | 13–7 (1–4) |
G. B. Hodge Center (596) Spartanburg, SC | |||||||
January 20, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Presbyterian | W 80–70 | 14–7 (2–4) |
Joan Perry Brock Center (2,657) Farmville, VA | |||||||
January 24, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Gardner–Webb | L 64–76 | 14–8 (2–5) |
Joan Perry Brock Center (1,345) Farmville, VA | |||||||
February 1, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPNU |
at High Point | L 76–93 | 14–9 (2–6) |
Qubein Center (5,349) High Point, NC | |||||||
February 3, 2024 5:30 pm, ESPN+ |
at Charleston Southern | L 77–83 | 14–10 (2–7) |
Buccaneer Field House (612) North Charleston, SC | |||||||
February 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
USC Upstate | L 64–69 | 14–11 (2–8) |
Joan Perry Brock Center (1,326) Farmville, VA | |||||||
February 10, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Winthrop | W 84–74 | 15–11 (3–8) |
Joan Perry Brock Center (2,873) Farmville, VA | |||||||
February 17, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Presbyterian | W 81–73 | 16–11 (4–8) |
Templeton Physical Education Center (371) Clinton, SC | |||||||
February 21, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
UNC Asheville | W 80–75 | 17–11 (5–8) |
Joan Perry Brock Center (2,547) Farmville, VA | |||||||
February 24, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Radford | L 82–88 | 17–12 (5–9) |
Dedmon Center (1,521) Radford, VA | |||||||
February 29, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Gardner–Webb | L 69–72 | 17–13 (5–10) |
Paul Porter Arena (2,848) Boiling Springs, NC | |||||||
March 2, 2024 3:00 pm, ESPN+ |
High Point | W 74–72 | 18–13 (6–10) |
Joan Perry Brock Center (2,753) Farmville, VA | |||||||
Big South tournament | |||||||||||
March 8, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(5) | vs. (4) Winthrop Quarterfinals |
W 69–56 | 19–13 |
Qubein Center (4,258) High Point, NC | ||||||
March 9, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN+ |
(5) | vs. (1) High Point Semifinals |
W 80–79 OT | 20–13 |
Qubein Center High Point, NC | ||||||
March 10, 2024 12:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(5) | vs. (2) UNC Asheville Championship |
W 85–59 | 21–13 |
Qubein Center High Point, NC | ||||||
NCAA tournament | |||||||||||
March 22, 2024 9:20 p.m., TNT |
(16 S) | vs. (1 S) No. 2 Houston First Round |
L 46–86 | 21–14 |
FedExForum (13,797) Memphis, TN | ||||||
References
[edit]- ^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Standings". Big South Conference. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ "Heartbreaker: Lancers Fall 81-66 in Big South Quarterfinals". Longwood University Athletics. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Longwood University Athletics. Retrieved November 14, 2023.
- ^ "Longwood Lancers 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAM Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 14, 2023.