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Conference | Patriot League |
Record | 3–12 (2–0 Patriot) |
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Home arena | Kirby Sports Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lafayette | 3 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
American | 2 | – | 1 | .667 | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Colgate | 2 | – | 1 | .667 | 8 | – | 8 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Navy | 2 | – | 1 | .667 | 6 | – | 8 | .429 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bucknell | 2 | – | 1 | .667 | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Boston University | 1 | – | 2 | .333 | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Army | 1 | – | 2 | .333 | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lehigh | 1 | – | 2 | .333 | 4 | – | 10 | .286 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola | 1 | – | 2 | .333 | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Holy Cross | 0 | – | 3 | .000 | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2024 Patriot League tournament winner As of January 11, 2024 |
The 2023–24 Lafayette Leopards men's basketball team represents Lafayette College during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Leopards, led by first-year head coach Mike McGarvey, play their home games at the Kirby Sports Center located in Easton, Pennsylvania as members of the Patriot League.
Previous season
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
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 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 | Cotterell Court Hamilton, NY | |||||||||
January 13, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Navy | Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA | |||||||||
January 17, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Holy Cross | Hart Center Worcester, MA | |||||||||
January 20, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Bucknell | Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA | |||||||||
January 24, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Loyola (MD) | Reitz Arena Baltimore, MD | |||||||||
January 27, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Boston University | Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA | |||||||||
January 31, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
American | Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA | |||||||||
February 3, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Army | Christl Arena West Point, NY | |||||||||
February 7, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Holy Cross | Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA | |||||||||
February 10, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Lehigh | Stabler Arena Bethlehem, PA | |||||||||
February 14, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Loyola (MD) | Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA | |||||||||
February 17, 2024 4:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at American | Bender Arena Washington, D.C. | |||||||||
February 19, 2024 6:00 pm, CBSSN |
Colgate | Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA | |||||||||
February 24, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ |
Lehigh | Kirby Sports Center Easton, PA | |||||||||
February 28, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Navy | Alumni Hall Annapolis, MD | |||||||||
March 2, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ |
at Bucknell | Sojka Pavilion Lewisburg, PA | |||||||||
References
- ↑ "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.