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2023–24 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball
2023–24 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	12–20 (9–9 MAC)
Head coach	Dwayne Stephens (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Jeff Rutter; Chris Fowler; Manny Dosanjh;
Home arena	University Arena
	Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2023–24 Western Michigan Broncos men's basketball team represents Western Michigan University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Broncos, led by second-year head coach Dwayne Stephens, play their home games at University Arena in Kalamazoo, Michigan as members of the Mid-American Conference.^[1]^[2]^[3] They finished the regular season 12–19, 9–9 in MAC play to finish tied for 6th place. They lost to Ohio in the first round of the MAC tournament^[4]^[5]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Kalamazoo	W 94–63	–	–	–	–	University Arena Kalamazoo, MI
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		North Dakota State	L 76–80 ^OT	0–1	20 – White	11 – Wright	4 – White	University Arena (1,364) Kalamazoo, MI
November 11, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia State MAC-SBC Challenge	L 70–77	0–2	12 – Tied	7 – Strickland	2 – Tied	University Arena (1,313) Kalamazoo, MI
November 14, 2023* 8:00 p.m., BTN+		at Northwestern	L 59–63	0–3	17 – Hubbard	9 – Crump	10 – De La Cruz Monegro	Welsh–Ryan Arena (4,143) Evanston, IL
November 19, 2023* 4:00 p.m., BTN		at Ohio State Emerald Coast Classic Campus Site Game	L 56–73	0–4	24 – Hubbard	11 – Lobsinger	3 – Muntu	Value City Arena (9,505) Columbus, OH
November 24, 2023* 2:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Southeastern Louisiana Emerald Coast Classic Consolation Game	W 68–67	1–4	18 – Hubbard	8 – Tied	4 – Wright	The Arena at NFSC (450) Niceville, FL
November 25, 2023* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Mercer Emerald Coast Classic 5th Place Game	W 72–66	2–4	25 – Lobsinger	8 – Lobsinger	6 – De La Cruz Monegro	The Arena at NFSC (150) Niceville, FL
December 1, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+		St. Thomas	L 51–66	2–5	12 – Crump	7 – Lobsinger	2 – Hubbard	University Arena (1,411) Kalamazoo, MI
December 5, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX		at Notre Dame	L 65–86	2–6	14 – Wright	6 – Wright	4 – White	Joyce Center (4,883) South Bend, IN
December 9, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Youngstown State	L 68–72	2–7	18 – Hannah	9 – Lobsinger	6 – White	University Arena (1,598) Kalamazoo, MI
December 16, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at UIC	L 68–89	2–8	16 – Hubbard	11 – Brown	3 – Wright	Credit Union 1 Arena (1,329) Chicago, IL
December 21, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		at Cleveland State	L 77–90	2–9	23 – Hubbard	11 – Lobsinger	6 – De La Cruz Monegro	Wolstein Center (1,473) Cleveland, OH
December 29, 2023* 4:00 p.m.		Aquinas	W 127–71	3–9	27 – Hubbard	6 – White	8 – White	University Arena (1,581) Kalamazoo, MI
MAC regular season
January 2, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		at Miami (OH)	W 83–74	4–9 (1–0)	17 – Hubbard	9 – Crump	5 – White	Millett Hall (1,005) Oxford, OH
January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		at Buffalo	W 82–77	5–9 (2–0)	19 – Hubbard	10 – Crump	6 – White	Alumni Arena (2,260) Buffalo, NY
January 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		Northern Illinois	W 95–90 ^OT	6–9 (3–0)	25 – White	10 – Lobsinger	3 – Tied	University Arena (1,339) Kalamazoo, MI
January 13, 2024 12:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		Ohio	W 81–79	7–9 (4–0)	15 – Hubbard	9 – Crump	5 – White	University Arena (1,650) Kalamazoo, MI
January 16, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		at Akron	L 66–77	7–10 (4–1)	17 – De La Cruz Monegro	7 – Brown	3 – De La Cruz Monegro	James A. Rhodes Arena (2,061) Akron, OH
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		at Bowling Green	L 79–84	7–11 (4–2)	25 – Lobsinger	7 – Lobsinger	5 – White	Stroh Center (2,232) Bowling Green, OH
January 23, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		Eastern Michigan	W 73–56	8–11 (5–2)	15 – Hubbard	11 – Lobsinger	4 – De La Cruz Monegro	University Arena (2,208) Kalamazoo, MI
January 27, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		Central Michigan	L 55–62	8–12 (5–3)	16 – Hubbard	12 – Lobsinger	9 – De La Cruz Monegro	University Arena (3,110) Kalamazoo, MI
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		at Toledo	L 63–88	8–13 (5–4)	12 – Wright	8 – Crump	6 – De La Cruz Monegro	Savage Arena (3,915) Toledo, OH
February 3, 2024 1:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		Ball State	L 67–77	8–14 (5–5)	21 – De La Cruz Monegro	11 – Crump	4 – De La Cruz Monegro	University Arena (1,729) Kalamazoo, MI
February 6, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		at Kent State	L 61–63	8–15 (5–6)	14 – Brown	12 – Crump	5 – De La Cruz Monegro	MAC Center (2,564) Kent, OH
February 10, 2024* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Southern Miss MAC-SBC Challenge	L 54–86	8–16	17 – Hubbard	8 – Crump	5 – De La Cruz Monegro	Reed Green Coliseum (3,842) Hattiesburg, MS
February 17, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		at Central Michigan	L 42–69	8–17 (5–7)	12 – White	10 – Lobsinger	3 – Lobsinger	McGuirk Arena (5,032) Mount Pleasant, MI
February 20, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		Miami (OH)	W 77–58	9–17 (6–7)	19 – Hubbard	7 – Tied	5 – De La Cruz Monegro	University Arena (1,436) Kalamazoo, MI
February 24, 2024 2:30 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		Buffalo	W 91–72	10–17 (7–7)	18 – Tied	7 – Tied	8 – White	University Arena (1,928) Kalamazoo, MI
February 27, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		at Eastern Michigan	L 67–70	10–18 (7–8)	18 – Hannah	8 – Hubbard	5 – Hubbard	George Gervin GameAbove Center (1,612) Ypsilanti, MI
March 2, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		at Ball State	W 78–76 ^OT	11–18 (8–8)	17 – Hannah	9 – Lobsinger	4 – White	Worthen Arena (5,223) Muncie, IN
March 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		Bowling Green	L 65–73	11–19 (8–9)	12 – Hubbard	10 – Crump	3 – De La Cruz Monegro	University Arena (1,243) Kalamazoo, MI
March 8, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/ESPN+		Akron	W 90–84	12–19 (9–9)	23 – White	9 – Lobsinger	4 – Hannah	University Arena (1,636) Kalamazoo, MI
MAC tournament
March 14, 2024 6:30 p.m., ESPN+	(6)	vs. (3) Ohio Quarterfinals	L 55–82	12–20	12 – White	8 – Lobsinger	2 – Tied	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (7,854) Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason
Markeese Hastings	0	F	6'7"	195	RS-Junior	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Transferred to Robert Morris
Shemani Fuller	1	F	6'8"	205	RS-Freshman	The Bronx, New York	Transferred to Clark Atlanta
Tray Maddox Jr.	2	G	6'4"	200	RS-Senior	Novi, Michigan	Exhausted Eligibility
Lamar Norman Jr.	11	G	6'1"	175	Senior	Grand Rapids, Michigan	Exhausted Eligibility
Gus Etchison	21	F	5'11"	145	Sophomore	Arcadia, Indiana	Transferred to Marian University
Tafari Simms	23	F	6'6"	212	Senior	Hamilton, Ontario	Exhausted Eligibility
Elisha Warren	24	G	6'2"	175	Freshman	Woodhaven, Michigan	Transferred to Ranger College

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Anthony Crump	0	G	5'8"	215	RS-Senior	Inkster, Michigan	Northern Illinois
Markhi Strickland	15	G/F	6'6"	210	Junior	Miami, Florida	Victoria College
Javonte Brown	31	C	7'0"	255	Junior	Toronto, Ontario	Texas A&M

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Josh Thomas G/F	Lincolnshire, Illinois	Evanston Township	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
Josh Thomas G/F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Michael Sulaka F	Macomb, Michigan	De La Salle	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)
Michael Sulaka F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Toledo	14	–	4	.778	20	–	12	.625
Akron †	13	–	5	.722	24	–	11	.686
Ohio	13	–	5	.722	20	–	13	.606
Central Michigan	12	–	6	.667	18	–	14	.563
Bowling Green	10	–	8	.556	20	–	14	.588
Western Michigan	9	–	9	.500	12	–	20	.375
Miami (OH)	9	–	9	.500	15	–	17	.469
Kent State	8	–	10	.444	17	–	17	.500
Ball State	7	–	11	.389	15	–	16	.484
Eastern Michigan	6	–	12	.333	13	–	18	.419
Northern Illinois	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
Buffalo	2	–	16	.111	4	–	27	.129

† 2024 MAC tournament winner