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2023–24 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

2023–24 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball
ConferenceMid-American Conference
Record11–20 (5–13 MAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Shane Southwell
  • Drew Gladstone
  • Drew Kelly
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
2023–24 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
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

The 2023–24 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies were led by third-year head coach Rashon Burno.[1] They played their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the Mid-American Conference.[2][3] They finished the season 11–20, 5–13 in MAC play to finish in 11th place.[4] They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament

Previous season

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The Huskies finished the 2022–23 season 13–19 and 9–9 in the MAC to finish a tie for sixth place..[5] As the seventh seed in the MAC tournament they lost to Kent State in the first round.[6]

Offseason

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Departures

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Departures
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason
Taku Youngblood 1 G 6'2" 185 Freshman Yokohama, Japan Entered Transfer Portal
Kaleb Thornton 3 G 6'0" 175 Junior Bolingbrook, Illinois Transferred to Akron
Darweshi Hunter 24 G 6'5" 200 Freshman Cincinnati, Ohio Transferred to Miami (OH)
Drew Wiemers 25 F 6'4" 200 Senior Coal Valley, Illinois
Armandas Plintauskas 41 G 6'4" 185 Freshman Kėdainiai, Lithuania Transferred to Merrimack
Anthony Crump 50 G 6'8" 215 Senior Inkster, Michigan Transferred to Western Michigan

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Incoming transfers

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Incoming Transfers
Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Philmon Gebrewhit 5 G 6'8" 185 Senior Boston, Massachusetts Transferred from DePaul
Ethan Butler 15 G 6'7" 205 Sophomore Toronto, Ontario Transferred from Oregon
Quaran McPherson 24 G 6'4" 197 Sophomore Queens, NY Transferred from Nebraska

[7][8]

Recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Will Lovings-Watts
G 		Jefferson, Indiana Putnam Science 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout:4/5 stars   Rivals:3/5 stars   247Sports:3/5 stars    ESPN grade: 80
Nasir Muhammad
G 		Brooklyn, NY Xaverian 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Apr 18, 2023 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Leo Amari
G 		Sherman Oaks, California Viewpoint 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
Luka Gogic
F 		Belgrade, Serbia IMG Academy 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg)  
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN grade: NR
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.

Roster

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2023–24 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Keshawn Williams 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Tulsa Chicago Heights, IL
G 1 Will Lovings-Watts 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Putnam Science Jefferson, Indiana
G 2 Zarique Nutter 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Clarendon College Newark, NJ
G 3 Nasir Muhammad 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Xaverian Brooklyn, NY
F 4 Oluwasegun Durosinmi 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Jr St. Bonaventure Lagos, Nigeria
G 5 Philmon Gebrewhit 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr DePaul Boston, MA
G 10 Zion Russell 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Jr National Christian Academy Upper Marlboro, MD
G 11 David Coit 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Jr Atlantic Cape Community College Columbus, NJ
F 13 Xavier Amos 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Whitney Young Chicago, IL
F 14 Yanic Konan Niederhauser 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 215 lb (98 kg) So Ursping Fraschels, Switzerland
F 15 Ethan Butler 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) So Oregon Toronto, ON
G 20 Leo Amari IV 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Fr Viewpoint Sherman Oaks, CA
F 21 Luka Gogic 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr IMG Academy Belgrade, Serbia
G 21 Steve Tipton 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 155 lb (70 kg) So Brookfield Central High School Brookfield, WI
F 23 Harvin Ibarguen 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Sr Seward County Community College Cali, Colombia
G 24 Quaran McPherson 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 197 lb (89 kg) So Nebraska Queens, NY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results

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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. 		Illinois Wesleyan W 81–64  –
  16 – Konan Niederhauser   9 – Amos   3 – Tied  Convocation Center (387)
DeKalb, IL
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023*
7:30 p.m., FS1 		at No. 5 Marquette L 70–92  0–1
  14 – Coit   11 – Konan Niederhauser   3 – Tied  Fiserv Forum (16,352)
Milwaukee, WI
November 11, 2023*
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Appalachian State
MAC-SBC Challenge 		W 91–78  1–1
  27 – Coit   6 – Nutter   6 – Coit  Convocation Center (1,071)
DeKalb, IL
November 13, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Illinois Tech W 107–55  2–1
  19 – Lovings-Watts   7 – Konan Niederhauser   5 – Coit  Convocation Center (596)
DeKalb, IL
November 17, 2023*
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Georgia State
Capitol Challenge 		W 70–64  3–1
  22 – Nutter   9 – Ibarguen   5 – Coit  GSU Convocation Center (1,337)
Atlanta, GA
November 18, 2023*
1:00 p.m. 		vs. Little Rock
Capitol Challenge 		W 98–93  4–1
  21 – Amos   8 – Coit   6 – Coit  GSU Convocation Center (1,188)
Atlanta, GA
November 25, 2023*
8:00 p.m., FS2 		at DePaul W 89–79  5–1
  34 – Coit   8 – Amos   4 – Gebrewhit  Wintrust Arena (2,745)
Chicago, IL
November 27, 2023*
7:00 p.m., BTN+ 		at Northwestern L 67–89  5–2
  26 – Amos   7 – Amos   6 – Nutter  Welsh–Ryan Arena (4,564)
Evanston, IL
December 5, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Indiana State L 67–90  5–3
  13 – Coit   6 – Amos   2 – Coit  Convocation Center (1,242)
DeKalb, IL
December 9, 2023*
1:00 p.m. 		at Monmouth L 71–74  5–4
  21 – Tied   11 – Amos   4 – Coit  OceanFirst Bank Center (1,722)
West Long Branch, NJ
December 18, 2023*
7:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		Calumet College W 92–48  6–4
  23 – Lovings-Watts   10 – Tied   3 – Coit  Convocation Center (747)
DeKalb, IL
December 21, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Northern Iowa L 63–76  6–5
  17 – Coit   8 – Konan Niederhauser   3 – Coit  Convocation Center (803)
DeKalb, IL
December 29, 2023*
6:00 p.m., BTN+ 		at Iowa L 74–103  6–6
  23 – Coit   5 – Tied   3 – Tied  Carver–Hawkeye Arena (11,846)
Iowa City, IA
MAC regular season
January 2, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Akron L 51–73  6–7
(0–1) 		 21 – Coit   7 – Ibarguen   2 – Ibarguen  Convocation Center (917)
DeKalb, IL
January 6, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Ohio L 66–78  6–8
(0–2) 		 22 – Amos   7 – Amos   3 – Tied  Convocation Center (3,802)
Athens, OH
January 9, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Western Michigan L 90–95 OT 6–9
(0–3) 		 32 – Coit   13 – Ibarguen   10 – Coit  University Arena (1,339)
Kalamazoo, MI
January 13, 2024
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Bowling Green L 72–83  6–10
(0–4) 		 27 – Coit   8 – Amos   3 – Gebrewhit  Convocation Center (1,041)
DeKalb, IL
January 16, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Kent State L 76–83  6–11
(0–5) 		 20 – Amos   5 – Butler   4 – Coit  Convocation Center (809)
DeKalb, IL
January 23, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Toledo L 73–89  6–12
(0–6) 		 23 – Coit   6 – Nutter   3 – Coit  Convocation Center (1,534)
DeKalb, IL
January 27, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Ball State L 71–81  6–13
(0–7) 		 25 – Coit   8 – Amos   3 – Tied  Worthen Arena (4,010)
Muncie, IN
January 30, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Central Michigan L 77–84 2OT 6–14
(0–8) 		 25 – Amos   11 – Ibarguen   3 – Russell  McGuirk Arena (1,520)
Mount Pleasant, MI
February 3, 2024
3:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Eastern Michigan W 76–66  7–14
(1–8) 		 19 – Amos   7 – Tied   5 – Nutter  Convocation Center (1,537)
DeKalb, IL
February 6, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Miami (OH) W 62–59  8–14
(2–8) 		 22 – Nutter   12 – Amos   2 – Tied  Millett Hall (2,242)
Oxford, OH
February 10, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at South Alabama
MAC-SBC Challenge 		L 66–75  8–15
  16 – Amos   10 – Nutter   4 – Tied  Mitchell Center (1,539)
Mobile, AL
February 13, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Buffalo W 72–68  9–15
(3–8) 		 25 – Amos   12 – Nutter   2 – Tied  Convocation Center (1,425)
DeKalb, IL
February 17, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Kent State L 47–85  9–16
(3–9) 		 17 – Butler   5 – Butler   3 – Coit  MAC Center (2,894)
Kent, OH
February 20, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Ball State L 63–70  9–17
(3–10) 		 28 – Coit   10 – Tied   2 – Tied  Convocation Center (1,317)
DeKalb, IL
February 24, 2024
3:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		Ohio L 59–80  9–18
(3–11) 		 27 – Coit   6 – Tied   2 – Tied  Convocation Center (2,886)
DeKalb, IL
February 27, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Toledo W 75–72  10–18
(4–11) 		 27 – Coit   10 – Lovings-Watts   5 – Tied  Savage Arena (4,692)
Toledo, OH
March 2, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Akron L 73–80  10–19
(4–12) 		 35 – Coit   7 – Tied   3 – Tied  James A. Rhodes Arena (2,331)
Akron, OH
March 5, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		Central Michigan L 63–69  10–20
(4–13) 		 27 – Konan Niederhauser   8 – Konan Niederhauser   4 – Coit  Convocation Center (1,399)
DeKalb, IL
March 8, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		at Buffalo W 78–68  11–20
(5–13) 		 37 – Coit   11 – Tied   6 – Coit  Alumni Arena (2,416)
Buffalo, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[10][11]

References

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  1. ^ "Rashon Burno". Northern Illinois Athletics.
  2. ^ "MAC Men's College Basketball Standings - 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved 2023-05-19.
  3. ^ "About the Convocation Center". Northern Illinois University. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  4. ^ "MAC Basketball Standings - 2023-24". ESPN. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
  5. ^ "MAC Basketball Standings - 2022-23". ESPN. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
  6. ^ "Northern Illinois 57, Kent State State 76". ESPN. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
  7. ^ a b "2023-24 Men's Basketball Roster". Northern Illinois Athletics.
  8. ^ a b "2023 D1 Basketball Transfers". Verbal Commits. Retrieved August 9, 2023.
  9. ^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster". Northern Illinois Athletics.
  10. ^ "2023-24 Men's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois Athletics.
  11. ^ "Northern Illinois Huskies Schedule 2023-24". ESPN.
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