2023–24 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team

The 2023–24 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team will represent the United States Air Force Academy during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons are led by head coach Joe Scott in his 4th season (8th overall) with the program and played their home games for the 56th season at Clune Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They participated as members of the Mountain West Conference for the 25th season.

2023–24 Air Force Falcons men's basketball
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 MW)
Head coach	Joe Scott (8th overall, 4th straight season)
Associate head coach	David Metzendorf
Assistant coaches	Jared Czech Lt. Col. Matt McCraw Zack Curran
Home arena	Clune Arena
Seasons ← 2022–23 2024–25 →

2023–24 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Air Force	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Boise State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Colorado State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Fresno State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Nevada	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
New Mexico	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
No. 17 San Diego State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
San Jose State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
UNLV	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Utah State	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
Wyoming	0	–	0		–			0	–	0		–
† 2024 MW tournament winner winner Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

The Falcons would finish the 2022–23 season 14–18, 5–13 in Mountain West play to finish in tenth place. They would lose to the 7th seeded UNLV end their hopes of winning the tournament.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Jake Heidbreder	3	G	6'5"	180	Sophomore	Floyds Knobs, IN	Transferred to Clemson
Carter Murphy	4	G	6'4"	190	Senior	Phoenix, AZ	Graduate transferred to Georgia Tech
Kaleb Lichau	20	F	6'7"	205	Sophomore	Gig Harbor, WA	Left the team
Nikc Jackson	22	F	6'8"	195	Senior	Scottsdale, AZ	Graduated
Jack Murphy	23	G	6'4"	200	Sophomore	Phoenix, AZ	Transferred to UNC Wilmington
Camden Vander Zwaag	30	G	6'4"	200	Senior	Johnston, IA	Graduated

2023 recruiting class

There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2023.

Roster

2023–24 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Dawson Sarblah 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Greenville HS Greenville, AL G 5 Ethan Taylor 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Memorial HS Houston, TX G 11 Byron Brown 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Sahuarita HS Sahuarita, AZ F 13 Chase Beasley 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr St. Stephens & St. Agnes Fort Washington, MD G 15 Corbin Green 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 230 lb (104 kg) So Midlothian HS Midlothian, TX F 21 Solo Jones 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 202 lb (92 kg) So Los Alamitos HS Long Beach, CA G 23 Kellan Boylan 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) So Bishop Miege Overland Park, KS G 24 Jeffrey Mills 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Flower Mound HS Flower Mound, TX F 31 Rytis Petraitis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So The Oak Ridge School Arlington, TX C 35 Lucas Moerman 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Doherty HS Colorado Springs, CO	Head coach Joe Scott (Princeton) Assistant coach(es) David Metzendorf (Ithaca) Jared Czech (Manhattanville) Lt. Col. Matt McCraw (Air Force) Zack Curran (Virginia Tech) Derek Brooks (Air Force) Jehyve Floyd (Holy Cross) Jon Jordan Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on   Injured   Current redshirt Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 6, 2023* 7:30 p.m.		Portland State						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
November 10, 2023* 11:00 a.m.		at LIU						Steinberg Wellness Center  Brooklyn, NY
November 12, 2023* 11:00 a.m.		at Delaware						Bob Carpenter Center  Wilmington, DE
November 16, 2023* 4:30 p.m.		Lindenwood Air Force Multi-Team Event						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
November 17, 2023* 4:30 p.m.		William & Mary Air Force Multi-Team Event						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
November 19, 2023* 2:00 p.m.		Omaha Air Force Multi-Team Event						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
November 22, 2023* 3:00 p.m.		VMI						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
November 26, 2023* 11:30 a.m.		at South Dakota						Sanford Coyote Sports Center  Vermillion, SD
December 3, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Portland						Chiles Center  Portland, OR
December 9, 2023* 4:00 p.m.		Eastern Washington						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
December 16, 2023* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		vs. UT Arlington USLBM Coast-to-Coast Challenge						Dickies Arena  Fort Worth, TX
December 21, 2023* 2:00 p.m.		Northern Colorado						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
Mountain West regular season
January 2, 2024 7:00 p.m.		Utah State						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
January 9, 2024 8:00 p.m.		at Nevada						Lawlor Events Center  Reno, NV
January 13, 2024 7:30 p.m.		San Jose State						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
January 16, 2024 8:30 p.m.		at Colorado State						Moby Arena  Fort Collins, CO
January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., CBSSN		New Mexico						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
January 23, 2024 9:00 p.m., CBSSN		at UNLV						Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
January 27, 2024 TBA		at Fresno State						Save Mart Center  Fresno, CA
January 30, 2024 7:00 p.m.		Wyoming						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
February 3, 2024 TBA		at Boise State						ExtraMile Arena  Boise, ID
February 6, 2024 8:30 p.m., FS1		San Diego State						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m.		Fresno State						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
February 13, 2024 8:00 p.m., NBCSBA/MW Network		at San Jose State						Provident Credit Union Event Center  San Jose, CA
February 20, 2024 9:00 p.m., FS1		UNLV						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., CBSSN		at New Mexico						The Pit  Albuquerque, NM
February 27, 2024 7:00 p.m.		Boise State						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
March 2, 2024 9:00 p.m., FS1		at Utah State						Smith Spectrum  Logan, UT
March 5, 2024 6:30 p.m., MW Network		at Wyoming						Arena-Auditorium  Laramie, WY
March 9, 2024 2:00 p.m.		Colorado State						Clune Arena  Colorado Springs, CO
Mountain West tournament
March 12–16, 2024 TBA		vs. TBA						Thomas & Mack Center  Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source^[2]

References

1. "2022–23 Air Force Falcons Men's Schedule and Results". Sports Reference. Retrieved 18 October 2023.
2. "2023–24 Men's Basketball Schedule". goairforcefalcons.com. Retrieved October 23, 2022.