The 2023–24 Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The Hawks, led by fourth-year head coach Jason Crafton, played their home games at the

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as members of the

Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference The Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference (MEAC ) is a List of NCAA conferences, collegiate athletic conference whose full members are historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and the Mid-A ...

(MEAC). They finished the season 9–20, 4–10 in MEAC play, to finish in seventh place. They lost to North Carolina Central in the quarterfinals of the MEAC tournament.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2022–23 season 18–13, 9–5 in MEAC play, to finish tied for third place. They defeated Morgan State in the quarterfinals of the MEAC tournament, before falling to top-seeded and eventual tournament champions

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in the semifinals.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks The University of Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks (commonly UMES and also known as the Eastern Shore Hawks) are the fifteen sports teams representing the University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, Maryland in intercollegiate athletics. ...

Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball The Maryland Eastern Shore Hawks men's basketball team is the basketball team that represents University of Maryland Eastern Shore in Princess Anne, Maryland, United States. History UMES is the only HBCU men's basketball team to have ever been ...