2022–23 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2022–23
Prev Year:2021–22
Next Year:2023–24
Team:Coastal Carolina Chanticleers
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Short Conf:Sun Belt
Record:11–20
Conf Record:5–13
Hc Year:16th
Asst Coach3:Nima Omidvar

The 2022–23 Coastal Carolina Chanticleers men's basketball team represented Coastal Carolina University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Chanticleers, led by 16th-year head coach Cliff Ellis, played their home games at the HTC Center in Conway, South Carolina as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season

The Chanticleers finished the 2021–22 season 19–14, 8–8 in Sun Belt Play to finish in 7th place. They lost in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament to Georgia Southern. They received an invitation to the new The Basketball Classic where they defeated Maryland Eastern Shore, Florida Gulf Coast, and South Alabama to advance to the championship game where they lost to Fresno State.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Garrick Green 2 G 6'6" 215 Senior Graduated
Rudi Williams 3 G 6'2" 190 Senior Graduate transferred to BYU
Kevin Williamson 4 G 6'5" 200 Senior Transferred
Deshawn Thomas 5 C 6'10" 250 Senior Graduate transferred to USC Aiken
Ebrima Dibba 10 G 6'6" 205 RS Junior Graduate transferred to South Carolina
Jourdan Smith 11 F 6'11" 225 Junior Transferred to Grambling State
Isaac Hippolyte 15 F 6'7" 215 Senior Graduate transferred to Chowan
Ahmard Harvey 20 F 6'7" 195 Junior Transferred to High Point
Jalen Milner 21 G 6'1" 190 Junior Walk-on; transferred
Vince Cole 24 G 6'6" 190 Senior Graduated/2022 NBA draft

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Kylan Blackmon 0 G 6'3" 195 Sophomore NE Mississippi CC
Seth Dawson 1 G 6'5" 205 RS Junior College of the Sequoias
DJ Basey 2 C 6'10" 220 Senior Connors State
Antonio Daye, Jr. 5 G 6'3" 200 GS Senior Fordham
Jomaru Brown 11 G 6'2" 186 Senior Eastern Kentucky
Henry Abraham 13 G 6'0" 175 Junior Eastern Illinois
Jaland Whitehead 21 F 6'9" 215 Senior Johnson County CC
Linton Brown 22 G 6'5" 210 Senior St. Bonaventure
Joey Kahl 33 G 6'4" 175 Sophomore Walk-on; Delta State
Jimmy Nichols Jr. 55 F 6'8" 225 RS Senior VCU

Recruiting

There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2022.

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll

The Chanticleers were picked to finish in eighth place in the conference's preseason poll.[1] Junior center Essam Mostafa was named preseason All-SBC Second Team.

Coaches poll
1 Louisiana - 190 (10)
2 Texas State - 162 (1)
3 South Alabama - 150 (1)
4 James Madison - 149 (1)
5 Georgia State - 127 (1)
6 Marshall - 122
7 App State - 120
8 Coastal Carolina - 100
9 Old Dominion - 93
10 Troy - 76
11 Georgia Southern - 69
12 Arkansas State - 48
13 Southern Miss - 34
14 ULM - 30

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Louisiana Headlines Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll . 2022-11-02 . sunbeltsports.org . en.
  2. Web site: 2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule. goccusports.com. October 24, 2022. en.