Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | Davidson Wildcats |
Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Short Conf: | A-10 |
Record: | 16–16 |
Conf Record: | 8–10 |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach2: | Will Reigel |
Asst Coach3: | Joshua Heyliger |
The 2022–23 Davidson Wildcats men's basketball team represented Davidson College during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Matt McKillop and played their home games at the John M. Belk Arena in Davidson, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10).
The Wildcats finished the 2021–22 season 27–7, 15–3 in A-10 play, to win the regular season championship. They defeated Fordham and Saint Louis to advance to the championship game of the A-10 tournament where they lost to Richmond. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the West Region, where they lost in the first round to Michigan State.
On June 18, 2022, the school announced that head coach Bob McKillop was retiring after 33 years at the school.[1] His son, Matt McKillop, who had served as an assistant for 14 years, was promoted to head coach.[2]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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1 | G/F | 6'7" | 210 | Junior | Yongin, South Korea | Declared for 2022 NBA draft | ||
Emory Lanier | 2 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Sophomore | Transferred to SMU | ||
David Kristensen | 12 | F | 6'10" | 210 | Junior | Signed to play in professional in Spain with BC Navarra | ||
Mike Jones | 13 | G | 6'5" | 210 | RS Junior | Transferred to Stanford | ||
Drew Dibble | 22 | G | 5'11" | 185 | RS Senior | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons | ||
Chris Ford | 23 | F | 6'5" | 200 | Freshman | Transferred to Robert Morris | ||
Nelson Boachie-Yiadom | 32 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Junior | Graduate transferred to Hofstra | ||
35 | F | 6'10" | 250 | Senior | Graduated; signed to play in professional in Spain with CB Breogán | |||
Ben Craig | 40 | G | 6'1" | 190 | Senior | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons |
Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
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Connor Kochera | 23 | G | 6'5" | 200 | Junior | William & Mary | ||
David Skogman | 42 | C | 6'10" | 228 | RS Junior | Buffalo |
Source[3]
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