Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
Next Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | Florida Gators |
Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
Short Conf: | SEC |
Record: | 16–17 |
Conf Record: | 9–9 |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Korey McCray |
Asst Coach2: | Kevin Hovde |
Tourney Result: | First round |
The 2022–23 Florida Gators men's basketball team represented the University of Florida during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by first-year head coach Todd Golden, and played their home games at the O'Connell Center in Gainesville, Florida as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 9–9 in SEC Play to finish in eighth place. As the No. 8 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost in the second round to Mississippi State. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost to UCF 67-49 in the first round.
The Gators finished the 2021–22 season 20–14, 9–9 in SEC Play to finish a five-way tie for fifth place. As the No. 9 seed in the SEC tournament, they lost in the second round to Texas A&M. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Iona in the first round before losing to Xavier.
On March 13, 2022, head coach Mike White left the school to take the head coaching position at Georgia.[1] On March 18, the school named San Francisco head coach Todd Golden the team's new head coach.[2]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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4 | F | 6'7" | 209 | RS Senior | Graduated/went undrafted in 2022 NBA draft | |||
Elijah Kennedy | 10 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Freshman | Transferred to Texas State | ||
11 | F | 6'5" | 229 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Kansas State | |||
22 | G | 6'1" | 163 | RS Senior | Graduate transferred to Wake Forest | |||
Brandon McKissic | 23 | G | 6'3" | 185 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
Phlandrous Fleming Jr. | 24 | G | 6'5" | 205 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
Tuongthach Gatkek | 32 | F | 6'9" | 172 | Sophomore | Transferred to Texas State |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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Trey Bonham | 2 | G | 6'0" | 170 | Junior | VMI | ||
3 | F | 6'8" | 185 | Sophomore | LSU | |||
Will Richard | 5 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Sophomore | Belmont | ||
11 | G | 6'3" | 185 | GS Senior | St. Bonaventure |
|-!colspan=12 style=""|Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=""|SEC tournament|-!colspan=12 style=""|NIT tournamentSource[3]
See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA tournament rankings.