| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
| Team: | Georgia State Panthers |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 10–21 |
| Conf Record: | 3–15 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Danny Peters |
| Ac1 Year: | 1st |
| Ac2 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach3: | Allen Payne |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
The 2022–23 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team represented Georgia State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by first-year head coach Jonas Hayes, played their home games at new the GSU Convocation Center in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
The Panthers finished the 2021–22 season 18–11, 9–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They defeated Arkansas State, Appalachian State, and Louisiana to win the Sun Belt tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 16 seed in the West region. They lost in the first round to overall No. 1 seed Gonzaga.
On March 27, 2022, head coach Rob Lanier left the school to take the head coaching position at SMU.[1] On April 6, the school named Xavier assistant and former Georgia State player Jonas Hayes the team's new basketball coach.[2]
The season marked the Panthers' final season at the GSU Sports Arena, with the new GSU Convocation Center set to open for the 2022–23 season.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eliel Nsoseme | 1 | F | 6'8" | 235 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Justin Roberts | 2 | G | 5'10" | 170 | Senior | Graduated; Signed to play with Fribourg Olympic | ||
| Jordan Rawls | 4 | G | 6'1" | 180 | Junior | Transferred to Western Kentucky | ||
| Nelson Phillips | 10 | G | 6'4" | 190 | RS Junior | Transferred to Troy | ||
| Corey Allen | 11 | G | 6'2" | 195 | Senior | Graduated; Signed to play with Pieno Zvaigzdes | ||
| Kane Williams | 12 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Chien-Hao Ma | 14 | F | 6'7" | 180 | Freshman | Signed to play professionally in China with Jiangsu Dragons | ||
| Jalen Thomas | 25 | F | 6'10" | 230 | Junior | Transferred to Butler | ||
| Zach Pina | 31 | G | 6'0" | 165 | Junior | Walk-on; didn't return |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | Years Remaining | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dwon Odom | 1 | G | 6'2" | 182 | Sophomore | 2 | |||
| Jamaine Mann | 2 | G | 6'6" | 230 | Sophomore | 2 | |||
| Brenden Tucker | 5 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Junior | 2 |
The Panthers were picked to finish in fifth place in the conference's preseason poll.[3]
| 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 | |
|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt Conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt tournament[4]