| Mode: | Basketball |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
| Next Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | James Madison Dukes |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 22–11 |
| Conf Record: | 12–6 |
| Hc Year: | 3rd |
| Asst Coach1: | Xavier Joyner |
| Asst Coach2: | Jon Cremins |
| Asst Coach3: | Matt Bucklin |
The 2022–23 James Madison Dukes men's basketball team represented James Madison University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dukes, led by third-year head coach Mark Byington, played their home games at the Atlantic Union Bank Center in Harrisonburg, Virginia as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
The season marks the Dukes' first season in the Sun Belt Conference as they had previously been members of the Colonial Athletic Association.
During the 2021–22 season, the Dukes competed in the Colonial Athletic Association, of which they had been a member since the conference was founded in 1979. They completed the season at 15–14 overall and 6–12 in CAA play to finish in eighth place.
On November 6, 2021, the school announced that it would leave the CAA to join the Sun Belt Conference effective June 30, 2022.[1] In response to their announced move to the Sun Belt Conference, the Dukes were banned by the CAA from competing in the CAA Tournament.[2]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Devon Savage | 1 | G | 6'4" | 190 | Freshman | Transferred to Merrimack | ||
| Jaylen Stinson | 2 | G | 6'0" | 170 | Freshman | Transferred to Merrimack | ||
| Andrew McConnell | 3 | G | 6'0" | 170 | Freshman | Transferred to USC Upstate | ||
| Charles Falden | 11 | G | 6'3" | 210 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
| Jalen Hodge | 13 | G | 6'1" | 180 | RS Junior | Transferred to SIU Edwardsville |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noah Freidel | 1 | G | 6'4" | 200 | Junior | South Dakota State | ||
| Mezie Offurum | 13 | F | 6'8" | 230 | GS Senior | Mount St. Mary's |
In the conference's preseason coaches poll, the Dukes were picked to finish fourth, but were one of four schools to receive first place votes. Additionally, senior guard Vado Morse was named to the preseason All-Conference First Team.[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 | |
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