Mode: | Basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
Next Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | Kansas State Wildcats |
Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 12 |
Coachrank: | 9 |
Aprank: | 15 |
Record: | 26–10 |
Conf Record: | 11–7 |
Head Coach: | Jerome Tang |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Assoc Coach: | Ulric Maligi |
Ahc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Jareem Dowling |
Asst Coach2: | Rodney Perry |
Stadium: | Bramlage Coliseum |
Champion: | Cayman Islands Classic Champions |
Bowl: | NCAA tournament |
Bowl Result: | Elite Eight |
The 2022–23 Kansas State Wildcats men's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season, their 120th basketball season. The Wildcats were led by first-year head coach Jerome Tang and played their home games in Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to TCU. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 3 seed in the East region. They defeated Montana State, Kentucky, and Michigan State to advance to the Elite Eight. There they lost to Florida Atlantic.
The Wildcats finished the 2021–22 season 14–17, 6–12 in Big 12 play to finish ninth place. They lost to West Virginia in the first round of the Big 12 tournament.
On March 10, 2022, head coach Bruce Weber announced he was stepping down as head coach.[1] On March 21, the school named longtime Baylor assistant Jerome Tang the team's new head coach.[2]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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Mike McGuirl | 00 | G | 6'3" | 200 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
Maximus Edwards | 2 | G | 6'5" | 220 | Freshman | Transferred to George Washington | ||
Selton Miguel | 3 | G/F | 6'4" | 210 | Sophomore | Transferred to South Florida | ||
Seryee Lewis | 4 | F | 6'9" | 230 | Sophomore | Transferred to Rice | ||
Carlton Linguard Jr. | 12 | F | 7'0" | 220 | Junior | Transferred to UTSA | ||
13 | G | 6'4" | 225 | GS Senior | Graduated/signed to play professional in Germany with BG Göttingen | |||
Drew Honas | 14 | G | 6'2" | 175 | Senior | Walk-on; transferred | ||
Trey Harris | 15 | G | 5'11" | 165 | Sophomore | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons | ||
Kaosi Ezeagu | 20 | F | 6'10" | 255 | RS Junior | Transferred to Sam Houston State | ||
Davion Bradford | 21 | F | 7'0" | 270 | Sophomore | Transferred to Wake Forest | ||
Luke Kasubke | 22 | G | 6'5" | 190 | Sophomore | Transferred to Illinois State | ||
Jordan Brooks | 23 | F | 6'4" | 190 | Sophomore | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons | ||
24 | G | 6'0" | 180 | Sophomore | Transferred to Miami (FL) | |||
Logan Landers | 33 | F | 6'9" | 215 | Freshman | Transferred to Grand Canyon |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
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David N'Guessan | 3 | F | 6'9" | 205 | Junior | Virginia Tech | ||
Tykei Greene | 4 | G | 6'4" | 205 | RS Senior | Stony Brook | ||
Cam Carter | 5 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Sophomore | Mississippi State | ||
11 | G/F | 6'6" | 229 | GS Senior | Florida | |||
Anthony Thomas | 12 | F | 6'7" | 180 | Sophomore | Tallahassee CC | ||
Desi Sills | 13 | G | 6'2" | 195 | Senior | Arkansas State | ||
Jerrell Colbert | 20 | C | 6'10" | 216 | Sophomore | LSU | ||
Nate Awbrey | 21 | G | 6'3" | Senior | Manhattan Christian College | |||
Abayomi Iyiola | 23 | F | 6'10" | 215 | GS Senior | Hofstra | ||
Nae'qwan Tomlin | 35 | F | 6'10" | 195 | Junior | Chipola College |
|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| Big 12 tournament|-!colspan=12 style=| NCAA TournamentSource:[3]
See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.