2022–23 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks men's basketball team explained

Year:2022–23
Team:Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks
Sport:basketball
Conference:Sun Belt Conference
Short Conf:Sun Belt
Record:11–21
Conf Record:7–11
Head Coach:Keith Richard
Hc Year:13th
Asst Coach1:Morris Scott
Asst Coach2:Alex Hausladen
Asst Coach3:Ronnie Dean
Stadium:Fant–Ewing Coliseum

The 2022–23 Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks men's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Monroe in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Warhawks, led by 13th-year head coach Keith Richard, played their home games at Fant–Ewing Coliseum in Monroe, Louisiana as members of the Sun Belt Conference.

Previous season

The Warhawks finished the 2021–22 season 13–18, 5–13 in Sun Belt play to finish in 11th place in the Sun Belt Conference. They lost to Arkansas State in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament.[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Trey Boston 0 G 6'2' 165 Sophomore Left Team for personal reasons
Andre Jones 1 G 6'5" 191 GS Senior Graduated
Koreem Ozier 2 G 6'1" 190 Junior Graduated
Elijah Gonzales 3 G 5'11" 170 Junior Graduated
Reginald Gee 5 G 6'2" 230 GS Senior Graduated
D'Marcus Hall 14 G/F 6'5" 210 Freshman Transferred to Bossier Pairsh Community College [2]
Luke Phillips 21 F 6'10" 220 RS Sophomore Signed to play semi-professionally in Australia with Cockburn Cougars
Russell Harrison 24 G/F 6'4" 200 Senior Graduate transferred to Lubbock Christian University[3]

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Jamari Blackmon 0 G 6'1" 205 Senior North Alabama
Savion Gallion 1 G 6'4" 182 Sophomore South Plains College
Devon Hancock 2 G 6'3" 190 RS Sophomore Milwaukee
Tyreke Locure 11 G 6'0" 165 Junior UAB
Victor Bafutto 14 C 6'10" 230 GS Senior Mercer
AD Diedhiou 34 F 6'10" 240 Junior UAB

Recruiting classes

2023 recruiting class

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll

The Warhawks were picked to finish in last place in the conference's preseason poll.[4] Junior forward Nika Metskhavarishvili was named preseason All-SBC Third Team.

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

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: Omier's Career-High Propels Arkansas State to Hercules Tires Sun Belt Men's Basketball Championship Quarterfinals. Sun Belt Conference. October 25, 2022. en.
  2. https://www.njcaa.org/sports/mbkb/2022-23/div1/teams/bossierparishcommunitycollege?view=roster
  3. https://lcuchaps.com/sports/mens-basketball/roster?path=mbball
  4. Web site: Louisiana Headlines Sun Belt Men’s Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll . 2022-11-02 . sunbeltsports.org . en.
  5. News: 2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule. University of Louisiana Monroe Athletics. October 25, 2022. en.