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.
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]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
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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] |
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 |
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 |
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