2022–23 Saint Peter's Peacocks men's basketball team explained

Mode:	basketball
Year:	2022–23
Prev Year:	2021–22
Team:	Saint Peter's Peacocks
Conference:	Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Short Conf:	MAAC
Record:	14–18
Conf Record:	7–13
Head Coach:	Bashir Mason
Hc Year:	1st
Asst Coach1:	Pete Cipriano
Asst Coach2:	Umar Shannon
Asst Coach3:	Jim Mack
Stadium:	Run Baby Run Arena

The 2022–23 Saint Peter's Peacocks men's basketball team represented Saint Peter's University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Peacocks, led by first-year head coach Bashir Mason, played their home games at the Run Baby Run Arena in Jersey City, New Jersey as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

Previous season

The Peacocks finished the 2021–22 season 22–12, 14–6 in MAAC play, to finish in second place. They defeated Fairfield and Quinnipiac in the MAAC tournament to advance to the championship game. There they defeated Monmouth to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, for the first time since 2011, as the No. 15 seed in the East region. The Peacocks defeated No. 2 seed Kentucky to become only the tenth No. 15 seed to upset a No. 2 seed in the tournament's history.^[1] They defeated Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, becoming only the third No. 15 seed and first MAAC team to make it to the second weekend.^[2] They defeated Purdue to advance to the Elite Eight becoming the first No. 15 seed to do so.^[3] In the Elite Eight, the Peacocks lost to 8th-seeded North Carolina.^[4] On April 5, Saint Peter's was ranked No. 24 nationally in the season's final Coaches' Poll.

On March 30, 2022, head coach and Seton Hall alum Shaheen Holloway left to take the head coaching position at his alma mater, where he previously was an assistant from 2010 to 2018.^{[5] [6]} On April 12, Jersey City native Bashir Mason, who was the head coach for Wagner, was named Holloway's replacement.^[7]

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

1. News: Boone . Kyle . March 17, 2022 . March Madness 2022: Saint Peter's stuns Kentucky, No. 15 upsets No. 2 for 10th time in NCAA Tournament history . November 22, 2022 . . en.
2. News: March 20, 2022 . Saint Peter's Makes History as First MAAC Men's Basketball Program to Reach March Madness Sweet Sixteen . November 22, 2022 . Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference . en.
3. News: McDaniel . Mike . March 26, 2022 . No. 15 Saint Peter's Continues Cinderella Run, Upsets No. 3 Purdue to Advance to Elite Eight . November 22, 2022 . . en.
4. News: Thamel . Pete . Pete Thamel . March 27, 2022 . North Carolina cruises to men's basketball Final Four, sets up colossal clash with rival Duke . November 22, 2022 . ESPN . en.
5. News: March 30, 2022 . Holloway Home! Shaheen Holloway '00 Named Pirates Head Coach . November 22, 2022 . Seton Hall Pirates . en.
6. News: NCAA Men's College Basketball Coaches Poll for April 5, 2022 . November 22, 2022 . . en.
7. News: April 12, 2022 . Jersey City Native Bashir Mason Named 16th Head Men’s Basketball Coach at Saint Peter's University . November 22, 2022 . Saint Peter's University Athletics . en.
8. News: 2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule . November 22, 2022 . Saint Peter's University Athletics.
9. News: Saint Peter's Peacocks Schedule 2022-23 . November 22, 2022 . ESPN.