2022–23 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team explained

Mode:Basketball
Year:2022–23
Prev Year:2021–22
Next Year:2023–24
Team:San Francisco Dons
Conference:West Coast Conference
Short Conf:WCC
Record:20–14
Conf Record:7–9
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Michael Plank
Asst Coach2:Jay Duncan
Asst Coach3:Kyle Bankhead
Stadium:War Memorial Gymnasium
(Capacity: 3,005)
Champion:Hall of Fame Classic champions

The 2022–23 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dons were led by first-year head coach Chris Gerlufsen, and played their home games at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the Sobrato Center as members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Dons finished the season the 2021–22 season 24–10, 10–6 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. In the WCC tournament, they defeated BYU in the third round before losing to Gonzaga in the semifinals. The Dons received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the East region, their first appearance since 1998. They lost in the first round to Murray State.

The day after the tournament loss, head coach Todd Golden left the team after accepting the head coach position at Florida.[1] Golden assistant Chris Gerlufsen was subsequently named the next head coach.[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
1 G 6'2" 180 GS Senior Graduated/went undrafted in 2022 NBA draft
Patrick Tapé 11 F 6'10" 240 GS Senior Graduated
Maj Dušanić 14 F 6'7" 215 Freshman Transferred to Hawaii Pacific
Gabe Stefanini 15 G 6'3" 215 Senior Graduated/went undrafted in 2022 NBA draft
Dzmitry Ryuny 22 F 6'9" 205 Junior Transferred to Oregon
Yauhen Massalski 25 F 6'9" 240 GS Senior Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Tyrell Roberts 1 G 5'11" 175 RS Senior Washington State
Saba Gigiberia 5 C 7'1" 248 Junior Georgia Tech
55 G 6'2" 197 Junior Texas A&M

2022 recruiting class

There were no incoming recruiting class of 2022.

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Todd Golden Named Florida Men's Basketball Head Coach.
  2. Web site: Letourneau . Connor . 2022-03-18 . USF elevates Chris Gerlufsen to head job after Todd Golden leaves for Florida . 2022-08-17 . San Francisco Chronicle . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule. University of San Francisco Athletics. USFDons.com. 18 October 2022.