| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | South Alabama Jaguars |
| Sport: | basketball |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 19–16 |
| Conf Record: | 9–9 |
| Head Coach: | Richie Riley |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Asst Coach1: | Rodney Crawford |
| Asst Coach2: | Tyler Parker |
| Asst Coach3: | Orin Bailey, Jr. |
| Stadium: | Mitchell Center |
The 2022–23 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by fifth-year head coach Richie Riley, played their home games at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Alabama as members in the Sun Belt Conference.
The Jaguars finished the 2021–22 season 21–12, 9–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place. In the Sun Belt tournament, they lost in the first round to Little Rock in the first round. They were invited to the 2022 The Basketball Classic where they Southeastern Louisiana in the first round and USC Upstate in the quarterfinals before losing to Sun Belt member Coastal Carolina in the semifinals.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lance Thomas | 1 | F | 6'9" | 224 | GS Senior | Left the team for personal reasons | ||
| Andrew Anderson | 3 | G | 6'0" | 160 | Sophomore | Transferred to Copiah–Lincoln CC | ||
| Kayo Goncalves | 4 | F | 6'8" | 212 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
| Alex Anderson | 12 | F | 6'6" | 185 | Freshman | Transferred to Alabama State | ||
| Javon Franklin | 13 | F | 6'7" | 220 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Georgia Tech | ||
| Charles Manning Jr. | 21 | G | 6'4" | 193 | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Jay Jay Chandler | 22 | G | 6'4" | 180 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
| Jamal West | 25 | F | 6'5" | 224 | Sophomore | Transferred to Clarendon College |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elijah Ormiston | 3 | F | 6'8" | 210 | Sophomore | Concordia Saint Paul | ||
| Isaiah Moore | 4 | G | 5'11" | 163 | Senior | Franklin Pierce | ||
| Kevin Samuel | 21 | C | 6'11" | 255 | GS Senior | Florida Gulf Coast | ||
| Owen White | 22 | G | 6'6" | 215 | GS Senior | Michigan Tech | ||
| Judah Brown | 25 | F | 6'6" | 205 | Junior | Saint Mary's |
The Jaguars were picked to finish in third place in the conference's preseason poll.[1] Graduate center Kevin Samuel was named to the preseason All-SBC First Team. Graduate guard Greg Parham II was named to the conference preseason second 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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