| Mode: | Basketball |
| Sex: | none |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
| Next Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Southern Miss Golden Eagles |
| Conference: | Sun Belt Conference |
| Short Conf: | Sun Belt |
| Record: | 25–8 |
| Conf Record: | 14–4 |
| Hc Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach1: | Juan Cardona |
| Asst Coach2: | Nick Williams |
| Asst Coach3: | Isaiah Carson |
| Champion: | Sun Belt regular season champions Cancún Challenge Mayan Division champions |
| Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2022–23 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represented the University of Southern Mississippi during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by third-year head coach Jay Ladner, and played their home games at Reed Green Coliseum in Hattiesburg, Mississippi as first-year members of the Sun Belt Conference.
The Golden Eagles finished the 2021–22 season 7–26, (1–17 C-USA). They defeated UTSA in the first round of the C-USA tournament before losing to Florida Atlantic in the second round.
On October 28, 2021, Southern Miss announced that this would be the last season for the team in the Conference USA and they would become a member of the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2022.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walyn Napper | 1 | G | 6'0" | 182 | Sophomore | Transferred to Longwood | ||
| Blake Roberts | 3 | G | 6'2" | 187 | Freshman | Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons | ||
| Rashad Bolden | 4 | G | 6'0" | 168 | Freshman | Transferred to McNeese State | ||
| Tae Hardy | 10 | G | 6'3" | 191 | Junior | Transferred to UTEP | ||
| Isaih Moore | 11 | F | 6'10" | 197 | Junior | Transferred to Fresno State | ||
| Tyler Stevenson | 14 | F | 6'8" | 215 | Junior | Walk-on; transferred to Mississippi State | ||
| Mark Jaakson | 44 | G | 6'7" | 216 | Freshman | Signed to play professionally in Estonia with KK Pärnu | ||
| Jaron Pierre Jr. | 55 | G | 6'5" | 182 | Freshman | Transferred to Wichita State |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Crowley | 1 | G | 6'5" | 195 | Junior | Ole Miss | ||
| Neftali Alvarez | 2 | G | 6'2" | 165 | RS Junior | Mercer | ||
| Cobie Montgomery | 10 | G | 6'4" | Junior | Triton College | |||
| Victor Hart | 11 | F | 6'8" | 200 | Junior | FIU | ||
| Nico Aguirre | 12 | G | 6'0" | 179 | GS Senior | Southwest Baptist | ||
| Donavan Moore | 15 | G | 6'3" | 180 | Junior | Green Bay | ||
| Gianfranco Grafals | 21 | G/F | 6'5" | 185 | RS Junior | Walk-on; Eckerd College | ||
| Felipe Haase | 22 | F | 6'9" | 253 | GS Senior | Mercer | ||
| Marcelo Perez | 25 | F | 6'5" | 200 | GS Senior | Barry |
There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2022.
The Golden Eaglers were picked to finish in 13th place in the conference's preseason poll.[1] Graduate forward Felipe Haase was named to the preseason All-SBC 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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