2022–23 UIC Flames men's basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Year:	2022–23
Prev Year:	2021–22
Next Year:	2023–24
Team:	UIC Flames
Conference:	Missouri Valley Conference
Short Conf:	MVC
Record:	12–20
Conf Record:	4–16
Hc Year:	3rd
Asst Coach1:	Will Veasley
Ac1 Year:	3rd
Asst Coach2:	Bill Wuczynski
Ac2 Year:	2nd
Asst Coach3:	C.J. Rivers
Ac3 Year:	1st

The 2022–23 UIC Flames men's basketball team represented the University of Illinois at Chicago in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Flames, led by third-year head coach Luke Yaklich, played their home games at Credit Union 1 Arena in Chicago, Illinois as first-year members of the Missouri Valley Conference.^[1] They finished the season 12–19, 4–16 in MVC play to finish in eleventh place. They lost to Missouri State in the opening round of the MVC tournament.

Previous season

The Flames finished the 2021–22 season 14–16, 9–10 in Horizon League play to finish in eighth place. In the Horizon League tournament, they beat Milwaukee^[2] in the first round before losing to Purdue Fort Wayne in the quarterfinals.^[3]

The season marked the Flames' final year in the Horizon League as the school announced it would join the MVC following the season.^[4]

Offseason

Departures

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Jamie Ahale	G	6'5	205	Senior	Montrose, Australia	Graduated
Damaria Franklin	G	6'3	205	Senior		Transferred to Memphis
Zion Griffin	F	6'6"	215	Senior		Transferred to Tennessee State

Incoming transfers

Transfers

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Tre Anderson	G	6'1	185	Graduate Student		Idaho
Toby Okani	G	6'8	210	Junior		Duquesne
Shaun Williams	G	6'4	190	Redshirt Senior		Cal State Bakersfield

2022 recruiting class

Preseason

The Flames were picked to finish in 11th place in the conference's preseason poll.^[5]

Schedule and results

|-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season |-!colspan=9 style=| Missouri Valley tournament|-|-Source^[6]

Notes and References

1. UIC Officially Welcomed to Missouri Valley Conference. UIC Flames. August 16, 2022. August 30, 2022.
2. Web site: Flames Push Past Panthers in #HLMBB Championship Opener. uicflames.com. en. 2022-08-30.
3. Web site: Furious Fight Falls Short for @UIC_MBB. uicflames.com. en. 2022-08-30.
4. Web site: Wheeler . Wyatt D. . University of Illinois Chicago to join Missouri Valley Conference in 2022-23 . 2022-12-29 . Springfield News-Leader . en-US.
5. Web site: MVC . Murray State picked 8th, SIU 3rd in MVC preseason rankings . 2022-10-26 . WPSD Local 6 . en.
6. News: 2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule. UIC Athletics. September 22, 2022. en.