2022–23 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team explained

Mode:	Basketball
Sex:	none
Year:	2022–23
Prev Year:	2021–22
Next Year:	2023–24
Team:	UNLV Runnin' Rebels
Conference:	Mountain West Conference
Short Conf:	MW
Record:	19–13
Conf Record:	7–11
Head Coach:	Kevin Kruger
Hc Year:	2nd
Asst Coach1:	Barret Peery
Asst Coach2:	John Cooper
Asst Coach3:	Jamaal Williams
Stadium:	Thomas & Mack Center
Champion:	SoCal Challenge Surf Division Champions

The 2022–23 UNLV Runnin' Rebels basketball team represented the University of Nevada, Las Vegas during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Runnin' Rebels were led by second-year head coach Kevin Kruger and played their home games for the 40th season at the Thomas & Mack Center in Paradise, Nevada. They participated as members of the Mountain West Conference for the 24th season. They finished the season 18–12, 7–11 in MWC play to finish in seventh place. In the MWC tournament, they defeated Air Force in the first round before losing to Boise State in the quarterfinals. They failed to receive an invite to a postseason tournament.

Previous season

The Runnin' Rebels finished the 2021–22 season 18–14, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in 5th place.

They were defeated by Wyoming in the first round of the Mountain West tournament to end the season.

Following the departure of coach T.J. Otzelberger to Iowa State, the roster saw a significant amount of turnover from the 2020-21 season. Only 3 players - Bryce Hamilton, Reece Brown and Trey Hurlburt - returned from the prior season.^[1]

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Michael Nuga	1	G	6'2"	180	GS Senior	Toronto, ON	Completed college eligibility
Donovan Williams	3	G	6'6"	190	Junior	Houston, TX	Declared for 2022 NBA draft
Bryce Hamilton	13	G	6'4"	205	Senior	Pasadena, CA	Declared for 2022 NBA draft
Royce Hamm Jr.	14	F	6'9"	225	GS Senior	Houston, TX	Completed college eligibility
Reece Brown	15	F	6'9"	200	RS Sophomore	Albany, NY	Entered transfer portal
Josh Baker	22	G	6'4"	175	Junior	Tempe, AZ	Entered transfer portal
Trey Hurlburt	24	G	5'11''|175|Senior|Las Vegas, NV|Graduated|-|James Hampshire|30|C|7'1"|240|GS Senior|Flagstaff, AZ|Graduated|-|Marvin Coleman|31|G|6'3"|200|Senior|Las Vegas, NV|Graduated|}Source^[2] Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Elijah Parquet 1 G 6'4" 195 GS Senior Beaumont, TX Transferred from Colorado. Will be eligible to play immediately since Parquet graduated from Colorado. Shane Nowell 3 G 6'6'' 215 Sophomore Seattle, WA Transferred from Arizona. Nowell will be eligible to play immediately under the one-time transfer rule. Isaiah Cottrell 13 F 6'10''|245|RS Sophomore|Las Vegas, NV|Transferred from West Virginia. Cottrell will be eligible to play immediately under the one-time transfer rule.|-|Luis Rodriguez|15|G|6'6"|210|Senior|Los Angeles, CA|Transferred from Ole Miss. Rodriguez will be eligible to play immediately under the one-time transfer rule.|-|Karl Jones|22|F|6'10'' 250 Junior Chicago, IL Transferred from Los Angeles Southwest College. Jones will be eligible to play immediately under the one-time transfer rule. Jackie Johnson III 24 G 5'11" 185 Sophomore Wichita, KS Transferred from Duquesne. Johnson III will be eligible to play immediately under the one-time transfer rule. Cameron Burist 34 G 6'3'' 185 Senior Las Vegas, NV Transferred from Mesa Community College. Burist will be eligible to play immediately under the one-time transfer rule. EJ Harkless 55 G 6’3” 195 GS Senior San Bernardino, CA Transferred from Oklahoma. Will be eligible to play immediately since Harkless graduated from Oklahoma. Source 2022 recruiting class Schedule and results
Non-conference regular season
Mountain West regular season
Mountain West tournamentSource^[3] References

Notes and References

1. Web site: Alex_A_Wright . 2021-04-13 . UNLV basketball seeing significant roster turnover . 2022-09-23 . Mountain West Connection . en.
2. Web site: 2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster . 2022-09-23 . University of Nevada Las Vegas Athletics . en.
3. Web site: 2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule . September 23, 2022 . unlvrebels.com.