Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | West Virginia Mountaineers |
Sport: | Basketball |
Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 12 |
Record: | 19–15 |
Conf Record: | 7–11 |
Hc Year: | 16th |
Assoc Coach: | Vacant Larry Harrison (until January 12, 2023) |
Stadium: | WVU Coliseum |
Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2022–23 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by Bob Huggins, in his 16th and final season as WVU's head coach, and they played their home games at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 7–11 in Big 12 Play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 9 seed in the South region, where they were defeated by Maryland in the First Round.
The Mountaineers finished the 2021–22 season 16–17, 4–14 in Big 12 play to finish in last place. They defeated Kansas State in the first round of the Big 12 tournament before losing to Kansas in the quarterfinals.
Pauly Paulicap | 1 | F | 6'8" | 235 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
3 | F | 6'7" | 240 | GS Senior | Graduated | |||
Dimon Carrigan | 5 | F | 6'9" | 230 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
Malik Curry | 10 | G | 6'1" | 190 | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
11 | F | 6'7" | 225 | RS Sophomore | Transferred to Baylor | |||
12 | G | 6'4" | 190 | GS Senior | Graduated | |||
Isaiah Cottrell | 13 | F | 6'10" | 245 | RS Freshman | Transferred to UNLV | ||
Sean McNeil | 22 | G | 6'3" | 205 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Ohio State | ||
Seny N'diaye | 23 | F | 6'10" | 245 | Sophomore | Transferred to USC Upstate | ||
Taj Thweatt | 24 | F | 6'7" | 210 | Sophomore | Transferred to Temple | ||
Spencer Macke | 30 | G | 5'11" | 175 | Junior | Walk-on; transferred |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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Emmitt Matthews Jr. | 1 | F | 6'7" | 215 | GS Senior | Washington | ||
3 | F | 6'9" | 220 | Senior | Texas | |||
Joe Toussaint | 5 | G | 6'0" | 190 | Senior | Iowa | ||
Erik Stevenson | 10 | G | 6'4" | 209 | GS Senior | South Carolina | ||
Mohamed Wague | 11 | C | 6'9" | 225 | Sophomore | Harcum College | ||
Jimmy Bell | 15 | F | 6'10" | 270 | Senior | Moberly Area CC | ||
Patrick Suemnick | 24 | F | 6'8" | 230 | Sophomore | Triton College | ||
Jose Perez | 55 | G | 6'5" | 220 | Senior | Manhattan |
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See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings. *AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.