Mode: | basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
Next Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | Kennesaw State Owls |
Conference: | ASUN Conference |
Short Conf: | ASUN |
Record: | 26–9 |
Conf Record: | 15–3 |
Head Coach: | Amir Abdur-Rahim |
Hc Year: | 4th |
Assoc Coach: | Ben Fletcher |
Asst Coach1: | William Small |
Asst Coach2: | Pershin Williams |
Stadium: | KSU Convocation Center |
Champion: | ASUN regular season and tournament champions |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament, First Round |
The 2022–23 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team represented Kennesaw State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Owls, led by fourth-year head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim, played their home games at the KSU Convocation Center in Kennesaw, Georgia as members of the ASUN Conference. They finished the season with 26–9, 15–3 in ASUN play to earn a share of the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN tournament, the Owls defeated Queens, Lipscomb, and Liberty to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the school's first-ever trip to the tournament. As the No. 14 seed in the Midwest region, they lost in the first round to Xavier.
On March 29, 2023, head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim left the school to take the head coaching position at South Florida.[1] On April 7, the school named Alabama assistant coach Antoine Pettway the team's new head coach.[2]
The Owls finished the 2021–22 season 13–18, 7–9 in ASUN play to finish in fourth place in the East Division. In the ASUN tournament, they defeated Eastern Kentucky in the first round,[3] before falling to Jacksonville State in the quarterfinals.[4]
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