The 2022–23 Missouri Tigers men's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season and is led by first-year head coach Dennis Gates. The team plays its home games at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Missouri as an eleventh-year members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 23–8, 11-7 in SEC play to finish in 4th place. They defeated Tennessee in the first round of the SEC tournament before losing to Alabama in the second round. Tigers received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they were awarded a No. 7 seed in the South Region. They defeated Utah State in the first round before suffering an upset defeat by 15th-seeded Princeton in the second round.

Previous season The Tigers finished the season 12–21, 5–13 in SEC play to finish in 12th place. They defeated Ole Miss in the first round of the SEC tournament before losing to LSU in the second round.

Following the season, the school fired head coach Cuonzo Martin. On March 22, 2022, the school named Cleveland State head coach Dennis Gates the new head coach of the Tigers.

Offseason

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Anton Brookshire 0 G 6'1" 175 Freshman Springfield, MO Transferred to Iona Amari Davis 1 G 6'2" 175 Senior Trotwood, OH Transferred to Wright State Sean Durugordon 2 F 6'5" 175 RS-Freshman Queens, NY Transferred to Austin Peay Javon Pickett 4 G 6'5" 215 Senior Belleville, IL Transferred to St. Louis Jarron Coleman 5 G 6'5" 210 RS-Senior Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Ball State Yaya Keita 11 F 6'8" 240 Sophomore St. Louis, MO Transferred to Oklahoma DaJuan Gordon 12 G 6'3" 190 Junior Chicago, IL Transferred to New Mexico State Trevon Brazile 23 F 6'9" 215 Freshman Springfield, MO Transferred to Arkansas Jordan Wilmore 32 C 7'3" 300 Sophomore Laurel, MD Transferred to Northwestern State

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Mohamed Diarra 0 F/C 6'10" 215 Sophomore Paris, France Transfer from Garden City Broncbusters. He will have three years of eligibility left. Tre Gomillion 2 G 6'4" 215 Senior Augusta, GA Transfer from Cleveland State. He will have one year of eligibility left. DeAndre Gholston 4 G 6'2" 215 Redshirt-Senior Gary, IN Transfer from Milwaukee. He will have one year of eligibility left. D'Moi Hodge 5 G 6'4" 180 Senior Tortola, British Virgin Islands Transfer from Cleveland State. He will have one year of eligibility left. Nick Honor 10 G 5'10" 195 Senior Orlando, FL Transfer from Clemson. He will have two years of eligibility left. Isiaih Mosley 11 G 6'5" 194 Senior Macon, MO Transfer from Missouri State. He will have two years of eligibility left. Noah Carter 35 F 6'6" 225 Sophomore Dubuque, IA Transfer from Northern Iowa. He will have three years of eligibility left. Mabor Majak 45 C 7'2" 230 Sophomore Biemnon, South Sudan Transfer from Cleveland State. Sean East II 55 G 6'3" 185 Junior Louisville, KY Transfer from John A. Logan College. He will have two years of eligibility left.

Recruiting classes 2022 recruiting class

2023 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=""|Regular Season

!colspan=12 style=""| SEC Tournament

!colspan=12 style=""| NCAA Tournament

Rankings

*Coaches did not release a week 1 poll.

References