The 2022–23 Providence Friars men's basketball team represented Providence College during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by 12th-year head coach Ed Cooley, and played their home games at Amica Mutual Pavilion in Providence, Rhode Island as a member of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 13–7 in Big East play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament to UConn. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 11 seed in the East region. There they lost to Kentucky in the first round.
On March 10, 2023, Ed Cooley left the school to take the head coach job at Georgetown. On March 23, the school named George Mason head coach Kim English the team's new head coach.
Previous season The Friars finished the 2021–22 season 27–6, 14–3 in Big East play to win the school's first regular season championship. The Friars defeated Butler in the quarterfinals of the Big East tournament before losing to Creighton in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 4 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated South Dakota State and Richmond to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they lost to No. 1 seed Kansas.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Nate Watson 00 C 6'10" 260 GS Senior Portsmouth, VA Graduated Al Durham 1 G 6'4" 180 GS Senior Lilburn, GA Graduated Matteus Case 3 G 6'5" 190 Freshman Pickering, ON Transferred to William & Mary A. J. Reeves 11 G 6'6" 205 Senior Roxbury, MA Graduated/undrafted in 2022 NBA draft Brycen Goodine 12 G 6'4" 190 Junior New Bedford, MA Transferred to Fairfield Noah Horchler 14 F 6'8" 220 GS Senior Melbourne Beach, FL Graduated Justin Minaya 15 F 6'7" 210 GS Senior Harrington Park, NJ Graduated Legend Geeter 23 F 6'8" 235 Freshman River Rouge, MI Transferred to Eastern Michigan Andrew Fonts 24 G 6'2" 175 GS Senior Portsmouth, RI Walk-on; graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Noah Locke 10 G 6'3" 205 GS Senior Baltimore, MD Louisville Corey Floyd Jr. 14 G 6'3" 210 RS Freshman Franklin, NJ UConn Clifton Moore 21 F/C 6'10" 240 GS Senior Horsham, PA La Salle Devin Carter 22 G 6'3" 188 Sophomore Miami, FL South Carolina Bryce Hopkins 23 F 6'7" 220 Sophomore Oak Park, IL Kentucky
Recruiting classes 2022 recruiting class
2023 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
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