The 2022–23 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Shockers, led by third year head coach Isaac Brown, played their home games at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas as members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16–14, 9–9 in AAC Play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Tulsa in the first round of the AAC tournament before losing in the second round to Tulane.
On March 12, 2023, the school fired head coach Isaac Brown. On March 22, the school named Oral Roberts head coach Paul Mills the team's new head coach.
Previous season The Shockers finished the 2021–22 season 15–13, 6–9 in AAC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to Tulsa.
Offseason
Departures Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Dexter Dennis 0 G 6'5" 210 Senior Baker, LA Graduate transferred to Texas A&M Tyson Etienne 1 G 6'2" 203 Junior Englewood, NJ Declare for 2022 NBA draft Chaunce Jenkins 2 G 6'4" 175 Sophomore Newport News, VA Transferred to Old Dominion Ricky Council IV 4 G 6'6" 204 Sophomore Durham, NC Transferred to Arkansas Clarence Jackson 5 F 6'7" 223 Junior Dublin, GA Transferred to Jacksonville State Steele Gaston-Chapman 12 G 6'1" 185 Sophomore Wichita, KS Walk-on; transferred to Hutchinson CC Qua Grant 22 G 6'1" 195 Senior DeSoto, TX Graduate transferred to Sam Houston State Morris Udeze 24 F 6'8" 245 Senior Houston, TX Graduate transferred to New Mexico Joe Pleasant 32 F 6'7" 231 Senior Overland Park, KS Transferred to Abilene Christian
Incoming transfers Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Xavier Bell 0 G 6'3" 185 Wichita, KS Drexel Colby Rogers 4 G 6'4" 184 Covington, GA Siena Jaron Pierre Jr. 5 G 6'5" 182 New Orleans, LA Southern Miss Jaykwon Walton 10 G 6'7" Columbus, OH Shelton State CC Melvion Flanagan 12 G 5'10" 170 Alexandria Walk-on; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC Quincy Ballard 15 C 7'0" 240 Syracuse, NY Florida State Shammah Scott 22 G 6'2" 180 Cleveland, OH Northwest Florida State College Gus Okafor 23 G/F 6'6" 230 Baltimore, MD Southeastern Louisiana James Rojas 33 F 6'8" 220 Jamestown, NY Alabama Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler 44 F 6'9" 250 Omaha, NE Omaha
Recruiting classes
2022 recruiting class There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2022.
2023 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
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