The 2022–23 Appalachian State Mountaineers men's basketball team represented Appalachian State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers, led by fourth-year head coach Dustin Kerns, played their home games at the Holmes Center in Boone, North Carolina as members in the Sun Belt Conference.
The Mountaineers finished the season 16–16, 9–9 in Sun Belt play, to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. They lost to South Alabama in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament.
Previous season The Mountaineers finished the 2021–22 season 19–15, 12–6 in Sun Belt play, to finish in second place. They defeated Georgia Southern in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt tournament before losing to Georgia State in the semifinals. The Mountaineers received an invitation to The Basketball Classic postseason tournament, formerly known as the CollegeInsider.com Tournament. There they lost in the first round to USC Upstate.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Justin Forrest 1 G 6' 2" 195 Senior Decatur, GA Graduated R. J. Duhart 4 F 6' 9" 205 Junior Boynton Beach, FL Transferred to Charleston Southern Michael Almonacy 5 G 6' 0" 180 GS Senior Brentwood, NY Graduated Adrian Delph 20 G 6' 3" 185 Senior Gastonia, NC Graduated/went undrafted in the 2022 NBA draft Michael Moore 24 G 6' 5" 200 Freshman Bear Creek, NC Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons James Lewis Jr. 25 F 6' 8" 215 Senior Mount Holly, NC Graduated Sasha Glushkov 33 C 6' 11" 205 Sophomore Vladivostok, Russia Transferred to Southwest Baptist
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Tamell Pearson 3 F 6' 10" 223 Senior Chicago, IL Western Illinois Carvell Teasett 12 G 6' 1" 180 Sophomore Baton Rouge, LA Northwestern State Tyree Boykin 30 G 6' 1" 190 GS Senior Clarksville, TN Union (TN) Dibaji Walker 35 F 6' 9" 200 GS Senior Columbus, OH UMass
2022 recruiting class
2023 recruiting class
Preseason Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Mountaineers were picked to finish in seventh place in the conference's preseason poll. Senior forward Donovan Gregory was named preseason All-SBC Second Team.
Coaches poll 1 Louisiana – 190 (10) 2 Texas State – 162 (1) 3 South Alabama – 150 (1) 4 James Madison – 149 (1) 5 Georgia State – 127 (1) 6 Marshall – 122 7 App State – 120 8 Coastal Carolina – 100 9 Old Dominion – 93 10 Troy – 76 11 Georgia Southern – 69 12 Arkansas State – 48 13 Southern Miss – 34 14 ULM – 30
Roster
Schedule and results
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