The 2022–23 Arkansas State Red Wolves men's basketball team represented Arkansas State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Red Wolves, led by sixth-year head coach Mike Balado, played their home games at the First National Bank Arena in Jonesboro, Arkansas as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 13–20, 4–14 in Sun Belt play to finish in 13th place. They defeated Coastal Carolina in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament before losing to Troy in the second round.

On March 16, 2023, the school fired head coach Mike Balado. On March 22, the school named Alabama assistant coach Bryan Hodgson the team's new head coach.

Previous season The Red Wolves finished the 2021–21 season 18–11, 8–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Louisiana–Monroe in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament before losing to Georgia State in the quarterfinals.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Desi Sills 3 G 6'2" 195 Junior Jonesboro, AR Transferred to Kansas State Christian Willis 5 G 6'2" 195 Senior Belleville, IL Graduated Lazar Grbovic 11 F 6'8" 230 Freshman Belgrade, Serbia Transferred to Moberly Area CC Mario Fantina 13 G 6'4" 192 Freshman Sveti Filip i Jakov, Croatia Transferred to Arkansas–Monticello Norchad Omier 15 F 6'7" 232 Freshman Bluefields, Nicaragua Transferred to Miami (FL) Cheikh Ndour 21 F 6'7" 228 Freshman Médina, Senegal Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Keyon Wesley 22 F 6'9" 176 Junior Chesilhurst, NJ Transferred to Alabama State Marquis Eaton 23 G 6'2' 202 Senior Helena, AR Graduated

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Mak Manciel 3 G 6'3" 197 Sophomore Sterling Heights, MI Henry Ford College Alaaeddine Boutayeb 4 F 7'2" 226 Freshman Casablanca, Morocco Florida State Detrick Reeves Jr. 5 G 6'3" 200 RS Sophomore Marion, AR John A. Logan College Dylan Arnette 13 G 6'3" 188 RS Senior DeSoto, TX Western New Mexico Omar El Sheik 22 F 6'8" 218 GS Senior Giza, Egypt Assumption Julian Lual 23 F 6'6" 196 RS Junior Calgary, AB McCook Community College

2022 recruiting class

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Red Wolves were picked to finish in 12th place in the conference's preseason poll. Junior guard Caleb Fields was named preseason All-SBC Third 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

!colspan=12 style=""| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=""| Sun Belt Conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=""| Sun Belt tournament

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