The 2022–23 Georgia State Panthers men's basketball team represented Georgia State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Panthers, led by first-year head coach Jonas Hayes, played their home games at new the GSU Convocation Center in Atlanta, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Previous season The Panthers finished the 2021–22 season 18–11, 9–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in third place. They defeated Arkansas State, Appalachian State, and Louisiana to win the Sun Belt tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 16 seed in the West region. They lost in the first round to overall No. 1 seed Gonzaga.
On March 27, 2022, head coach Rob Lanier left the school to take the head coaching position at SMU. On April 6, the school named Xavier assistant and former University of Georgia player Jonas Hayes the team's new basketball coach.
The season marked the Panthers' final season at the GSU Sports Arena, with the new GSU Convocation Center set to open for the 2022–23 season.
Offseason Departures Georgia State Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Eliel Nsoseme 1 F 6'8" 235 Senior Kinshasa, DR Congo Graduated Justin Roberts 2 G 5'10" 170 Senior Indianapolis, IN Graduated; Signed to play with Fribourg Olympic Jordan Rawls 4 G 6'1" 180 Junior Chattanooga, TN Transferred to Western Kentucky Nelson Phillips 10 G 6'4" 190 RS Junior Waner Robins, GA Transferred to Troy Corey Allen 11 G 6'2" 195 Senior Ypsilanti, MI Graduated; Signed to play with Pieno Zvaigzdes Kane Williams 12 G 6'4" 190 Senior Douglasville, GA Graduated Chien-Hao Ma 14 F 6'7" 180 Freshman Taichung City, Taiwan Signed to play professionally in China with Jiangsu Dragons Jalen Thomas 25 F 6'10" 230 Junior Detroit, MI Transferred to Butler Zach Pina 31 G 6'0" 165 Junior Peachtree City, GA Walk-on; didn't return
Incoming transfers Georgia State Incoming Transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Years Remaining Dwon Odom 1 G 6'2" 182 Sophomore Alpharetta, GA Xavier 2 Jamaine Mann 2 G 6'6" 230 Sophomore Hampton, GA Vanderbilt 2 Brenden Tucker 5 G 6'3" 180 Junior Lawrenceville, GA College of Charleston 2
2022 Recruiting class
2023 Recruiting class
Preseason
Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Panthers were picked to finish in fifth place in the conference's preseason poll.
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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!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt Conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt tournament
References