The 2022–23 South Alabama Jaguars men's basketball team represented the University of South Alabama in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Jaguars, led by fifth-year head coach Richie Riley, played their home games at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Alabama as members in the Sun Belt Conference.
Previous season The Jaguars finished the 2021–22 season 21–12, 9–7 in Sun Belt play to finish in fifth place. In the Sun Belt tournament, they lost in the first round to Little Rock in the first round. They were invited to the 2022 The Basketball Classic where they Southeastern Louisiana in the first round and USC Upstate in the quarterfinals before losing to Sun Belt member Coastal Carolina in the semifinals.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Lance Thomas 1 F 6'9" 224 GS Senior Norcross, GA Left the team for personal reasons Andrew Anderson 3 G 6'0" 160 Sophomore Memphis, TN Transferred to Copiah–Lincoln CC Kayo Goncalves 4 F 6'8" 212 GS Senior Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Graduated Alex Anderson 12 F 6'6" 185 Freshman Memphis, TN Transferred to Alabama State Javon Franklin 13 F 6'7" 220 Senior Little Rock, AR Graduate transferred to Georgia Tech Charles Manning Jr. 21 G 6'4" 193 Senior Riverhead, NY Graduated Jay Jay Chandler 22 G 6'4" 180 GS Senior Katy, TX Graduated Jamal West 25 F 6'5" 224 Sophomore Baltimore, MD Transferred to Clarendon College
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Elijah Ormiston 3 F 6'8" 210 Sophomore Easley, SC Concordia Saint Paul Isaiah Moore 4 G 5'11" 163 Senior Temple Hills, MD Franklin Pierce Kevin Samuel 21 C 6'11" 255 GS Senior Codrington, Barbuda Florida Gulf Coast Owen White 22 G 6'6" 215 GS Senior Rhinelander, WI Michigan Tech Judah Brown 25 F 6'6" 205 Junior Bermuda Dunes, CA Saint Mary's
Recruiting classes
2022 recruiting class
2023 recruiting class
Preseason
Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Jaguars were picked to finish in third place in the conference's preseason poll. Graduate center Kevin Samuel was named to the preseason All-SBC First Team. Graduate guard Greg Parham II was named to the conference preseason 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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!colspan=12 style=| Sun Belt Conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Sun Belt tournament
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