The 2022–23 Troy Trojans men's basketball team represented Troy University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Trojans, led by fourth-year head coach Scott Cross, played their home games at Trojan Arena in Troy, Alabama as members of the Sun Belt Conference.
Previous season The Trojans finished the 2021–22 season 20–12, 10–6 in SBC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated South Alabama in the quarterfinals of the SBC Tournament before losing to Louisiana in the semifinals. They were invited to the College Basketball Invitational where they lost to Abilene Christian in the first round.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure TK Smith 1 G 6'5" 185 Junior Memphis, TN Graduate transferred Desmond Williams 11 G 6'1" 165 Sophomore Montgomery, AL Transferred to UT Martin Khalyl Waters 13 F 6'5" 190 Senior Douglasville, GA Graduated Jakevan Leftridge 14 G 6'7" 180 Sophomore Dallas, TX Transferred Nick O'Brien 20 G 6'0" 180 Freshman Troy, AL Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Duke Deen 21 G 5'8" 160 Freshman Shreveport, LA Transferred to Panola College Rifen Miguel 22 F 6'8" 240 Junior Luanda, Angola Transferred to UT Martin Efe Odigie 23 F 6'9" 240 Junior Houston, TX Graduate transferred to SMU Nick Stampley 24 F 6'6" 210 Senior Broward County, FL Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Darius McNeill 1 G 6'3" 185 GS Senior Houston, TX UTSA Aamer Muhammad 2 G 6'1" 190 Junior Rio Ranch, NM Lubbock Christian Nelson Phillips 11 G 6'4" 190 RS Senior Waner Robins, GA Georgia State
Recruiting classes
2022 recruiting class
2023 recruiting class
Preseason
Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Trojans were picked to finish in 10th place in the conference's preseason poll. Senior forward Zay Williams was named to the 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
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!colspan=12 style=| Sun Belt Conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Sun Belt tournament
Source
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