Sport: | Basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | Wichita State Shockers |
Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | AAC |
Record: | 17–15 |
Conf Record: | 9–9 |
Head Coach: | Isaac Brown |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Asst Coach1: | Butch Pierre |
Asst Coach2: | Tyson Waterman |
Asst Coach3: | Billy Kennedy |
Stadium: | Charles Koch Arena |
The 2022–23 Wichita State Shockers men's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Shockers, led by third year head coach Isaac Brown, played their home games at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas as members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 16–14, 9–9 in AAC Play to finish in sixth place. They defeated Tulsa[1] in the first round of the AAC tournament before losing in the second round to Tulane.[2]
On March 12, 2023, the school fired head coach Isaac Brown.[3] On March 22, the school named Oral Roberts head coach Paul Mills the team's new head coach.[4]
The Shockers finished the 2021–22 season 15–13, 6–9 in AAC play to finish in seventh place. They lost in the first round of the AAC tournament to Tulsa.[5]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
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0 | G | 6'5" | 210 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Texas A&M | |||
1 | G | 6'2" | 203 | Junior | Declare for 2022 NBA draft | |||
Chaunce Jenkins | 2 | G | 6'4" | 175 | Sophomore | Transferred to Old Dominion | ||
4 | G | 6'6" | 204 | Sophomore | Transferred to Arkansas | |||
Clarence Jackson | 5 | F | 6'7" | 223 | Junior | Transferred to Jacksonville State | ||
Steele Gaston-Chapman | 12 | G | 6'1" | 185 | Sophomore | Walk-on; transferred to Hutchinson CC | ||
22 | G | 6'1" | 195 | Senior | Graduate transferred to Sam Houston State | |||
Morris Udeze | 24 | F | 6'8" | 245 | Senior | Graduate transferred to New Mexico | ||
Joe Pleasant | 32 | F | 6'7" | 231 | Senior | Transferred to Abilene Christian |
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous School | |
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Xavier Bell | 0 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Drexel | |||
Colby Rogers | 4 | G | 6'4" | 184 | Siena | |||
Jaron Pierre Jr. | 5 | G | 6'5" | 182 | Southern Miss | |||
Jaykwon Walton | 10 | G | 6'7" | Shelton State CC | ||||
Melvion Flanagan | 12 | G | 5'10" | 170 | Walk-on; Mississippi Gulf Coast CC | |||
Quincy Ballard | 15 | C | 7'0" | 240 | Florida State | |||
Shammah Scott | 22 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Northwest Florida State College | |||
Gus Okafor | 23 | G/F | 6'6" | 230 | Southeastern Louisiana | |||
James Rojas | 33 | F | 6'8" | 220 | Alabama | |||
Isaiah Poor Bear-Chandler | 44 | F | 6'9" | 250 | Omaha |
There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2022.
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