The 2022–23 Arizona Wildcats men's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The team led by

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, in his 2nd season as a head coach. This is the Wildcats' 49th season at the on-campus

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and 44th season as a member of the

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. They finished the season 28-7, 14-6 in Pac-12 Play to finish a tie in 2nd place. They defeated

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, and

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to become champions of the Pac-12 Tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where they were upset in the First Round by

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, becoming the 11th No. 2 seed to lose to a No. 15 seed.

Previous season

In Lloyd's inaugural season, The Wildcats finished the 2021–22 season at 33–4. During the regular season, Arizona finished with a record of 28–3, 18–2 in conference play to win their 17th regular season title. and 11–0 in non-conference play. Arizona went 17–0 at home, 8–3 on the road, and 2–0 at neutral sites. Arizona defeated 2-seed

84–76 in the PAC-12 Tournament title game to win their 8th conference tournament title in Paradise, Nevada. In the NCAA Tournament, the 1-seed Wildcats lost 5-seed

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losing 60–72.

Offseason

Returning players

Departures

Due to

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, the NCAA ruled in October 2020 that the 2020–21 season would not count against the eligibility of any basketball player, thus giving all players the option to return in 2021–22. Additionally, any players who have declared for the

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—including seniors, who must opt into this year's draft—have the option to return if they make a timely withdrawal from the draft and end any pre-draft relationships with agents. Thus, separate lists will initially be maintained for confirmed and potential departures.

Coaching staff departures

Acquisitions

Incoming Transfers

2022 recruiting class

2023 recruiting class

Coaching staff additions

Entered 2022 NBA draft

Preseason

Preseason rankings

*October 26 – Pac-12 Men's Basketball Media Day in San Francisco. Arizona was picked to finish 2nd by the Pac-12 Media Day. *Arizona was ranked 17th in the

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. and ranked 13th in the

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Preseason All-conference teams

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Award watch lists

Listed in the order that they were released

Red and Blue game

The annual Red-Blue game took place at McKale Center on Friday September 30, 2022 at 7:30 p.m. The Red team consisted of Ben Ackerley, Dylan Anderson, Filip Borovicanin, Kylan Boswell, Luke Champion, Luc Krystkowiak, Matthew Lang, Pelle Larsson, Jordan Mains, Courtney Ramey & Azuolas Tubelis. The Blue team consisted of Adama Bal, Oumar Ballo, Cedric Henderson Jr., Kerr Kriisa, Will Menaugh, Tautvilas Tubelis, Henri Veesaar and Grant Weitman. The blue team won 49–45 with Oumar Ballo and Henri Veesaar leading all scorers with 16 points each.

Personnel

Roster

Note: Players' year is based on remaining eligibility. The NCAA did not count the 2020–21 season towards eligibility. * On October 31 Courtney Ramey was suspended for three-games by the NCAA as a result of playing in the Portsmouth Invitational. Source:

Schedule

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Game summaries

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Stanford (Pac-12 Quarterfinal)

Arizona State (Pac-12 Semifinal)

No. 2 UCLA (Pac-12 Championship)

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Statistics

:''Updated through 2023 Season''

Team total per game

Player statistics

Awards and honors

Postseason

National awards

Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References

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