The 2022–23 Kennesaw State Owls men's basketball team represented

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in the

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. The Owls, led by fourth-year head coach

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, played their home games at the

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as members of the

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. They finished the season with 26–9, 15–3 in ASUN play to earn a share of the regular season championship. As the No. 1 seed in the ASUN tournament, the Owls defeated

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, Lipscomb, and

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to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, the school's first-ever trip to the tournament. As the No. 14 seed in the Midwest region, they lost in the first round to Xavier. On March 29, 2023, head coach Amir Abdur-Rahim left the school to take the head coaching position at

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. On April 7, the school named

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assistant coach

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the team's new head coach.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2021–22 season 13–18, 7–9 in ASUN play to finish in fourth place in the East Division. In the ASUN tournament, they defeated

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in the first round, before falling to Jacksonville State in the quarterfinals.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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