The 2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the

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. The Ragin' Cajuns, led by 13th-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 26–8, 13–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated

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, Texas State, and South Alabama to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 13 seed in the East region. Then they lost to

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in the first round.

Previous season

The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2021–22 season 16–15, 8–9 in Sun Belt play to finish in eighth place. They defeated

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, Texas State, and

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to advance to the Sun Belt tournament championship where they lost to

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Offseason

Departures

Transfers

Recruiting class

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll

The Ragin' Cajuns were picked to win the conference in the conference's preseason poll; they received 10 of 14 first-place votes. Junior forward Jordan Brown was named the preseason player of the year. Sophomore forward Kobe Julien was named to the preseason All-SBC Second Team.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Louisiana-Lafayette The University of Louisiana at Lafayette (UL Lafayette, University of Louisiana, ULL, or UL) is a public research university in Lafayette, Louisiana. It has the largest enrollment within the nine-campus University of Louisiana System and the s ...

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