The 2022–23 Southern Miss Golden Eagles basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The team was led by third-year head coach

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, and played their home games at

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as first-year members of the

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Previous season

The

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finished the 2021–22 season 7–26, (1–17 C-USA). They defeated UTSA in the first round of the C-USA tournament before losing to Florida Atlantic in the second round. On October 28, 2021, Southern Miss announced that this would be the last season for the team in the

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and they would become a member of the Sun Belt Conference on July 1, 2022.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2022 recruiting class

There were no incoming recruits for the class of 2022.

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll

The Golden Eaglers were picked to finish in 13th place in the conference's preseason poll. Graduate forward Felipe Haase was named to the preseason All-SBC Second Team.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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