The 2022–23 Ohio University Bobcats men's basketball team represented

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for the

2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season The 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2022. The regular season ended on March 12, 2023, with the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning with the First Four on March 14 and ending with th ...

. The Bobcats were led by fourth-year head coach

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, who was a 1995 graduate of Ohio University. They played their home games at the Convocation Center in

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as a member of the

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. Ohio started the season slow after key player losses from the prior year. They also started conference play slowly with several difficult road games in January. They recovered in February and won seven out of their last nine regular season games to head into the MAC tournament at 18–13 as the fifth seed with a 10–8

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. They defeated

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in the first round of the MAC tournament before losing to top-seeded

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to finish 19–14.

Previous season

The

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finished the 2021–22 season 25–10 and 14–6 in MAC play to finish in third place. As the No. 3 seed in the MAC tournament, they defeated

before losing to

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in the semi-finals. They received a bid to the CBI. There they defeated

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in the first round before losing to Abilene Christian in the second round.

Offseason

Ohio had a lot of roster turnover. Eleven of the sixteen players that had minutes the prior season either graduated, left the team, or transferred. Three key starters had to be replaced. Jason Carter graduated while Ben Vander Plas and Mark Sears transferred to high-major programs. Dwight Wilson III redshirted the previous season due to injury and returned for his final year.

Coaching Staff Changes

Coaching Additions

Departures

Walk-on in 2021-22

Incoming transfers

Recruiting class

Walk-on

Preseason

On October 26, 2022 the MAC released the preseason coaches poll. Ohio was picked to finish fifth in the MAC regular season."Men's Basketball Preseason Coaches Poll & All-MAC Teams Announced"
''getsomemaction.com''. Retrieved 2022-10-26. Ohio had no members on the preseason all-MAC teams

Preseason rankings

MAC Tournament Champions: Kent State (4), Toledo (4), Akron (2), Eastern Michigan (1), Western Michigan (1) Source

Roster

Support Staff

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Schedule and results

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Statistics

Team statistics

:''Final 2022–23 statistics'' Source

Player statistics

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Team and individual highs

Team Game Highs

Individual Game Highs

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Awards and honors

Weekly Awards

All-MAC Awards

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References

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