2022–23 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team

The 2022–23 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at San Antonio in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Roadrunners, led by seventh-year head coach Steve Henson, played their home games at the Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas as a member of Conference USA.

2022–23 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball
ConferenceConference USA
Record10–22 (4–16 C-USA)
Head coach
Associate head coachMike Peck
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Thompson
  • Adam Hood
Home arenaConvocation Center
Seasons
2022–23 Conference USA men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 25 Florida Atlantic 18 2   .900 35 4   .897
North Texas 16 4   .800 31 7   .816
UAB 14 6   .700 29 10   .744
Middle Tennessee 11 9   .550 19 14   .576
Charlotte 9 11   .450 22 14   .611
Rice 8 12   .400 19 16   .543
FIU 8 12   .400 14 18   .438
Western Kentucky 8 12   .400 17 16   .515
UTEP 7 13   .350 14 18   .438
Louisiana Tech 7 13   .350 15 18   .455
UTSA 4 16   .200 10 22   .313
2023 C-USA tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The season marks the team's last season as members of Conference USA before joining the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2023.[1]

Previous season edit

The Roadrunners finished the 2021–22 season 10–22, 3–15 in C-USA play to finish in sixth place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the C-USA Tournament to Southern Miss.

Offseason edit

Departures edit

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Cedrick Alley Jr. 0 G 6'6" 230 RS Senior Houston, TX Graduated
Darius McNeill 1 G 6'3" 185 Senior Houston, TX Graduate transferred to Troy
Dhieu Deing 3 G 6'5" 175 Junior High Point, NC Signed to play professionally in South Africa with Cape Town Tigers
Phoenix Ford 12 F 6'8" 225 RS Senior St. Petersburg, FL Graduated
Artan Jabbar 13 G 6'0" 180 Junior Fort Worth, TX Walk-on; transferred
Jordan Ivy-Curry 21 G 6'2" 170 Sophomore La Marque, TX Transferred to Pacific
Adrian Rodriguez 25 F 6'7" 245 RS Senior Tulsa, OK Graduated

Incoming transfers edit

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
John Buggs III 0 G 6'2" 185 RS Sophomore Homer, LA Hill College
Japhet Medor 1 G 6'0" 160 RS Junior Lake Worth, TX Hillsborough CC
Carlton Linguard Jr. 12 F 7'0" 220 Senior San Antonio, TX Kansas State

2022 recruiting class edit

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
DJ Richards
SG
Montverde, FL Montverde Academy 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Apr 14, 2022 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
Massal Diouf
PF
Canada N/A 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Apr 14, 2022 
Recruiting star ratings: ScoutN/A   RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved October 17, 2022.

Roster edit

2022–23 UTSA Roadrunners men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 John Buggs 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS So Hill College Homer, LA
G 1 Japhet Medor 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 168 lb (76 kg) RS Jr Hillsborough CC Wellington, FL
G/F 2 Aleu Aleu 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Sr Temple College Austin, TX
G 3 Azavier Johnson 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) RS Fr Faith Lutheran HS Las Vegas, NV
F 4 Josh Farmer 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 198 lb (90 kg) So Sharpstown HS Houston, TX
F 5 DJ Richards 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fr Montverde Academy Houston, TX
G 10 Erik Czumbel 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 196 lb (89 kg) Sr Liceo Leonardo da Vinci Verona, Italy
F 11 Lachlan Bofinger 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 223 lb (101 kg) Jr Montverde Academy Sydney, Australia
F 12 Sam Aldirawi (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Fr Cinco Ranch HS Houston, TX
F 13 Carlton Linguard Jr. 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 218 lb (99 kg) Sr Temple College San Antonio, TX
F 14 Massal Diouf 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Fr Western Canada Prep Academy Gouda, Netherlands
G 20 Lamin Sabally 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 204 lb (93 kg) So Bella Vista Prep Berlin, Germany
G 22 Christian Tucker (W) 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 178 lb (81 kg) So Gilbert Perry HS Chandler, AZ
C 24 Jacob Germany 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 238 lb (108 kg) Sr Kingston HS Kingston, OK
G 25 Isaiah Addo-Ankrah 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Jr Second Baptist School Houston, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule and results edit

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2022*
7:00 p.m.
Schreiner W 93–60 
Convocation Center (375)
San Antonio, TX
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022*
7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv
Trinity (TX) W 74–47  1–0
Convocation Center (930)
San Antonio, TX
November 11, 2022*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi
South Texas Showdown
L 55–75  1–1
American Bank Center (1,400)
Corpus Christi, TX
November 14, 2022*
7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv
St. Mary's (TX) W 66–59  2–1
Convocation Center (782)
San Antonio, TX
November 17, 2022*
7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv
Texas State
I-35 Rivalry
W 61–56  3–1
Convocation Center (1,587)
San Antonio, TX
November 22, 2022*
7:00 p.m., CUSA.tv
Prairie View A&M W 82–75  4–1
Convocation Center (1,081)
San Antonio, TX
November 25, 2022*
7:30 p.m., CUSA.tv
Grambling State
210 San Antonio Shootout
L 55–75  4–2
Convocation Center (848)
San Antonio, TX
November 27, 2022*
7:30 p.m., CUSA.tv
Dartmouth
210 San Antonio Shootout
L 77–78 OT 4–3
Convocation Center (813)
San Antonio, TX
November 28, 2022*
6:30 p.m., CUSA.tv
Incarnate Word
210 San Antonio Shootout
W 68–62  5–3
Convocation Center (797)
San Antonio, TX
December 10, 2022*
3:00 p.m., MW Network
at New Mexico L 76–94  5–4
The Pit (10,049)
Albuquerque, NM
December 13, 2022*
8:00 p.m., P12N
at Utah L 70–91  5–5
Jon M. Huntsman Center (5,223)
Salt Lake City, UT
December 18, 2022*
3:00 p.m., CUSA.tv
Bethune–Cookman W 90–69  6–5
Convocation Center (774)
San Antonio, TX
Conference USA regular season
December 22, 2022
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
North Texas L 54–78  6–6
(0–1)
Convocation Center (1,120)
San Antonio, TX
December 29, 2022
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Louisiana Tech L 69–91  6–7
(0–2)
Thomas Assembly Center (2,704)
Ruston, LA
December 31, 2022
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UAB L 67–90  6–8
(0–3)
Bartow Arena (3,326)
Birmingham, AL
January 5, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Middle Tennessee W 75–72  7–8
(1–3)
Convocation Center (708)
San Antonio, TX
January 7, 2023
3:00 p.m., Stadium
Western Kentucky L 64–74  7–9
(1–4)
Convocation Center (922)
San Antonio, TX
January 11, 2023
8:00 p.m., ESPN+
at UTEP L 57–69  7–10
(1–5)
Don Haskins Center (3,764)
El Paso, TX
January 14, 2023
1:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Charlotte L 54–72  7–11
(1–6)
Dale F. Halton Arena (3,189)
Charlotte, NC
January 16, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Rice L 81–88 OT 7–12
(1–7)
Convocation Center (767)
San Antonio, TX
January 19, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
No. 24 Florida Atlantic L 64–83  7–13
(1–8)
Convocation Center (1,210)
San Antonio, TX
January 21, 2023
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
FIU L 72–77  7–14
(1–9)
Convocation Center (1,414)
San Antonio, TX
January 26, 2023
8:00 p.m., ESPNU
at North Texas L 59–63  7–15
(1–10)
The Super Pit (3,948)
Denton, TX
January 28, 2023
3:00 p.m., ESPN+
Louisiana Tech L 55–66  7–16
(1–11)
Convocation Center (1,568)
San Antonio, TX
February 2, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Western Kentucky L 74–81  7–17
(1–12)
E. A. Diddle Arena (3,226)
Bowling Green, KY
February 4, 2023
5:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Middle Tennessee L 60–84  7–18
(1–13)
Murphy Center (3,425)
Murfreesboro, TN
February 11, 2023
3:00 p.m., CUSA.tv
UTEP L 66–77  7–19
(1–14)
Convocation Center (1,127)
San Antonio, TX
February 16, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Rice W 84–79  8–19
(2–14)
Tudor Fieldhouse (1,999)
Houston, TX
February 18, 2023
3:00 p.m., Stadium
UAB L 78–83  8–20
(2–15)
Convocation Center (1,220)
San Antonio, TX
February 23, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Florida Atlantic L 66–106  8–21
(2–16)
Eleanor R. Baldwin Arena (3,049)
Boca Raton, FL
February 25, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN+
at FIU W 95–91  9–21
(3–16)
Ocean Bank Convocation Center (1,119)
Miami, FL
March 2, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPN+
Charlotte W 78–73  10–21
(4–16)
Convocation Center (1,249)
San Antonio, TX
Conference USA tournament
March 8, 2023
8:30 p.m., ESPN+
(11) vs. (6) Rice
First round
L 71–72  10–22
Ford Center at The Star 
Frisco, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central.

Source[2]

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "UTSA to begin American Athletic Conference competition in 2023". University of Texas San Antonoio. October 17, 2022. Retrieved June 15, 2022.
  2. ^ "2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule". UTSA Athletics. Retrieved October 17, 2022.