2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Gophers were led by second-year head coach Ben Johnson and played their home games at Williams Arena in Minneapolis, Minnesota as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 2–17 in Big Ten play to finish in last place. They defeated Nebraska in the first round of the Big Ten tournament before losing to Maryland in the second round.

2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record9–22 (2–17 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Dave Thorson (2nd season)
  • Jason Kemp (2nd season)
  • Marcus Jenkins (2nd season)
Home arenaWilliams Arena
Seasons
2022–23 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 3 Purdue 15 5   .750 29 6   .829
No. 21 Indiana 12 8   .600 23 12   .657
Northwestern 12 8   .600 22 12   .647
Michigan State 11 8   .579 21 13   .618
Maryland 11 9   .550 22 13   .629
Illinois 11 9   .550 20 13   .606
Iowa 11 9   .550 19 14   .576
Michigan 11 9   .550 18 16   .529
Penn State 10 10   .500 23 14   .622
Rutgers 10 10   .500 19 15   .559
Wisconsin 9 11   .450 20 15   .571
Nebraska 9 11   .450 16 16   .500
Ohio State 5 15   .250 16 19   .457
Minnesota 2 17   .105 9 22   .290
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

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The Gophers finished the 2021–22 season 13–17, 4–16 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for last place. The team was almost entirely remade from the prior season, with 10 players transferring out of the program following the firing of former head coach Richard Pitino.[1]

The Gophers began the season well, compiling a 10–1 record to begin the season,[2] including the team's first road win against Michigan in Ann Arbor since 2011.[3] The Gophers were unable to continue that success as the season wore on, losing 16 of their final 19 games and finishing the season with a 60–51 loss to Penn State in the first round of the Big Ten tournament.[4]

Offseason

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Departures

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Payton Willis 0 G 6'4" 200 Graduate Student Fayetteville, AR Graduated
Eric Curry 1 F 6'9" 240 RS Senior Memphis, TN Graduated
Abdoulaye Thiam 2 G 6'3" 180 Freshman Orlando, FL Transferred to High Point
Joey Kern 3 G 6'1" 170 Graduate Student Norwalk, IA Walk-on; graduated
Luke Loewe 12 G 6'4" 185 Graduate Student Fond du Lac, WI Graduated
Charlie Daniels 15 F/C 6'9" 230 Graduate Student Jacksonville, FL Graduated
Eylijah Stephens 20 G 6'3" 175 Graduate Student Plantation, FL Graduated
Danny Ogele 22 F 6'7" 220 Graduate Student Chicago, IL Graduated
Sean Sutherlin 24 G 6'5" 200 RS Senior New Brighton, MN Graduated

Incoming transfers

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Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Taurus Samuels 0 G 6'1" 190 Graduate Student Oceanside, CA Dartmouth
Dawson Garcia 3 F 6'11" 235 Sophomore Prior Lake, MN North Carolina
Ta'Lon Cooper 55 G 6'4" 190 Junior Roebuck, SC Morehead State

Recruiting classes

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2022 recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Braeden Carrington
SG
Brooklyn Park, MN Park Center High School 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Aug 4, 2021 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 80
Pharrel Payne
PF
Cottage Grove, MN Park Senior High School 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 230 lb (100 kg) Aug 22, 2021 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 75
Joshua Ola-Joseph
PF
Osseo, MN Osseo Senior High School 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Aug 30, 2021 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN:    ESPN grade: 75
Jaden Henley
SF
Ontario, CA Colony High School 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Dec 10, 2021 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports: 
Kadyn Betts
SF
Pueblo, CO Central High School 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jul 1, 2022 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports: 
Overall recruiting rankings:   Rivals: 48  247Sports: 35
  • 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 June 27, 2022.

2023 Recruiting class

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US college sports recruiting information for 2023 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Cam Christie
SG
Rolling Meadows, IL Rolling Meadows High School 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 160 lb (73 kg) Jul 29, 2022 
Recruiting star ratings: Rivals:    247Sports:     ESPN: 
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:

Roster

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2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Taurus Samuels 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) GS Vista
Dartmouth
Oceanside, CA
F 1 Joshua Ola-Joseph 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Compass Prep Brooklyn Park, MN
F 3 Dawson Garcia 6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 235 lb (107 kg) So Prior Lake
North Carolina
Prior Lake, MN
G 4 Braeden Carrington 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Fr Park Center Brooklyn Park, MN
F 5 Isaiah Ihnen   6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr IBA Munich Böblingen, Germany
F 10 Jamison Battle 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr DeLaSalle
George Washington
Robbinsdale, MN
G 11 Jackson Purcell (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 195 lb (88 kg) RS Fr Eastview Apple Valley, MN
F 15 Kadyn Betts   6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Fr Central Pueblo, CO
F 21 Pharrel Payne 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 255 lb (116 kg) Fr Park Cottage Grove, MN
F 23 Parker Fox   6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) RS Jr Mahtomedi
Northern State
Mahtomedi, MN
G/F 24 Jaden Henley 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Fr Colony Ontario, CA
G 25 Will Ramberg (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr Cook County
McGill
Grand Marais, MN
C 42 Treyton Thompson 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So La Lumiere School Glenwood, MN
G 55 Ta'Lon Cooper 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Dorman
Morehead State
Roebuck, SC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2022*
7:00 p.m., BTN+
St. Olaf W 71–55 
 14  Ola-Joseph   9  Thompson   5  Cooper  Williams Arena (8,869)
Minneapolis, MN
Regular season
November 7, 2022*
8:00 p.m., BTN+
Western Michigan W 61–60  1–0
 23  Garcia   8  Tied   10  Cooper  Williams Arena (8,119)
Minneapolis, MN
November 11, 2022*
6:00 p.m., BTN+
St. Francis Brooklyn W 72–54  2–0
 16  Henley   8  Tied   6  Cooper  Williams Arena (8,232)
Minneapolis, MN
November 14, 2022*
6:00 p.m., BTN
DePaul
Gavitt Tipoff Games
L 53–69  2–1
 19  Garcia   6  Garcia   6  Cooper  Williams Arena (8,426)
Minneapolis, MN
November 17, 2022*
8:00 p.m., BTN
Central Michigan
SoCal Challenge campus-site game
W 68–60  3–1
 17  Garcia   7  Tied   8  Cooper  Williams Arena (8,096)
Minneapolis, MN
November 21, 2022*
9:30 p.m., CBSSN
vs. Cal Baptist
SoCal Challenge Surf Division semifinals
W 62–61 OT 4–1
 15  Payne   13  Payne   7  Cooper  The Pavilion at JSerra (900)
San Juan Capistrano, CA
November 23, 2022*
9:30 p.m., CBSSN
vs. UNLV
SoCal Challenge Surf Division championship
L 62–71  4–2
 17  Battle   9  Battle   7  Cooper  The Pavilion at JSerra 
San Juan Capistrano, CA
November 28, 2022*
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
at Virginia Tech
ACC–Big Ten Challenge
L 57–67  4–3
 13  Tied   6  Payne   5  Cooper  Cassell Coliseum (7,870)
Blacksburg, VA
December 4, 2022
4:00 p.m., BTN
at No. 5 Purdue L 70–89  4–4
(0–1)
 21  Battle   6  Carrington   8  Cooper  Mackey Arena (14,876)
West Lafayette, IN
December 8, 2022
8:00 p.m., BTN
Michigan L 75–90  4–5
(0–2)
 16  Cooper   5  Tied   5  Cooper  Williams Arena (10,004)
Minneapolis, MN
December 11, 2022*
7:30 p.m., BTN
No. 23 Mississippi State L 51–69  4–6
 20  Garcia   10  Carrington   4  Cooper  Williams Arena (8,664)
Minneapolis, MN
December 14, 2022*
7:00 p.m., BTN
Arkansas–Pine Bluff W 72–56  5–6
 20  Carrington   7  Garcia   8  Cooper  Williams Arena (8,127)
Minneapolis, MN
December 22, 2022*
12:00 p.m., BTN+
Chicago State W 58–55  6–6
 18  Garcia   7  Carrington   9  Cooper  Williams Arena (8,736)
Minneapolis, MN
December 29, 2022*
7:00 p.m., BTN+
Alcorn State Canceled due to travel complications at Alcorn State Williams Arena 
Minneapolis, MN
January 3, 2023
8:00 p.m., BTN
at No. 14 Wisconsin L 60–63  6–7
(0–3)
 16  Cooper   9  Tied   3  Cooper  Kohl Center (13,850)
Madison, WI
January 7, 2023
11:00 a.m., BTN
Nebraska L 79–81 OT 6–8
(0–4)
 20  Battle   15  Garcia   4  Cooper  Williams Arena (10,948)
Minneapolis, MN
January 12, 2023
5:30 p.m., FS1
at Ohio State W 70–67  7–8
(1–4)
 28  Garcia   11  Cooper   4  Cooper  Value City Arena (11,202)
Columbus, OH
January 16, 2023
5:00 p.m., BTN
Illinois L 60–78  7–9
(1–5)
 17  Garcia   7  Payne   4  Tied  Williams Arena (9,874)
Minneapolis, MN
January 19, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 3 Purdue L 39–61  7–10
(1–6)
 13  Ola–Joseph   6  Tied   2  Tied  Williams Arena (9,251)
Minneapolis, MN
January 22, 2023
12:00 p.m., BTN
at Michigan L 56–60  7–11
(1–7)
 15  Cooper   10  Cooper   3  Tied  Crisler Center (12,092)
Ann Arbor, MI
January 25, 2023
8:00 p.m., BTN
Indiana L 57–61  7–12
(1–8)
 20  Battle   8  Thompson   6  Cooper  Williams Arena (9,276)
Minneapolis, MN
January 28, 2023
11:00 a.m., BTN
at Northwestern L 61–81  7–13
(1–9)
 20  Battle   7  Ramberg   5  Cooper  Welsh–Ryan Arena (6,064)
Evanston, IL
February 1, 2023
7:30 p.m., BTN
at Rutgers L 55–90  7–14
(1–10)
 17  Ola-Joseph   9  Cooper   7  Cooper  Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000)
Piscataway, NJ
February 4, 2023
8:00 p.m., BTN
Maryland L 46–81  7–15
(1–11)
 14  Payne   7  Henley   4  Tied  Williams Arena (9,255)
Minneapolis, MN
February 12, 2023
12:00 p.m., FS1
Iowa L 56–68  7–16
(1–12)
 11  Ola-Joseph   7  Tied   7  Cooper  Williams Arena (10,683)
Minneapolis, MN
February 15, 2023
6:00 p.m., BTN
at Michigan State Canceled due to shooting at Michigan State Breslin Center 
East Lansing, MI
February 18, 2023
6:00 p.m., BTN
Penn State L 69–76  7–17
(1–13)
 23  Garcia   10  Payne   8  Cooper  Williams Arena (11,693)
Minneapolis, MN
February 20, 2023
8:00 p.m., BTN
at Illinois
Rescheduled from February 7
L 69–78  7–18
(1–14)
 31  Battle   8  Garcia   6  Cooper  State Farm Center (15,544)
Champaign, IL
February 22, 2023
6:00 p.m., BTN
at Maryland L 70–88  7–19
(1–15)
 17  Payne   8  Garcia   8  Cooper  Xfinity Center (14,263)
College Park, MD
February 25, 2023
2:30 p.m., BTN
at Nebraska L 67–78  7–20
(1–16)
 12  Tied   14  Garcia   6  Cooper  Pinnacle Bank Arena (15,000)
Lincoln, NE
March 2, 2023
6:00 p.m., FS1
Rutgers W 75–74  8–20
(2–16)
 20  Battle   10  Payne   11  Cooper  Williams Arena (9,010)
Minneapolis, MN
March 5, 2023
6:30 p.m., FS1
Wisconsin L 67–71  8–21
(2–17)
 19  Garcia   8  Carrington   8  Cooper  Williams Arena (12,276)
Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten tournament
March 8, 2023
8:00 p.m., BTN
(14) vs. (11) Nebraska
First round
W 78–75  9–21
 18  Garcia   13  Garcia   12  Cooper  United Center (15,405)
Chicago, IL
March 9, 2023
8:00 p.m., BTN
(14) vs. (6) Maryland
Second round
L 54–70  9–22
 17  Payne   9  Payne   6  Cooper  United Center (16,104)
Chicago, IL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

References

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  1. ^ "Gophers men's basketball now sees transfer portal as a friend, not an enemy". Star Tribune. April 8, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  2. ^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Schedule". GopherSports.com. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  3. ^ "Gophers men's basketball wins on the road at Michigan, 75-65". Star Tribune. December 11, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  4. ^ "What this season tells us about the future of Gophers men's basketball". TwinCities.com. March 10, 2022. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
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