2022–23 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by first-year head coach Chris Markwood, played their home games at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine, with some games at Memorial Gymnasium in Orono, Maine, as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 13-17, 7-9 in America East Play to finish in 7th place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to UMass Lowell.

2022–23 Maine Black Bears men's basketball
Conference	America East Conference
Record	13–17 (7–9 America East)
Head coach	Chris Markwood (1st season)
Assistant coaches	Rob O'Driscoll Pete Gash Jordon Bronner
Home arena	Cross Insurance Center

2022–23 America East Conference men's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Vermont †	14	–	2		.875			23	–	11		.676
UMass Lowell	11	–	5		.688			26	–	8		.765
New Hampshire	9	–	7		.563			15	–	15		.500
UMBC	8	–	8		.500			18	–	14		.563
Binghamton	8	–	8		.500			13	–	18		.419
Bryant	8	–	8		.500			17	–	13		.567
Maine	7	–	9		.438			13	–	17		.433
NJIT	4	–	12		.250			7	–	23		.233
Albany	3	–	13		.188			8	–	23		.258
† 2023 AmEast Tournament winner

Previous season

The Black Bears finished the 2021–22 season 6–23, 3–15 in America East play to finish in last place. As a result, they failed to qualify for the America East Tournament.

On February 17, head coach Richard Barron was dismissed as the Black Bears' head coach, with assistant coach Jai Steadman serving as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season. On March 21, the school announced that alumnus and former Maine assistant coach Chris Markwood was named the school's new head coach.

Guarantee games

Prior to the season, Maine scheduled 5 "guarantee games" with a power conference school. In these games, the home team pay the road team a set amount of money. Maine will receive a total of $365,000 for these five games (Nebraska, Boston College, Marist, Akron, and Ohio State).

Roster

2022–23 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Byron Ireland 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — So St. Frances Academy Annapolis, MD G 1 Kellen Tynes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Montana State Dartmouth, NS G 2 Ja'Shonté Wright-McLeish 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Montreal, CAN G 3 Jaden Clayton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) — Fr Fort Erie International Academy Whitby, ON F 4 Ata Turgut 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr TED Ankara Kolejliler Ankara, Turkey G 5 Adefolarin Adetogun 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Regina, SK F 10 John Shea 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) — Fr Edward Little HS Auburn, ME F 11 Kristians Feierbergs 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) — So GBA Academy Riga, Latvia F 12 Milos Nenadic 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — So Western Reserve Academy Kitchener, ON G 13 LeChaun DuHart 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Western Wyoming Aurora, CO F 21 Keelan Steele 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) — Fr Victory Academy (ON) Alton, ON G 22 Gedi Juozapaitis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Georgia Southern London, England G 23 Owen Maloney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) — Fr South Portland HS South Portland, ME F 30 Ayme Daguilh 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) — Fr Bridgton Academy West Boylston, MA G 31 Novak Perovic 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So Hoosac School Belgrade, Serbia F 35 Antonio Lisenbee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — Fr Arsenal Technical HS Indianapolis, IN F 44 Peter Filipovity 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) — So Utah State Eastern Kaposvár, Hungary	Head coach Chris Markwood (Maine) Assistant coach(es) Rob O'Driscoll (Villanova) Pete Gash (Chattanooga) Jordon Bronner (New Hampshire) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 9, 2022

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022* 8:00 pm		at Nebraska	L 66–79	0–1	Pinnacle Bank Arena (12,875) Lincoln, NE
November 11, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		UMaine Fort Kent	W 90–45	1–1	Cross Insurance Center (729) Bangor, ME
November 14, 2022* 7:00 pm, ACCN		at Boston College	W 69–64	2–1	Conte Forum (3,811) Chestnut Hill, MA
November 18, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Columbia	W 93–70	3–1	Memorial Gymnasium (889) Orono, ME
November 23, 2022* 3:30 pm		at Central Connecticut	W 66–58	4–1	William H. Detrick Gymnasium (1,011) New Britain, CT
November 27, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Brown	L 63–70	4–2	Pizzitola Sports Center (490) Providence, RI
November 30, 2022* 7:30 pm, ESPN+		at Fordham	L 67–72	4–3	Rose Hill Gymnasium  Bronx, NY
December 4, 2022* 10:30 am, ESPNU		vs. Marist Basketball Hall of Fame London Showcase	L 61–62	4–4	The O2 Arena  London, United Kingdom
December 8, 2022* 4:30 pm, ESPN+		UMaine Augusta	W 103–67	5–4	Memorial Gymnasium (1,001) Orono, ME
December 11, 2022* 1:00 pm		at Merrimack	W 50–47	6–4	Hammel Court (1,712) North Andover, MA
December 19, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Akron	L 55–87	6–5	James A. Rhodes Arena (1,424) Akron, OH
December 21, 2022* 8:30 pm, BTN		at Ohio State	L 61–95	6–6	Value City Arena (10,461) Columbus, OH
December 28, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Harvard	L 73–74 OT	6–7	Cross Insurance Center (994) Bangor, ME
America East Conference regular season
January 5, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at UMass Lowell	L 70–72	6–8 (0–1)	Costello Athletic Center (379) Lowell, MA
January 8, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		NJIT	L 83–91 OT	6–9 (0–2)	Memorial Gymnasium (835) Orono, ME
January 11, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		New Hampshire	L 58–71	6–10 (0–3)	Cross Insurance Center (772) Bangor, ME
January 14, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN3		at UMBC	L 77–85	6–11 (0–4)	Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,457) Catonsville, MD
January 19, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Vermont	L 45–66	6–12 (0–5)	Patrick Gym (2,377) Burlington, VT
January 22, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Binghamton	W 78–57	7–12 (1–5)	Cross Insurance Center (892) Bangor, ME
January 25, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UMass Lowell	W 75–70	8–12 (2–5)	Cross Insurance Center (766) Bangor, ME
January 28, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN3		at Albany	W 72–68	9–12 (3–5)	McDonough Sports Complex (1,305) Troy, NY
February 1, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Bryant	L 53–71	9–13 (3–6)	Chace Athletic Center (750) Smithfield, RI
February 4, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN3		UMBC	W 84–49	10–13 (4–6)	Memorial Gymnasium  Orono, ME
February 8, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Vermont	L 65–74	10–14 (4–7)	Cross Insurance Center (785) Bangor, ME
February 11, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN3		at NJIT	L 50–65	10–15 (4–8)	Wellness and Events Center (489) Newark, NJ
February 18, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN3		Albany	W 74–72	11–15 (5–8)	Memorial Gymnasium (907) Orono, ME
February 22, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at New Hampshire	L 62–74	11–16 (5–9)	Lundholm Gym (611) Durham, NH
February 25, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN3		at Binghamton	W 71–67 OT	12–16 (6–9)	Binghamton University Events Center (3,678) Vestal, NY
February 28, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Bryant	W 66–64	13–16 (7–9)	Cross Insurance Center (795) Bangor, ME
America East tournament
March 4, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+	(7)	at (2) UMass Lowell Quarterfinals	L 54–85	13–17	Costello Athletic Center (856) Lowell, MA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

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