The 2022–23 Cincinnati Bearcats men's basketball team represented the University of Cincinnati in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bearcats were led by second-year head coach Wes Miller. The team played their home games at Fifth Third Arena as members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 23–13, 11–7 in AAC play to finish in fourth place. They defeated Temple in the quarterfinals of the AAC tournament, before losing to Houston in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament. There they defeated Virginia Tech and Hofstra before losing to Utah Valley in the quarterfinals.
In September 2021, Cincinnati and fellow conference members Houston and UCF accepted invitations to join the Big 12 Conference. The schools had been contractually required to remain with The American through 2024, but all reached a separation agreement that will allow them to join the Big 12 in 2023. Accordingly, the 2022–23 season was the program's last season as a member of The American.
Previous season The Bearcats finished the 2021–22 season 17–14, 7–11 in AAC play to finish seventh place. They defeated East Carolina in the AAC tournament before losing to Houston in the quarterfinals.
Offseason
Player departures Cincinnati Departing Players Abdul Ado 00 F 6' 11" 225 Lagos, Nigeria Completed college eligibility A.J. McGinnis 2 G 6' 3" 180 Huntsville, AL Transferred to Lipscomb Mike Saunders Jr. 3 G 6' 0" 185 Indianapolis, IN Transferred to Utah Hayden Koval 25 C 7' 1" 225 Prosper, TX Completed college eligibility Sam Martin 31 G 5' 10" 180 Cincinnati, OH Walk–on; completed college eligibility Rob Banks 43 F 6' 5" 210 Bracknell, England Walk-on; transferred to Texas A&M-Commerce Mason Madsen 45 G 6' 4" 200 Rochester, MN Transferred to Boston College
Incoming transfers Cincinnati incoming transfers Kalu Ezikpe 1 F 240 Lawrenceville, GA Transferred from Old Dominion after graduating. Will have one year of remaining eligibility. Landers Nolley II 2 G 208 Atlanta, GA Transferred from Memphis after graduating. Will have two years of remaining eligibility. Rob Phinisee 10 G 187 Lafayette, IN Transferred from Indiana after graduating. Will have one year of remaining eligibility.
Class of 2022 Cincinnati signed a three-man class consisting of Sage Tolentino, Josh Reed and Daniel Skillings.
Class of 2023
Preseason
AAC preseason media poll On October 12, The American released the preseason Poll and other preseason awards
Coaches Poll 1 Houston 100 (10) 2 Memphis 87 (1) 3 Cincinnati 82 4 Tulane 74 5 Temple 66 6 UCF 51 7 SMU 43 8 Wichita State 35 9 South Florida 33 10 Tulsa 21 11 East Carolina 13
Preseason Awards AAC Preseason All-Conference Second Team - David DeJulius
Roster
November 15, 2022: John Newman III injured his knee, leading to him missing the rest of the season.
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| AAC Regular Season
!colspan=12 style=| AAC Tournament
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Source
Awards and honors
American Athletic Conference honors
All-AAC First Team Landers Nolley II
All-AAC Third Team David DeJulius
Player of the Week Week 1: David DeJulius
Weekly Honor Roll Week 4: Viktor Lakhin Week 5: David DeJulius Week 6: David DeJulius Week 9: Viktor Lakhin Week 10: Landers Nolley II Week 11: Landers Nolley II Week 12: Landers Nolley II Week 13: David DeJulius Week 15: David DeJulius Week 17: David DeJulius
AAC All-Tournament Team Landers Nolley II
References