2022–23 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by interim head coach Rodney Terry and played their home games at the Moody Center in Austin, Texas as members of the Big 12 Conference. The Longhorns played at the newly-built Moody Center after playing at Frank Erwin Center for 45 years. They finished the season 23–8, 12–6 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated Oklahoma State, TCU, and top-seeded Kansas to win the tournament. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 2 seed in the Midwest Region, where they defeated Colgate, Penn State, and Xavier to reach the Elite Eight, their first appearance since 2008. There, the Longhorns finally fell to Miami (FL), bringing their season to a close with a final record of 29–9.

On December 12, 2022, head coach Chris Beard was suspended without pay after an early morning arrest for third-degree felony domestic assault on his fiancée. Associate head coach Rodney Terry began serving as acting head coach starting with the December 12th game versus Rice.

On January 5, 2023, Beard was officially terminated by Texas athletic director Chris Del Conte; Terry continued as acting head coach for the remainder of the season. On March 27, 2023, Terry was named the permanent full-time head coach for the Longhorns following their impressive run to the Elite Eight in the 2023 NCAA tournament.

Previous season

Season outlook Heading into the 2021–22 season, there was a lot of excitement surrounding the program after the hiring of former Texas Tech head coach Chris Beard. Texas came into the season ranked number 5 in both the AP Preseason Poll and the USA Today Coaches Poll, further invigorating the hype. Also, there was a lot of roster turnover heading into the season with Beard landing 6 of the top 31 transfers in the transfer portal, and only 1 high school recruit in Jaylon Tyson. In Beard's inaugural season, The Longhorns finished the 2021–22 season at 21–11. During the regular season, Texas finished with a record of 21–10, 10–8 in conference play, and 11–2 in non-conference play. Furthermore, the Longhorns were 3–8 against top-25 competition. Texas went 16–3 at home, 4–7 on the road, and 1–1 at neutral sites. This was the Longhorns first 20-win season since the 2018-19 season, they went 21–16 that year. However, the season did have its ups and downs. Additionally, Jaylon Tyson and Tre Mitchell suddenly departed the team mid-season, and Texas lost their last 2 games of the regular season with an early exit in the Big 12 tournament, being eliminated in the first round by TCU 60–65.

Big 12 tournament Texas entered the Big 12 tournament as a 4-seed. They faced off against 5-seed TCU where they were defeated 60–65, giving them a 6-seed heading into the 2022 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament.

NCAA tournament Texas entered the NCAA tournament as a 6-seed, facing off against 11-seed Virginia Tech. Against Virginia Tech, Texas won 81–73. Furthermore, Texas's victory against Virginia Tech marked their first win in the NCAA tournament since 2014. In the round of 32, Texas faced off against 3-seed Purdue losing 71–81, ending their season.

Offseason

Returning players Texas Returners Timmy Allen 0 F 6’6” 210 lbs Senior Mesa, AZ Marcus Carr 2 G 6’2” 190 lbs Senior Toronto, ON Dylan Disu 4 F 6’9” 225 lbs Senior Pflugerville, TX Cole Bott 10 F 6’6” 195 lbs Sophomore Highlands Ranch, CO Brock Cunningham 30 F 6’6” 210 lbs Senior Austin, TX Gavin Perryman 31 G 6’1” 185 lbs Sophomore Dallas, TX Christian Bishop 32 F 6’7” 220 lbs Senior Lee's Summit, MO

Departures Texas Departures 1 G 6’4” 190 lbs Senior Irving, TX Completed college eligibility 3 G 6’3” 185 lbs Senior Transferred to Arizona 5 G 6’3” 195 lbs Sophomore Sacramento, CA Transferred to California 12 G 6’0” 185 lbs Graduate Student El Paso, TX Completed college eligibility 13 G 6’5” 190 lbs Graduate Student Houston, TX Completed college eligibility 20 G/F 6’7” 210 lbs Freshman Plano, TX Transferred to Texas Tech 21 G 6’4” 195 lbs Senior Springdale, AR Completed college eligibility 33 F 6’9” 220 lbs Junior Pittsburgh, PA Transferred to West Virginia

Outgoing transfers Texas outgoing transfers Courtney Ramey 3 G 6’3” 185 lbs Senior St. Louis, MO Arizona Devin Askew 5 G 6’3” 195 lbs Sophomore Sacramento, CA California Jaylon Tyson 20 G/F 6’7” 210 lbs Freshman Plano, TX Texas Tech Tre Mitchell 33 F 6’9” 220 lbs Junior Pittsburgh, PA West Virginia

Coaching staff departures Ulric MaligiAssistant coachKansas StateAssociate head coachJerrance HowardAssistant coach

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers Texas incoming transfers Tyrese Hunter 4 G 6’0” 175 lbs Sophomore Racine, WI Iowa State Sir'Jabari Rice 10 G 6’4” 180 lbs Graduate Student Houston, TX New Mexico State

Recruiting classes

2022 recruiting class

2023 recruiting class

Coaching staff additions

Brandon ChappellAssistant coachUNLVAssistant coachSteve McClainSpecial Assistant to the head coachGeorgiaAssistant coach

Preseason

Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Bob Cousy AwardTyrese HunterGSophomore Wooden AwardTyrese HunterGSophomoreTimmy AllenFSenior

Big 12 media poll Big 12 media poll 1 Baylor 77 (5) 2 Kansas 73 (4) 3 Texas 64 (1) 4 TCU 58 T-5 Oklahoma State 42 T-5 Texas Tech 42 7 Oklahoma 32 8 Iowa State 30 9 West Virginia 20 10 Kansas State 12 Source:

Preseason All-Big 12 teams Position Player Class First TeamFTimmy AllenSeniorGMarcus CarrGraduate Student Honorable MentionGTyrese HunterSophomore

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Roster

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Roster outlook Brock Cunningham — FChristian Bishop — FDylan Disu — FMarcus Carr — GSir’Jabari Rice — GTimmy Allen — FNo juniors on rosterTyrese Hunter — G Alex Anamekwe — FArterio Morris — GCole Bott* — FDillon Mitchell — FGavin Perryman* — GPreston Clark — FRowan Brumbaugh — G (*)Redshirt

Schedule and results

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!colspan=9 style=|Regular Season

!colspan=12 style=| Big 12 Tournament

!colspan=9 style=|NCAA Tournament

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Awards and honors

Weekly honors Big 12 Player of the Week Marcus Carr G December 19, 2022 Big 12 Player of the Week Marcus Carr G January 2, 2023 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Sir'Jabari Rice G January 16, 2023 Big 12 Newcomer of the Week Sir'Jabari Rice G February 6, 2023

Conference honorsBig 12 Tournament Most Outstanding Player Dylan Disu FBig 12 All-Tournament Team Dylan Disu FBig 12 All-Tournament Team Marcus Carr GBig 12 All-Tournament Team Sir’Jabari Rice GBig 12 Sixth Man of the Year Sir’Jabari Rice GAll-Big 12 First Team Marcus Carr GAll-Big 12 Third Team Sir’Jabari Rice GAll-Big 12 Honorable Mention Timmy Allen FBig 12 All-Newcomer Team Sir’Jabari Rice G Source:

National honors Sporting News National Coach of the Year Rodney Terry Head coach

Player statistics +Individual player statistics (Final)MinutesScoringTotal FGs3-point FGsFree-ThrowsReboundsPlayerGPGSTotAvgPtsAvgFGFGAPct3FG3FAPctFTFTAPctOffDefTotAvgAPFTOStlBlkMarcus Carr3838126833.960315.920848642.8%8222336.8%10513677.2%111021133.01577859622Sir'Jabari Rice38396225.349413.015934346.4%6317037.1%11313186.3%271061333.57777583413Timmy Allen353599228.436710.513828448.6%32015.0%8812868.8%451511965.612289743217Tyrese Hunter3838115030.339210.313835039.4%5616633.7%607580.0%16971133.0964968317Dylan Disu363668319.03188.813321761.3%103231.3%425477.8%441141584.437103412346Christian Bishop38267517.82496.69918752.9%0120.0%517964.6%47951423.73584413022Arterio Morris38044311.71754.66215141.1%298733.3%222878.6%1440541.4204823259Brock Cunningham38069418.31734.66012647.6%266341.3%273187.1%66651313.4538424337Dillon Mitchell383866417.51654.37511863.6%000.0%153740.5%52961483.91443212312Alex Anamekwe120595.0181.581457.1%2450.0%000.0%3580.715420Cole Bott90222.560.72450.0%2450.0%000.0%2350.601011Gavin Perryman110383.530.31911.1%1911.1%000.0%1450.522230Total 38 – 7675 – 2963 78.0 1083 2289 47.3% 274 790 34.7% 523 699 74.8% 366 930 1296 34.1 614 663 439 299 136Opponents 38 – 7675 – 2578 67.8 906 2132 42.5% 240 741 32.4% 526 719 73.2% 380 927 1307 34.4 421 663 595 220 120

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings

References