The 2022–23 California Golden Bears men's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley, in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. This was Mark Fox's fourth and last year as head coach at California. The Golden Bears played their home games at Haas Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference. The team began the season with a record of 0–12, the worst in history for any Power Five team. They finished the season 3–29, 2–18 in Pac-12 play to finish in last place. They lost to Washington State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament.
Head coach Mark Fox was fired on March 9, 2023. He finished with a 38–87 record at Cal along with a 17–61 record in Pac-12 Conference play. On April 3, the school named Utah Valley head coach and former Stanford player Mark Madsen the team's new head coach.
Previous season The Golden Bears finished the 2021–22 season with a record of 12–20, 5–15 in Pac-12 play to finish in 10th place. They lost to Washington State in the first round of the Pac-12 tournament.
Off-season Departures DeparturesDimitrios KlonarasG6'6"215JuniorThessaloniki, GreeceElected to transfer; transferred to Cal State East BayAndre KellyG6'9"255SeniorStockton, CaliforniaGraduated and transferred to UC Santa BarbaraLogan AltersG6'1"185JuniorMiami, FloridaWalk-on; transferredD. J. ThropeF6'9"235JuniorLake Travis, TexasRetired from basketball due to an injuryBlake WelleF6'8"213 JuniorSanta Cruz, CaliforniaWalk-on; not on the roster
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Incoming transfers Incoming transfers G 6'3" 195 Junior Sacramento, CA Texas Dejuan Clayton G 6'2" 185 GS senior Bowie, MD Hartford
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Schedule and results The Golden Bears were the first men's basketball team from a power conference—defined for this purpose as a member of a Power Five conference or the Big East Conference—to start a season 0–7 (started 0–12) in the last 40 years. Louisville would match this feat three days later. Cal's record eventually dropped to 3–29.
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