The 2022–23 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by Bob Huggins, in his 16th and final season as WVU's head coach, and they played their home games at the WVU Coliseum in Morgantown, West Virginia as members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 19–15, 7–11 in Big 12 Play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 tournament to Kansas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 9 seed in the South region, where they were defeated by Maryland in the First Round.

Previous season The Mountaineers finished the 2021–22 season 16–17, 4–14 in Big 12 play to finish in last place. They defeated Kansas State in the first round of the Big 12 tournament before losing to Kansas in the quarterfinals.

Offseason Departures +NamewshuePos.NumberHeightWeightPrevious SchoolHometownReason for Leaving Pauly Paulicap 1 F 6'8" 235 GS Senior Elmont, NY Graduated Gabe Osabuohien 3 F 6'7" 240 GS Senior Toronto, ON Graduated Dimon Carrigan 5 F 6'9" 230 GS Senior Boston, MA Graduated Malik Curry 10 G 6'1" 190 GS Senior Wilmington, DE Graduated Jalen Bridges 11 F 6'7" 225 RS Sophomore Fairmont, WV Transferred to Baylor Taz Sherman 12 G 6'4" 190 GS Senior Missouri City, TX Graduated Isaiah Cottrell 13 F 6'10" 245 RS Freshman Las Vegas, NV Transferred to UNLV Sean McNeil 22 G 6'3" 205 Senior Union, KY Graduate transferred to Ohio State Seny N'diaye 23 F 6'10" 245 Sophomore Dakar, Senegal Transferred to USC Upstate Taj Thweatt 24 F 6'7" 210 Sophomore Wildwood, NJ Transferred to Temple Spencer Macke 30 G 5'11" 175 Junior Fort Thomas, KY Walk-on; transferred

Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Emmitt Matthews Jr. 1 F 6'7" 215 GS Senior Tacoma, WA Washington Tre Mitchell 3 F 6'9" 220 Senior Pittsburgh, PA Texas Joe Toussaint 5 G 6'0" 190 Senior Bronx, NY Iowa Erik Stevenson 10 G 6'4" 209 GS Senior Lacey, WA South Carolina Mohamed Wague 11 C 6'9" 225 Sophomore Bronx, NY Harcum College Jimmy Bell 15 F 6'10" 270 Senior Saginaw, MI Moberly Area CC Patrick Suemnick 24 F 6'8" 230 Sophomore Green Bay, WI Triton College Jose Perez 55 G 6'5" 220 Senior Bronx, NY Manhattan

Recruiting classes 2022 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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!colspan=12 style=| Regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Big 12 tournament

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Rankings

*AP does not release post-NCAA Tournament rankings.

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