2022–23 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Georgia Southern Eagles men's basketball team represented Georgia Southern University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second-year head coach Brian Burg, played their home games at Hanner Fieldhouse in Statesboro, Georgia as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 9–9 in Sun Belt play, to finish in a three-way tie for seventh place. As the No. 7 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Louisiana–Monroe in the second round before losing to Louisiana in the quarterfinals.

On March 9, 2023, the school fired head coach Brian Burg. On March 29, the school named Alabama assistant coach Charlie Henry the team's new head coach.

Previous season The Eagles finished the 2020–21 season 13–16, 5–11 in Sun Belt play, to finish in 10th place. They defeated Coastal Carolina in the first round of the Sun Belt tournament before losing to Appalachian State in the quarterfinals.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Elijah McCadden 2 G 6'4" 205 Senior Rocky Mount, NC Graduate transferred to Memphis Tre Cobbs 3 G 6'0" 190 RS Senior Lima, OH Graduated Gedi Juozapaitis 13 G/F 6'4" 210 Senior London, England Graduate transferred to Maine Grant Weatherford 23 G 6'2" 195 RS Senior Cicero, IN Graduated Prince Toyambi 24 F/C 6'7" 230 RS Junior Kinshasa, DR Congo Left the team for personal reasons

Transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous school Jalen Finch 2 G 6'1" 165 Senior Raleigh, NC Jacksonville State Tyren Moore 3 G 6'1" 180 Junior Louisville, KY Moberly Area CC Tai Stickland 13 G 6'2" 180 RS Senior Tampa, FL Temple

Recruiting classes 2022 recruiting class

2023 recruiting class

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Eagles were picked to finish in 11th place in the conference's preseason poll.

Coaches poll 1 Louisiana – 190 (10) 2 Texas State – 162 (1) 3 South Alabama – 150 (1) 4 James Madison – 149 (1) 5 Georgia State – 127 (1) 6 Marshall – 122 7 Appalachian State – 120 8 Coastal Carolina – 100 9 Old Dominion – 93 10 Troy – 76 11 Georgia Southern – 69 12 Arkansas State – 48 13 Southern Miss – 34 14 ULM – 30

Roster

Schedule and results

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