The 2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns, led by 13th-year head coach Bob Marlin, played their home games at the Cajundome as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 13–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Georgia Southern, Texas State, and South Alabama to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 13 seed in the East region. Then they lost to Tennessee in the first round.

Previous season The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2021–22 season 16–15, 8–9 in Sun Belt play to finish in eighth place. They defeated UT Arlington, Texas State, and Troy to advance to the Sun Belt tournament championship where they lost to Georgia State.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure Trajan Wesley 3 G 5'9" 165 Junior Navasota, TX Transferred to Prairie View A&M Theo Akwuba 10 F 6'11" 225 Junior Montgomery, AL Transferred to Ole Miss Durey Cadwell 11 G 6'5" 185 Sophomore Houston, TX Left the team for personal reasons Dou Gueye 23 F 6'9" 220 Senior Dakar, Senegal Graduated Antwann Jones 25 G 6'6" 220 RS Sophomore Orlando, FL Left the team for personal reasons Carter Domingue 40 G 6'2" 205 Freshman Lafayette, LA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons Brayan Au 41 G 6'4" 190 Junior Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico Left the team for personal reasons Ty Harper 55 G 6'3" 175 Freshman Norcross, GA Transferred to Eastern Washington

Transfers Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School Themus Fulks 0 G 6'1" 175 RS Sophomore Winston-Salem, NC Dodge City CC Terence Lewis II 34 G 6'6" 205 Senior Upper Marlboro, MD Jackson State

Recruiting class

Preseason

Preseason Sun Belt Conference poll The Ragin' Cajuns were picked to win the conference in the conference's preseason poll; they received 10 of 14 first-place votes. Junior forward Jordan Brown was named the preseason player of the year. Sophomore forward Kobe Julien was named to the preseason All-SBC Second Team.

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 App 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

!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Sun Belt Conference regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Sun Belt tournament

!colspan=12 style=| NCAA Tournament

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