2022–23 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball team

The 2022–23 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball team represented the University of California, San Diego in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tritons, led by tenth-year head coach Eric Olen, played their home games at LionTree Arena in La Jolla, California, as members of the Big West Conference.

2022–23 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball
Conference	Big West Conference
Record	10–20 (5–13 Big West)
Head coach	Eric Olen (10th season)
Associate head coach	Clint Allard
Assistant coaches	Nick Booker Tom Tankelewicz
Home arena	LionTree Arena
Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 Big West men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
UC Santa Barbara †	15	–	5		.750			27	–	8		.771
UC Irvine	15	–	5		.750			23	–	12		.657
UC Riverside	14	–	6		.700			22	–	12		.647
Cal State Fullerton	12	–	6		.667			20	–	13		.606
Hawai'i	13	–	7		.650			22	–	11		.667
UC Davis	11	–	8		.579			18	–	14		.563
Long Beach State	11	–	9		.550			17	–	16		.515
Cal State Bakersfield	6	–	14		.300			11	–	22		.333
UC San Diego*	5	–	13		.278			10	–	20		.333
Cal State Northridge	4	–	16		.200			7	–	25		.219
Cal Poly	1	–	18		.053			8	–	25		.242
* ineligible for the 2023 NCAA tournament due to transition period
† 2023 Big West tournament winner

The Tritons are ineligible for postseason tournaments, including the NCAA tournament, as they are in the third year of the a four-year mandatory transition period to Division I.

Previous season

The Tritons finished the 2021–22 season 13–16, 7–11 in Big West play, which would have put them in eighth place, but their conference games did not count on the records of the Tritons or any other member of the Big West, due to their four-year mandatory transition period to Division I.^[1]

Roster

2022–23 UC San Diego Tritons men's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Roddie Anderson III 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Fountain Valley HS Huntington Beach, CA F 1 Jake Kosakowski 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 200 lb (91 kg) RS Jr Bosco Institute Las Vegas, NV G 2 Michael Pearson Jr. 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) 160 lb (73 kg) So Modesto Christian School Tracy, CA F 3 Justin DeGraaf 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 210 lb (95 kg) So Bosco Institute Hudsonville, MI G 4 Bryce Pope 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) RS Jr Torrey Pines HS San Diego, CA F 5 Cade Pendleton 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Fr East Hamilton HS Chattanooga, TN G 10 Camden McCormick 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Fr Francis Parker School San Diego, CA G/F 15 Quin Patterson 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Fr Mount Si HS Snoqualmie, WA G 20 Vuk Vulikic 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Jr UTEP Belgrade, Serbia G 22 Jace Roquemore 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Jr Foothill HS Henderson, NV C 25 Emmanuel Tshimanga 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 270 lb (122 kg) RS Jr UC Irvine Montreal, Quebec F 33 J'Raan Brooks 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 215 lb (98 kg) Sr Washington Seattle, WA F 35 Francis Nwaokorie 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 220 lb (100 kg) So Champlin Park HS Brooklyn Park, MN F 43 Fallou Cisse 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 216 lb (98 kg) RS Fr Prolific Prep Thiès, Senegal	Head coach Eric Olen (Spring Hill) Assistant coach(es) Clint Allard (UC San Diego) Nick Booker (Davidson) Tom Tankelewicz (Western Carolina) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: January 16, 2023

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Seattle	L 71–85	0–1	LionTree Arena (1,386) La Jolla, CA
November 12, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Sacramento State	L 55–65	0–2	LionTree Arena (2,259) La Jolla, CA
November 15, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		California	W 64–62	1–2	LionTree Arena (3,071) La Jolla, CA
November 18, 2022* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at Navy	L 69–78 OT	1–3	Alumni Hall (688) Annapolis, MD
November 19, 2022* 3:00 pm, ESPN+		vs. Youngstown State	L 54–73	1–4	Alumni Hall (124) Annapolis, MD
November 22, 2022* 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at George Washington	W 75–70	2–4	Charles E. Smith Center (841) Washington, D.C.
November 27, 2022* 11:00 am, ESPN+		at Eastern Michigan	W 66–63	3–4	George Gervin GameAbove Center (2,340) Ypsilanti, MI
December 1, 2022* 7:00 pm, WCC Network		at San Diego	Postponed due to a facility conflict[2]		Jenny Craig Pavilion  San Diego, CA
December 2, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Bethesda	W 81–76	4–4	LionTree Arena (541) La Jolla, CA
December 12, 2022* 7:00 pm, WCC Network		at San Diego Rescheduled from December 1	L 58–84	4–5	Jenny Craig Pavilion (934) San Diego, CA
December 14, 2022* 7:00 pm, MW Network		at Nevada	L 56–64	4–6	Lawlor Events Center (6,693) Reno, NV
December 17, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+		Occidental	W 91–55	5–6	LionTree Arena (737) La Jolla, CA
December 20, 2022* 7:30 pm, FS1		at San Diego State	L 46–62	5–7	Viejas Arena (12,414) San Diego, CA
Big West regular season
December 29, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Long Beach State	W 85–83 OT	6–7 (1–0)	Walter Pyramid (1,426) Long Beach, CA
December 31, 2022 4:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC Santa Barbara	L 61–82	6–8 (1–1)	The Thunderdome (1,063) Santa Barbara, CA
January 5, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Hawai'i	L 49–62	6–9 (1–2)	LionTree Arena (976) La Jolla, CA
January 11, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Riverside	L 68–74	6–10 (1–3)	LionTree Arena (1,813) La Jolla, CA
January 14, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Bakersfield	L 52–56	6–11 (1–4)	Icardo Center (932) Bakersfield, CA
January 16, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Davis	L 70–78	6–12 (1–5)	LionTree Arena (1,284) La Jolla, CA
January 19, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal Poly	W 71–64	7–12 (2–5)	Mott Athletics Center (2,283) San Luis Obispo, CA
January 21, 2023 3:00 pm, Spectrum SportsNet/ESPN+		Long Beach State	L 110–112 3OT	7–13 (2–6)	LionTree Arena (1,039) La Jolla, CA
January 26, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Northridge	W 65–57	8–13 (3–6)	Premier America Credit Union Arena (305) Northridge, CA
January 28, 2023 8:00 pm, Spectrum SportsNet/ESPN+		at UC Riverside	L 65–72	8–14 (3–7)	SRC Arena (359) Riverside, CA
February 2, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Irvine	L 60–76	8–15 (3–8)	LionTree Arena (2,812) La Jolla, CA
February 4, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Bakersfield	L 69–75 OT	8–16 (3–9)	LionTree Arena (808) La Jolla, CA
February 9, 2023 9:00 pm, Spectrum Sports/ESPN+		at Hawai'i	L 62–69	8–17 (3–10)	Stan Sheriff Center (4,529) Honolulu, HI
February 15, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Fullerton	L 73–76	8–18 (3–11)	LionTree Arena (917) La Jolla, CA
February 18, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal State Northridge	W 75–62	9–18 (4–11)	LionTree Arena (1,124) La Jolla, CA
February 20, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC Davis	L 66–76	9–19 (4–12)	University Credit Union Center (1,688) Davis, CA
February 23, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		at UC Irvine	W 99–91	10–19 (5–12)	Bren Events Center (2,339) Irvine, CA
February 25, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		UC Santa Barbara	L 71–87	10–20 (5–13)	LionTree Arena (1,489) La Jolla, CA
March 2, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+		Cal Poly	Canceled		LionTree Arena  La Jolla, CA
March 4, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+		at Cal State Fullerton	Canceled		Titan Gym  Fullerton, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific.

Sources^[3][4]

References

1. "CSU Bakersfield, UC San Diego Officially Join Big West Conference". The Big West. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
2. "Men's Basketball vs. UCSD Postponed". University of San Diego Athletics. Retrieved January 16, 2023.^{[dead link‍]}
3. "2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule". UC San Diego. Retrieved January 16, 2023.
4. "2022-23 UC San Diego Tritons Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved January 16, 2023.