2022–23 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team

2022–23 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
2022–23 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball
NIT, Quarterfinals
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Record	20–16 (8–10 Big 12)
Head coach	Mike Boynton (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Terrence Rencher; Larry Blunt; David Cason;
Home arena	Gallagher-Iba Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 Big 12 men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 4 Kansas	13	–	5	.722	28	–	8	.778
No. 5 Texas †	12	–	6	.667	29	–	9	.763
No. 15 Kansas State	11	–	7	.611	26	–	10	.722
No. 11 Baylor	11	–	7	.611	23	–	11	.676
Iowa State	9	–	9	.500	19	–	14	.576
No. 22 TCU	9	–	9	.500	22	–	13	.629
Oklahoma State	8	–	10	.444	20	–	16	.556
West Virginia	7	–	11	.389	19	–	15	.559
Texas Tech	5	–	13	.278	16	–	16	.500
Oklahoma	5	–	13	.278	15	–	17	.469

† 2023 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 Oklahoma State Cowboys basketball team represented Oklahoma State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by sixth-year head coach Mike Boynton, and played its home games at Gallagher-Iba Arena in Stillwater, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 17–14, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Oklahoma in the first round of the Big 12 tournament before losing in the quarterfinals to Texas. They were invited to the National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Youngstown State and Eastern Washington before losing in overtime in the quarterfinals to North Texas.

Previous season[edit]

The Cowboys finished the 2021–22 season 15–15, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for fifth place. On November 3, 2021, the NCAA ruled Oklahoma State ineligible for postseason play for the season due to players receiving improper benefits.^[1]

Offseason[edit]

Departures[edit]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Donovan Williams	4	G	6'5"	200	Senior	Rockford, IL	Transferred to Pacific
Rondel Walker	5	G	6'4"	170	Sophomore	Midwest City, OK	Transferred to TCU
Matthew-Alexander Moncrieffe	12	F	6'7"	215	Sophomore	Toronto, ON	Transferred to Georgia
Isaac Likekele	13	G	6'5"	215	Senior	Arlington, TX	Graduate transferred to Ohio State
Bryce Williams	14	G	6'2"	180	RS Senior	Tampa, FL	Graduated
Keylan Boone	20	G/F	6'8"	200	Junior	Tulsa, OK	Transferred to Pacific

Incoming transfers[edit]

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Caleb Asberry	5	G	6'3"	170	RS Senior	Pflugerville, TX	Texas State
Russell Harrison	24	G/F	6'7"	200	Senior	Lubbock, TX	Louisiana–Monroe
John-Michael Wright	51	G	6'0"	186	Senior	Fayetteville, NC	High Point

Recruiting classes[edit]

2022 recruiting class[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Quion Williams SG	Mansfield, TX	Mansfield Legacy High School	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Aug 5, 2021
Quion Williams SG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

2023 recruiting class[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for 2023 recruits
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Brandon Garrison #5 C	Del City, OK	Del City High School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jul 7, 2022
Brandon Garrison #5 C	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 86
Jamyron Keller #19 PG	Killeen, TX	Ellison High School	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Aug 14, 2022
Jamyron Keller #19 PG	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: 247Sports: ESPN: ESPN grade: 81
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2023 Team Ranking". Rivals.com. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

Roster[edit]

2022–23 Oklahoma State Cowboys men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Avery Anderson III	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	158 lb (72 kg)	Sr	Northwest HS	Justin, TX
G	1	Bryce Thompson	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	194 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Kansas	Tulsa, OK
G	2	Chris Harris Jr.	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	Sr	South Garland HS	Dallas, TX
F	4	Woody Newton	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Syracuse	District Heights, MD
G	5	Caleb Asberry	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	RS Sr	Texas State	Pflugerville, TX
G	12	Naz Brown (W)	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	181 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Coppell HS	Fort Worth, TX
G	13	Quion Williams	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	208 lb (94 kg)	Fr	Jonesboro HS	Jonesboro, AR
G	15	Carson Sager (W)	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	207 lb (94 kg)	Jr	Rider HS	Wichita Falls, TX
G	21	Brooks Manzer (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Edmond Memorial HS	Edmond, OK
F	22	Kalib Boone	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	198 lb (90 kg)	Sr	Tulsa Memorial HS	Tulsa, OK
F	23	Tyreek Smith	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	217 lb (98 kg)	RS Jr	Texas Tech	Baton Rouge, LA
G/F	24	Russell Harrison	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	182 lb (83 kg)	GS	Louisiana–Monroe	Lubbock, TX
F	25	Bernard Kouma	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Sr	South Plains CC	N'Djamena, Chad
F	33	Moussa Cissé	7 ft 1 in (2.16 m)	216 lb (98 kg)	Jr	Memphis	Conakry, Guinea
G	35	Weston Church (W)	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Fairview HS	Fairview, OK
G	51	John-Michael Wright	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	High Point	Fayetteville, NC

Head coach

Mike Boynton Jr. (South Carolina)

Assistant coach(es)

Terrence Rencher (Texas)
Larry Blunt (James Madison)
David Cason (Illinois State)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results[edit]

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 3, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Ouachita Baptist	W 85–51		15 – Cisse	17 – Cisse	3 – Tied	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
Regular season
November 7, 2022* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		UT Arlington	W 77–66	1–0	18 – Thompson	8 – Boone	4 – Asberry	Gallagher-Iba Arena Stillwater, OK
November 10, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Southern Illinois	L 60–61	1–1	14 – Tied	15 – Cisse	3 – Anderson III	Gallagher-Iba Arena (5,324) Stillwater, OK
November 13, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Oakland	W 91–62	2–1	18 – Anderson III	10 – Cisse	7 – Anderson III	Athletics Center O'rena (3,651) Rochester, MI
November 18, 2022* 6:00 p.m., CBSSN		vs. UCF Bahamas Championship semifinals	L 56–60 ^OT	2–2	14 – Cisse	14 – Cisse	5 – Anderson III	Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, BAH
November 20, 2022* 3:30 p.m., CBSSN		vs. DePaul Bahamas Championship	W 82–78	3–2	17 – Boone	11 – Cisse	3 – Boone	Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, BAH
November 25, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Tulsa	W 82–56	4–2	18 – Thompson	8 – Cisse	4 – Harris Jr.	Gallagher-Iba Arena (9,856) Stillwater, OK
November 27, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Prairie View A&M	W 78–53	5–2	16 – Anderson III	11 – Cisse	3 – Tied	Gallagher-Iba Arena (5,683) Stillwater, OK
December 1, 2022* 5:00 p.m., FS1		at No. 8 UConn Big East–Big 12 Battle	L 64–74	5–3	15 – Boone	10 – Cisse	3 – Asberry	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT
December 6, 2022* 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		Sam Houston	W 65–51	6–3	17 – Thompson	13 – Cisse	4 – Anderson III	Gallagher-Iba Arena (5,368) Stillwater, OK
December 11, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN2		vs. Virginia Tech Basketball Hall of Fame Invitational	L 65–70	6–4	15 – Tied	7 – Tied	4 – Tied	Barclays Center Brooklyn, NY
December 17, 2022* 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		at Wichita State	W 59–49	7–4	19 – Thompson	12 – Cisse	5 – Tied	Intrust Bank Arena (7,783) Wichita, KS
December 20, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas A&M–Corpus Christi	W 81–58	8–4	13 – Thompson	14 – Cisse	9 – Anderson III	Gallagher-Iba Arena (6,007) Stillwater, OK
December 31, 2022 1:00 p.m., CBS		at No. 4 Kansas	L 67–69	8–5 (0–1)	23 – Thompson	7 – Boone	3 – Wright	Allen Fieldhouse (16,300) Lawrence, KS
January 2, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPNU		West Virginia	W 67–60	9–5 (1–1)	15 – Thompson	6 – Tied	4 – Wright	Gallagher-Iba Arena (6,134) Stillwater, OK
January 7, 2023 11:00 a.m., ESPNU		No. 6 Texas	L 46–56	9–6 (1–2)	16 – Boone	10 – Boone	3 – Asberry	Gallagher-Iba Arena (7,368) Stillwater, OK
January 10, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPNU		at No. 11 Kansas State	L 57–65	9–7 (1–3)	23 – Boone	7 – Smith	3 – Tied	Bramlage Coliseum (11,000) Manhattan, KS
January 14, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Baylor	L 58–74	9–8 (1–4)	14 – Asberry	7 – Asberry	3 – Tied	Ferrell Center (9,616) Waco, TX
January 18, 2023 8:00 p.m., ESPNU		Oklahoma Bedlam Series	W 72–56	10–8 (2–4)	19 – Thompson	9 – Thompson	5 – Anderson III	Gallagher-Iba Arena (10,789) Stillwater, OK
January 21, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 12 Iowa State	W 61–59	11–8 (3–4)	18 – Anderson III	6 – Tied	5 – Anderson III	Gallagher-Iba Arena (6,656) Stillwater, OK
January 24, 2023 8:00 p.m., LHN		at No. 10 Texas	L 75–89	11–9 (3–5)	18 – Tied	5 – Newton	9 – Anderson III	Moody Center (10,763) Austin, TX
January 28, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN2		Ole Miss Big 12/SEC Challenge	W 82–60	12–9	18 – Boone	6 – Williams	3 – Thompson	Gallagher-Iba Arena (9,973) Stillwater, OK
February 1, 2023 8:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Oklahoma Bedlam Series	W 71–61	13–9 (4–5)	18 – Tied	10 – Newton	5 – Thompson	Lloyd Noble Center (13,431) Norman, OK
February 4, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		No. 15 TCU	W 79–73	14–9 (5–5)	25 – Boone	6 – Tied	3 – Tied	Gallagher-Iba Arena (9,581) Stillwater, OK
February 8, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Texas Tech	W 71–68	15–9 (6–5)	21 – Thompson	9 – Boone	3 – Newton	Gallagher-Iba Arena (7,467) Stillwater, OK
February 11, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN2		at No. 11 Iowa State	W 64–56	16–9 (7–5)	19 – Wright	8 – Tied	3 – Tied	Hilton Coliseum (14,267) Ames, IA
February 14, 2023 8:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 5 Kansas	L 76–87	16–10 (7–6)	27 – Boone	11 – Cisse	3 – Thompson	Gallagher-Iba Arena (11,165) Stillwater, OK
February 18, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at No. 22 TCU	L 75–100	16–11 (7–7)	18 – Thompson	4 – Tied	4 – Thompson	Schollmaier Arena (6,404) Fort Worth, TX
February 20, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN2		at West Virginia	L 67–85	16–12 (7–8)	15 – Asberry	7 – Tied	3 – Wright	WVU Coliseum (11,874) Morgantown, WV
February 25, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPNU		No. 14 Kansas State	L 72–81	16–13 (7–9)	24 – Disu	9 – Allen	6 – Carr	Gallagher-Iba Arena (11,124) Stillwater, OK
February 27, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN		No. 7 Baylor	L 68–74	16–14 (7–10)	17 – Wright	8 – Cisse	5 – Asberry	Gallagher-Iba Arena (7,965) Stillwater, OK
March 4, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN2		at Texas Tech	W 71–68	17–14 (8–10)	24 – Asberry	9 – Cisse	6 – Wright	United Supermarkets Arena (13,885) Lubbock, TX
Big 12 tournament
March 8, 2023 8:30 p.m., ESPNU	(7)	vs. (10) Oklahoma First Round/Bedlam Series	W 57–49	18–14	15 – Asberry	14 – Smith	5 – Thompson	T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
March 9, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN2	(7)	vs. (2) No. 7 Texas Quarterfinals	L 47–61	18–15	16 – Asberry	7 – Smith	4 – Thompson	T-Mobile Center Kansas City, MO
NIT
March 15, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+	(1)	at Youngstown State First Round – Oklahoma State Bracket	W 69–64	19–15	13 – Smith	13 – Cisse	3 – Tied	Beeghly Center (4,099) Youngstown, OH
March 19, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN2	(1)	Eastern Washington Second Round – Oklahoma State Bracket	W 71–60	20–15	22 – Thompson	10 – Smith	4 – Williams	Gallagher-Iba Arena (4,978) Stillwater, OK
March 21, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN	(1)	(2) North Texas Quarterfinals – Oklahoma State Bracket	L 59–65 ^OT	20–16	14 – Asberry	10 – Smith	4 – Thompson	Gallagher-Iba Arena (4,807) Stillwater, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

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References[edit]

^ "Oklahoma State: NCAA decision to deny appeal, uphold Cowboys' postseason ban 'unprecedented,' system 'broken'". ESPN.com.
^ "2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule". Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

[Ban-1] "Oklahoma State: NCAA decision to deny appeal, uphold Cowboys' postseason ban 'unprecedented,' system 'broken'". ESPN.com.

[2] "2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule". Oklahoma State University Athletics. Retrieved August 31, 2022.

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