2022–23 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season | |
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League: | NCAA Division I |
Sport: | Basketball |
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No Of Teams: | 12 |
Season: | Regular season |
Season Champ Name: | Champions |
League Champs: | Toledo |
Second Place: | Kent State |
Mvp: | RayJ Dennis |
Mvp Link: | Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year |
Finals: | Tournament |
Finals Link: | 2023 MAC Men's Basketball Tournament |
Finals Champ: | Kent State |
Finals Runner-Up: | Toledo |
Finals Mvp: | Sincere Carry |
Finals Mvp Link: | Mid-American Conference men's basketball tournament |
Seasonslist: | List of Mid-American men's basketball seasons |
Seasonslistnames: | Mid-American men's basketball |
Prevseason Year: | 2021–22 |
Nextseason Year: | 2023–24 |
The 2022–23 Mid-American Conference men's basketball season is the season for Mid-American Conference men's basketball teams. It began with practices in October 2022, followed by the start of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2023 and concluded in March 2023. The 2023 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio for the 24th consecutive season.[1]
Toledo won their third straight regular season championship with a 16-2 record in MAC Play.[2] RayJ Dennis was named player of the year.[3] Second seed Kent State defeated Northern Illinois, Akron, and top seeded Toledo to win the MAC tournament.[4] [5] [6]
On March 14, 2022, Ball State fired James Whitford after nine seasons with a 131–148 record at the school.[7] Ball State hired UCLA assistant coach Michael Lewis on March 25, 2022.[8]
After the season Miami fired head coach Jack Owens after five years and a 70–83 record.[9] On April 1, 2022, Miami hired Travis Steele, who had been let go by Xavier at the end of the 2022 season.[10]
Clayton Bates resigned on On March 7, 2022 as the head coach of Western Michigan after posting a two-year record of 13–39.[11] On April 5, Michigan State associate head coach Dwayne Stephens was named the new head coach.[12]
Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | School record | MAC record | MAC titles | MAC Tournament titles | NCAA tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships | ||
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style= | Akron | John Groce | Illinois | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
style= | Ball State | Michael Lewis | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
style= | Bowling Green | Michael Huger | Miami (FL) (Asst.) | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
style= | Buffalo | Jim Whitesell | Buffalo (Assoc. HC) | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
style= | Central Michigan | Tony Barbee | Kentucky (Asst.) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
style= | Eastern Michigan | Stan Heath | Lakeland Magic | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
style= | Kent State | Rob Senderoff | Kent State (Asst.) | 12 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
style= | Miami | Travis Steele | Xavier | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
style= | Northern Illinois | Rashon Burno | Arizona State (Asst.) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
style= | Ohio | Jeff Boals | Stony Brook | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||
style= | Toledo | Tod Kowalczyk | Green Bay | 13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
style= | Western Michigan | Dwayne Stephens | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The preseason coaches' poll and league awards were announced by the league office on October 26, 2022.[13] Kent State was named as a slight MAC favorite over 2021–22 regular season champion Toledo and 2022 MAC tournament champion Akron.
Place | Team | Points | First place votes | |
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2. | ! style= width=75 | 131 | 4 | |
3. | ! style= width=112 | 127 | 2 | |
4. | ! style= width=75 | 94 | -- | |
5. | ! style= width=75 | 91 | -- | |
6. | ! style= width=75 | 82 | -- | |
7. | ! style= width=75 | 68 | -- | |
8. | ! style= width=75 | 66 | -- | |
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11. | ! style= width=75 | 36 | -- | |
12. | ! style= width=75 | 26 | -- | |
Honor | Recipient |
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Preseason All-MAC First Team | Enrique Freeman, F, Akron, Jr. |
Payton Sparks, C, Ball State, So. | |
Sincere Carry, G, Kent State, R-Sr. | |
JT Shumate, F, Toledo, Sr. | |
Lamar Norman Jr., G, Western Michigan, Sr. | |
Preseason All-MAC Second Team | Xavier Castaneda, G, Akron, Sr. |
Kevin Miller, G, Central Michigan, So | |
Emoni Bates, F, Eastern Michigan, So. | |
Malique Jacobs, G, Kent State, R-Sr. | |
Setric Millner Jr., F, Toledo, Sr. |
See main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball rankings.
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Kent State | AP | RV | RV | RV | |||||||||||||||||
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Toledo | AP | RV | |||||||||||||||||||
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Western Michigan | AP | ||||||||||||||||||||
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RV | Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25 of poll | |
т | Tied with team above or below also with this symbol | |
style= width="75" | Akron | style= width="75" | Ball State | style= width="75" | Bowling Green | style= width="75" | Buffalo | style= width="75" | Central Michigan | style= width="75" | Eastern Michigan | style= width="75" | Kent State | style= width="75" | Miami (OH) | style= width="75" | Northern Illinois | style= width="75" | Ohio | style= width="75" | Toledo | style= width="75" | Western Michigan |
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vs. Akron | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |||||||||||
vs. Ball State | 1–1 | — | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
vs. Bowling Green | 1–0 | 2–0 | — | 1–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | |||||||||||
vs. Buffalo | 2–0 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 1–1 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
vs. Central Michigan | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
vs. Eastern Michigan | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 1–1 | |||||||||||
vs. Kent State | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–2 | |||||||||||
vs. Miami (OH) | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | |||||||||||
vs. Northern Illinois | 1–0 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–1 | — | 2–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | |||||||||||
vs. Ohio | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 0–1 | |||||||||||
vs. Toledo | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–2 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 0–1 | — | 0–1 | |||||||||||
vs. Western Michigan | 2–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 1–0 | 1–0 | — | |||||||||||
Total | 13–5 | 11–7 | 5–13 | 9–9 | 5–13 | 5–13 | 15–3 | 6–12 | 9–9 | 10–8 | 16–2 | 4–14 |
Week | Player(s) of the Week | School |
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Nov 14[54] | RayJ Dennis | Toledo |
Nov 21[55] | JT Shumate and Malique Jacobs | Toledo and Kent State |
Nov 28[56] | Payton Sparks and Miles Brown | Ball State and Ohio |
Dec 5[57] | Curtis Jones | Buffalo |
Dec 12[58] | RayJ Dennis | Toledo |
Dec 19[59] | Jaylin Sellers | Ball State |
Dec 26[60] | Sincere Carry | Kent State |
Jan 2[61] | Reggie Bass | Central Michigan |
Jan 9[62] | Enrique Freeman | Akron |
Jan 16[63] | Miryne Thomas | Kent State |
Jan 23[64] | RayJ Dennis | Toledo |
Jan 30[65] | Enrique Freeman | Akron |
Feb 6[66] | Xavier Castaneda | Akron |
Feb 13[67] | Jaylin Hunter and Tyson Acuff | Ohio and Eastern Michigan |
Feb 20[68] | Enrique Freeman and RayJ Dennis | Akron and Toledo |
Feb 27[69] | Emoni Bates and Mekhi Lairy | Eastern Michigan and Miami |
Mar 6[70] | RayJ Dennis and Sincere Carry | Toledo and Kent State |
See main article: 2023 MAC men's basketball tournament. Kent State defeated Toledo in the final to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.[71] Sincere Carry was the MVP.[72]
See main article: 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament. Kent State was placed as the 13th seed in the Midwest Regional where they lost to Indiana in the first round of the NCAA tournament.[73] [74]
See main article: 2023 National Invitation Tournament. Toledo received an automatic bid to the National Invitation tournament where they lost to Michigan in the first round.[75] [76]
RayJ Dennis was the unanimous selection for player pf the year.[77]
Honor | Recipient |
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Postseason All-MAC First Team | Xavier Castaneda, Sr., G, Akron |
Enrique Freeman, Jr., F, Akron | |
Sincere Carry, R-Sr., G, Kent State | |
RayJ Dennis, Jr., G, Toledo | |
JT Shumate, Sr., F, Toledo | |
Postseason All-MAC Second Team | Payton Sparks, So., C, Ball State |
Jarron Coleman, R-Jr., G, Ball State | |
Malique Jacobs, R-Sr., G, Kent State | |
Setric Millner Jr., Sr., F, Toledo | |
Dwight Wilson III, Grad., F, Ohio | |
Postseason All-MAC Third Team | Jaylin Sellers, So., G, Ball State |
Curtis Jones, So., G, Buffalo | |
Emoni Bates, So., F, Eastern Michigan | |
Mekhi Lairy, 5th, G, Miami | |
David Coit, So., G, Northern Illinois | |
Postseason All-MAC Honorable Mention | Leon Ayers III, Sr., G, Bowling Green |
Anderson Mirambeaux, Sr., F, Miami | |
Kaleb Thornton, Sr., G, Northern Illinois | |
Jaylin Hunter, Jr., G, Ohio | |
Lamar Norman Jr., Sr., G, Western Michigan | |
All-MAC Freshman Team | Reggie Bass, Central Michigan, G |
Ryan Mabrey, Miami, G | |
AJ Brown, Ohio, G | |
Elmore James, Ohio, G | |
Seth Hubbard, Western Michigan, G | |
All-MAC Defensive Team | Enrique Freeman, Akron |
Greg Tribble, Jr., G, Akron | |
Demarius Jacobs, Sr., G, Ball State | |
Malique Jacobs, Kent State | |
Sincere Carry, Kent State | |
2022–23 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season