# 2022–23 Saint Peter's Peacocks men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Saint Peter's Peacocks men's basketball team represented Saint Peter's University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Peacocks, led by first-year head coach Bashir Mason, played their home games at the Run Baby Run Arena in Jersey City, New Jersey as members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC).

## Previous season

The Peacocks finished the 2021–22 season 22–12, 14–6 in MAAC play, to finish in second place. They defeated Fairfield and Quinnipiac in the MAAC tournament to advance to the championship game. There they defeated Monmouth to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, for the first time since 2011, as the No. 15 seed in the East region. The Peacocks defeated No. 2 seed Kentucky to become only the tenth No. 15 seed to upset a No. 2 seed in the tournament's history. They defeated Murray State to advance to the Sweet Sixteen, becoming only the third No. 15 seed and first MAAC team to make it to the second weekend. They defeated Purdue to advance to the Elite Eight becoming the first No. 15 seed to do so. In the Elite Eight, the Peacocks lost to 8th-seeded North Carolina. On April 5, Saint Peter's was ranked No. 24 nationally in the season's final Coaches' Poll.
On March 30, 2022, head coach and Seton Hall alum Shaheen Holloway left to take the head coaching position at his alma mater, where he previously was an assistant from 2010 to 2018. On April 12, Jersey City native Bashir Mason, who was the head coach for Wagner, was named Holloway's replacement.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||||||
| November 7, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | NJIT | W 73–59 | 1–0 | 18 – Washington | 8 – Washington | 4 – Saddler | Run Baby Run Arena (1,129) Jersey City, NJ |
| November 12, 2022* 12:00 p.m., FS2 | | at Seton Hall | L 44–80 | 1–1 | 13 – Murray | 5 – 2 tied | 3 – Murray | Prudential Center (9,488) Newark, NJ |
| November 15, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Bucknell | W 82–71 | 2–1 | 22 – Murray | 6 – Washington | 7 – Murray | Run Baby Run Arena (612) Jersey City, NJ |
| November 19, 2022* 2:00 p.m. | | at St. Francis Brooklyn | L 58–61 | 2–2 | 14 – Saddler | 10 – Reid | 1 – 4 tied | Daniel Lynch Gymnasium (1,217) Brooklyn Heights, NY |
| November 23, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | SUNY Old Westbury | W 98–51 | 3–2 | 18 – Dasher | 8 – Washington | 6 – Reid | Run Baby Run Arena (366) Jersey City, NJ |
| November 27, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 77–63 | 4–2 | 18 – Murray | 8 – Bland | 8 – Reid | Run Baby Run Arena (532) Jersey City, NJ |
| December 1, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Mount St. Mary's | L 58–73 | 4–3 (0–1) | 13 – 2 tied | 7 – Tut | 3 – Murray | Run Baby Run Arena (899) Jersey City, NJ |
| December 3, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Fairfield | L 55–67 | 4–4 (0–2) | 15 – Dasher | 10 – Reid | 5 – Murray | Leo D. Mahoney Arena (3,516) Fairfield, CT |
| December 10, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Saint Joseph's | L 57–73 | 4–5 | 16 – Dasher | 8 – Reid | 6 – Reid | Hagan Arena (1,279) Philadelphia, PA |
| December 13, 2022* 7:00 p.m. | | at Hartford | W 58–57 | 5–5 | 23 – Dasher | 9 – Dasher | 9 – Reid | Chase Arena (200) West Hartford, CT |
| December 18, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Quinnipiac | W 63–56 | 6–5 (1–2) | 29 – Dasher | 9 – Reid | 5 – Reid | Run Baby Run Arena (267) Jersey City, NJ |
| December 22, 2022* 6:30 p.m., BTN | | at Maryland | L 45–75 | 6–6 | 10 – Washington | 9 – Washington | 4 – Reid | Xfinity Center (11,636) College Park, MD |
| December 30, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Manhattan | W 67–57 | 7–6 (2–2) | 12 – 2 tied | 8 – Washington | 5 – 2 tied | Run Baby Run Arena (349) Jersey City, NJ |
| January 1, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Iona | L 55–73 | 7–7 (2–3) | 19 – Dasher | 5 – Saddler | 4 – Reid | Hynes Athletic Center (2,273) New Rochelle, NY |
| January 6, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Siena | L 60–70 | 7–8 (2–4) | 18 – Dasher | 4 – Dasher | 3 – Reid | MVP Arena (5,703) Albany, NY |
| January 8, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Canisius | L 60–67 $^{OT}$ | 7–9 (2–5) | 19 – Dasher | 7 – Washington | 2 – 3 tied | Run Baby Run Arena (541) Jersey City, NJ |
| January 13, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Quinnipiac | L 51–58 | 7–10 (2–6) | 18 – Saddler | 5 – Dasher | 4 – Reid | M&T Bank Arena (1,033) Hamden, CT |
| January 15, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Fairfield | L 52–56 | 7–11 (2–7) | 13 – Dasher | 7 – 2 tied | 3 – Saddler | Run Baby Run Arena (443) Jersey City, NJ |
| January 20, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Marist | W 61–57 | 8–11 (3–7) | 16 – Dasher | 9 – Dasher | 3 – Murray | McCann Arena (673) Poughkeepsie, NY |
| January 22, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Niagara | L 57–59 | 8–12 (3–8) | 16 – Murray | 7 – Dasher | 4 – Saddler | Run Baby Run Arena (563) Jersey City, NJ |
| January 28, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Mount St. Mary's | W 73–62 | 9–12 (4–8) | 18 – Murray | 6 – Washington | 5 – Dasher | Knott Arena (3,040) Emmitsburg, MD |
| February 3, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Rider | L 61–82 | 9–13 (4–9) | 20 – Dasher | 6 – Dasher | 4 – Reid | Alumni Gymnasium (1,650) Lawrenceville, NJ |
| February 10, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Marist | W 67–56 | 10–13 (5–9) | 16 – Cardaci | 9 – Bland | 4 – Saddler | Run Baby Run Arena (758) Jersey City, NJ |
| February 12, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Manhattan | L 52–68 | 10–14 (5–10) | 16 – Cardaci | 12 – Sow | 3 – 2 tied | Draddy Gymnasium (784) Riverdale, NY |
| February 19, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Iona | L 53–73 | 10–15 (5–11) | 12 – Cardaci | 11 – Washington | 3 – Saddler | Run Baby Run Arena (672) Jersey City, NJ |
| February 24, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Canisius | L 53–66 | 10–16 (5–12) | 14 – Dasher | 6 – Murray | 3 – Murray | Koessler Athletic Center (702) Buffalo, NY |
| February 26, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Niagara | W 66–65 | 11–16 (6–12) | 18 – Washington | 5 – Washington | 5 – Reid | Gallagher Center (1,109) Lewiston, NY |
| March 2, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Rider | L 60–73 | 11–17 (6–13) | 20 – Murray | 4 – tied | 8 – Reid | Run Baby Run Arena (573) Jersey City, NJ |
| March 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Siena | W 73–72 $^{OT}$ | 12–17 (7–13) | 14 – Saddler | 7 – Sow | 4 – Saddler | Run Baby Run Arena (324) Jersey City, NJ |
| MAAC tournament |||||||||
| March 7, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (10) | vs. (7) Fairfield First round | W 70–52 | 13–17 | 23 – Murray | 7 – Washington | 5 – Reid | Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall Atlantic City, NJ |
| March 8, 2023 9:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (10) | vs. (2) Rider Quarterfinals | W 70–62 | 14–17 | 22 – Murray | 9 – Sow | 2 – tied | Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall (2,043) Atlantic City, NJ |
| March 10, 2023 8:30 p.m., ESPNEWS | (10) | vs. (11) Marist Semifinals | L 57–69 | 14–18 | 14 – Murray | 8 – tied | 3 – Murray | Jim Whelan Boardwalk Hall (2,430) Atlantic City, NJ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. |||||||||
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