# 2022–23 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Hoyas, led by sixth-year head coach Patrick Ewing, were members of the Big East Conference. The Hoyas played their home games at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C. They finished the season 7–25, 2–18 in Big East play to finish in last place for the second consecutive year. In the Big East tournament, they lost to Villanova in the opening round.
On March 9, 2023, the school fired head coach Patrick Ewing. On March 20, the school named Providence head coach Ed Cooley the team's new head coach.

## Previous season

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Hoyas had one conference game canceled during the 2020–2021 season. They had an historically bad season, posting a final record of 6–25. They went 0–19 in Big East play, and finished in last place in the 11-team conference. In the Big East tournament, they lost to Seton Hall in the first round, bringing their season to an end.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Reason |
| Aminu Mohammed | 0 | G | 6'5" | 210 | Freshman | Temple Hills, MD | Entered 2022 NBA draft |
| Tre King | 1 | F | 6'7" | 235 | Senior | Lexington, KY | Dismissed from university announced October 2021; transferred to Iowa State midseason |
| Tyler Beard | 3 | G | 6'2" | 180 | Freshman | Chicago, IL | Transferred to Pacific |
| Jalin Billingsley | 4 | F | 6'8" | 225 | Freshman | Cleveland, OH | Transferred to Eastern Michigan |
| Timothy Ighoefe | 5 | C | 7'0" | 250 | Junior | Lagos, Nigeria | Transferred to California Baptist |
| Chuma Azinge | 10 | G | 6'3" | 183 | Junior | San Marino, CA | Entered transfer portal; not selected |
| Kaiden Rice | 11 | G/F | 6'7" | 215 | Graduate Student | Columbia, SC | Completed eligibility |
| Donald Carey | 13 | G | 6'5" | 187 | Senior | Upper Marlboro, MD | Transferred to Maryland |
| Colin Holloway | 23 | F | 6'6" | 220 | Sophomore | Baton Rouge, LA | Transferred to Tulane |
| Kobe Clark | 24 | F | 6'6" | 180 | Sophomore | St. Louis, MO | Transferred to Southeast Missouri State |
| Malcolm Wilson | 32 | C | 7'0" | 205 | RS Sr | Columbia, SC | Became team manager |
NOTE: Early in the 2022–2023 season, Malcolm Wilson returned to the roster as a player.

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
| Brandon Murray | 0 | SG/F | 6'5" | 214 | Sophomore | Baltimore, MD | LSU |
| Amir "Primo" Spears | 1 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Sophomore | Hartford, CT | Duquesne |
| Jay Heath | 5 | G | 6'3" | 185 | Junior | Washington, DC | Arizona State |
| Akok Akok | 11 | F | 6'9" | 205 | Junior | Manchester, NH | UConn |
| Bryson Mozone | 15 | G/F | 6'6" | 200 | Graduate Student | North Augusta, SC | USC Upstate |
| Bradley Ezewiro | 22 | F/C | 6'8" | 246 | Sophomore | Torrance, CA | LSU |
| Qudus Wahab | 34 | C | 6'11" | 240 | Senior | Lagos, Nigeria | Maryland |
NOTE: Qudus Wahab previously played for Georgetown during the 2019–2020 and 2020–2021 seasons.

### 2022 recruiting class

College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date |
| Denver Anglin CG | Montclair, NJ | Gill St. Bernard's School | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | 165 lb (75 kg) | Jul 28, 2021 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: 247Sports: ||||||
| D’Ante Bass W | Savannah, GA | Windsor Forest High School | 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) | 185 lb (84 kg) | Nov 5, 2021 |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ||||||
| 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 May 19, 2022. ||||||

## Season recap
### Non-conference season

Georgetown met Northwestern in the Gavitt Tipoff Games on November 15. It will be the first meeting of the schools.
Georgetown participated in the 2022 Jamaica Classic at Montego Bay, Jamaica, November 18–20, 2022. Other reported participants include Green Bay, La Salle, Loyola Marymount, Utah Valley, and Wake Forest. The Hoyas are expected to meet Loyola Marymount first, then either La Salle or Wake Forest.
Georgetown participated in the final year of the Big East–Big 12 Battle, playing at Texas Tech on November 30, 2022.
Georgetown met South Carolina at Capital One Arena in the second year of a two-year home-and-home series that began in the 2021–2022 season.
Georgetown played at Syracuse on December 10, 2022.

### Conference season

Georgetown played a 20-game conference season, meeting each Big East opponent in a home-and-home series.

### Big East tournament

The 2023 Big East tournament took place March 8–11, 2023, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season |||||||||
| November 8, 2022* 8:30 p.m., FS1 | | Coppin State | W 99–89 $^{OT}$ | 1–0 | 28 – Spears | 12 – Akok | 8 – Murray | Capital One Arena (7,125) Washington, D.C. |
| November 12, 2022* 11:00 a.m., WDCA | | Green Bay Jamaica Classic campus game | W 92–58 | 2–0 | 21 – Spears | 6 – Riley | 7 – Murray | Capital One Arena (4,583) Washington, D.C. |
| November 15, 2022* 6:30 p.m., FS1 | | Northwestern Gavitt Tipoff Games | L 63–75 | 2–1 | 22 – Spears | 7 – Akok/Wahab | 6 – Spears | Capital One Arena (5,518) Washington, D.C. |
| November 18, 2022* 4:30 p.m., CBSSN | | vs. Loyola Marymount Jamaica Classic Semifinal | L 66–84 | 2–2 | 19 – Murray | 10 – Akok | 3 – Spears | Montego Bay Convention Centre Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| November 20, 2022* 12:00 p.m., CBSSN | | vs. La Salle Jamaica Classic Consolation | W 69–62 | 3–2 | 23 – Wahab | 10 – Akok | 3 – Heath | Montego Bay Convention Centre Montego Bay, Jamaica |
| November 23, 2022* 11:30 a.m., FS2 | | American | L 70–74 | 3–3 | 15 – Spears | 9 – Wahab | 6 – Spears | Capital One Arena (3,267) Washington, D.C. |
| November 26, 2022* 12:00 p.m., FS2 | | UMBC | W 79–70 | 4–3 | 25 – Heath | 8 – Wahab | 6 – Spears | Capital One Arena (4,134) Washington, D.C. |
| November 30, 2022* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Texas Tech Big East–Big 12 Battle | L 65–79 | 4–4 | 18 – Mozone/Murray | 6 – Akok | 7 – Spears | United Supermarkets Arena (14,649) Lubbock, TX |
| December 3, 2022* 12:00 p.m., FS1 | | South Carolina | L 71–74 $^{OT}$ | 4–5 | 23 – Heath | 9 – Wahab | 5 – Murray | Capital One Arena (5,391) Washington, D.C. |
| December 7, 2022* 6:30 p.m., FS2 | | Siena | W 75–68 | 5–5 | 20 – Murray | 12 – Wahab | 8 – Spears | Capital One Arena (3,526) Washington, D.C. |
| December 10, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ABC | | at Syracuse | L 64–83 | 5–6 | 22 – Spears | 11 – Wahab | 5 – Spears | JMA Wireless Dome (20,370) Syracuse, NY |
| Big East regular season |||||||||
| December 16, 2022 6:30 p.m., FS1 | | Xavier | L 89–102 | 5–7 (0–1) | 22 – Spears | 7 – Wahab | 6 – Murray | Capital One Arena (5,785) Washington, D.C. |
| December 20, 2022 6:30 p.m., FS1 | | at No. 2 UConn Rivalry | L 73–84 | 5–8 (0–2) | 19 – Spears | 9 – Wahab | 3 – Murray/Spears | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT |
| December 29, 2022 8:00 p.m., FS2 | | at DePaul | L 76–83 | 5–9 (0–3) | 29 – Murray | 16 – Wahab | 11 – Spears | Wintrust Arena (4,097) Chicago, IL |
| January 1, 2023 6:45 p.m., FS1 | | Butler | L 51–80 | 5–10 (0–4) | 12 – Akok | 9 – Akok | 5 – Spears | Capital One Arena (6,140) Washington, D.C. |
| January 4, 2023 6:30 p.m., FS1 | | Villanova | L 57–73 | 5–11 (0–5) | 12 – Riley | 10 – Akok | 9 – Spears | Capital One Arena (7,203) Washington, D.C. |
| January 7, 2023 2:10 p.m., FS1 | | at Marquette | L 73–95 | 5–12 (0–6) | 18 – Spears | 7 – Akok/Wahab | 7 – Spears | Fiserv Forum (15,454) Milwaukee, WI |
| January 10, 2023 8:42 p.m., FS1 | | Seton Hall | L 51–66 | 5–13 (0–7) | 9 – Akok/Riley/Spears | 10 – Wahab | 2 – Bristol/Mozone/Spears | Capital One Arena (4,189) Washington, D.C. |
| January 16, 2023 12:08 p.m., FOX | | at Villanova | L 73–77 | 5–14 (0–8) | 19 – Spears | 7 – Ezewiro | 7 – Spears | Finneran Pavilion (6,501) Villanova, PA |
| January 21, 2023 12:00 p.m., FS1 | | at No. 8 Xavier | L 82–95 | 5–15 (0–9) | 37 – Spears | 10 – Akok | 11 – Spears | Cintas Center (10,383) Cincinnati, OH |
| January 24, 2023 7:00 p.m., FS1 | | DePaul | W 81–76 | 6–15 (1–9) | 21 – Spears | 10 – Wahab | 6 – Spears | Capital One Arena (3,724) Washington, D.C. |
| January 29, 2023 2:10 p.m., FS1 | | at St. John's Rivalry | L 73–75 | 6–16 (1–10) | 25 – Spears | 7 – Akok/Wahab | 2 – Akok/Murray/Spears | Madison Square Garden (11,455) New York, NY |
| February 1, 2023 6:36 p.m., CBSSN | | Creighton | L 53–63 | 6–17 (1–11) | 14 – Wahab | 8 – Murray | 4 – Spears | Capital One Arena (4,042) Washington, D.C. |
| February 4, 2023 12:00 p.m., FS1 | | No. 24 UConn Rivalry | L 62–68 | 6–18 (1–12) | 21 – Murray | 6 – Wahab | 5 – Spears | Capital One Arena (10,621) Washington, D.C. |
| February 8, 2023 8:00 p.m., CBSSN | | at No. 20 Providence | L 62–74 | 6–19 (1–13) | 19 – Ezewiro | 7 – Murray | 7 – Spears | Amica Mutual Pavilion (11,892) Providence, RI |
| February 11, 2023 12:00 p.m., FS1 | | No. 10 Marquette | L 75–89 | 6–20 (1–14) | 18 – Heath | 9 – Ezewiro | 8 – Spears | Capital One Arena (7,111) Washington, D.C. |
| February 14, 2023 6:05 p.m., CBSSN | | at Seton Hall | L 68–76 | 6–21 (1–15) | 16 – Spears | 8 – Akok/Murray | 5 – Spears | Prudential Center (8,812) Newark, NJ |
| February 19, 2023 3:00 p.m., FS1 | | at Butler | W 68–62 | 7–21 (2–15) | 17 – Murray | 8 – Mozone/Wahab | 4 – Spears | Hinkle Fieldhouse (8,615) Indianapolis, IN |
| February 22, 2023 9:10 p.m., CBSSN | | St. John's Rivalry | L 70–79 | 7–22 (2–16) | 25 – Murray | 12 – Wahab | 7 – Heath | Capital One Arena (3,076) Washington, D.C. |
| February 26, 2023 12:38 p.m., FOX | | No. 20 Providence | L 68–88 | 7–23 (2–17) | 26 – Spears | 8 – Ezewiro | 5 – Murray | Capital One Arena (7,085) Washington, D.C. |
| March 1, 2023 8:45 p.m., FS1 | | at Creighton | L 59–99 | 7–24 (2–18) | 21 – Spears | 8 – Wahab | 4 – Spears | CHI Health Center Omaha (17,039) Omaha, NE |
| Big East tournament |||||||||
| March 8, 2023 8:15 p.m., FS1 | (11) | vs. (6) Villanova First round | L 48–80 | 7–25 | 17 – Spears | 8 – Heath | 7 – Spears | Madison Square Garden (19,812) New York, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||||||