2022–23 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team

2022–23 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball
2022–23 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball
Nassau Championship champions
Conference	Colonial Athletic Association
Record	24–10 (12–6 CAA)
Head coach	Takayo Siddle (3rd season);
Associate head coach	Kurt Kanaskie
Assistant coaches	Craig Ponder; Paul Hemrick;
Home arena	Trask Coliseum
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina Wilmington in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Seahawks, led by third-year head coach Takayo Siddle, played their home games at Trask Coliseum in Wilmington, North Carolina as members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA).

2022–23 CAA men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Hofstra	16	–	2	.889	25	–	10	.714
Charleston †	16	–	2	.889	31	–	4	.886
Towson	12	–	6	.667	21	–	12	.636
UNC Wilmington	12	–	6	.667	24	–	10	.706
Drexel	10	–	8	.556	17	–	15	.531
Delaware	8	–	10	.444	17	–	16	.515
North Carolina A&T	8	–	10	.444	13	–	19	.406
William & Mary	7	–	11	.389	13	–	20	.394
Elon	6	–	12	.333	8	–	24	.250
Stony Brook	6	–	12	.333	11	–	22	.333
Northeastern	6	–	12	.333	10	–	20	.333
Hampton	5	–	13	.278	8	–	24	.250
Monmouth	5	–	13	.278	7	–	26	.212

† 2023 CAA tournament winner

Previous season

The Seahawks finished the 2021–22 season 27–9, 15–3 in CAA play, to finish as CAA regular season co-champions, alongside Towson. As the No. 2 seed, they defeated No. 7 seed Elon^[1] and College of Charleston to reach the championship game of the CAA tournament.^[2] They were upset by No. 5 seed Delaware in the championship game.^[3] They were invited to the CBI, where they defeated VMI,^[4] Drake,^[5] Northern Colorado^[6] and Middle Tennessee to win the CBI championship.^[7]

Roster

2022–23 UNC Wilmington Seahawks men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Jamarii Thomas	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	The Burlington School	Greensboro, NC
F	1	Eric Van Der Heijden	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Ole Miss	Raleigh, NC
G	2	Shykeim Phillips	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sr	South Central High School	Winterville, NC
G	3	Maleeck Harden-Hayes	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	North Dakota State	Moorhead, MN
G	4	Nolan Hodge	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Northern Guilford High School	Greensboro, NC
G	5	Noah Ross	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Fr	Trinity Academy	Apex, NC
G	10	Jamahri Harvey	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Jr	Moravian Prep	Fayetteville, NC
C	12	Victor Enoh	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	250 lb (113 kg)	GS	Marist	Decatur, GA
F	13	Trazarien White	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Collin College	Mansfield, TX
G	14	Riley Berkoff	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	St. David's School	Chapel Hill, NC
F	21	Khamari McGriff	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	RS Fr	James S. Rickards High School	Tallahassee, FL
F	23	Amari Kelly	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Sr	Duquesne	Norcross, GA
G	24	Makoa Surigao	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	E.A. Laney High School	Wilmington, NC
G	30	Nick Farrar	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Jr	Charleston	Apex, NC
G	55	Donovan Newby	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Milwaukee	Chicago Heights, IL

Head coach

Takayo Siddle (Gardner–Webb)

Assistant coach(es)

Kurt Kanaskie (La Salle)
Craig Ponder (UNC Wilmington)
Paul Hemrick (Georgia)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: November 8, 2022

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2022* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		Emory & Henry	W 88–47	–	Trask Coliseum (2,837) Wilmington, NC
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022* 9:00 p.m., ACCN		at No. 1 North Carolina	L 56–69	0–1	Dean Smith Center (19,744) Chapel Hill, NC
November 11, 2022* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		Allen	W 104–55	1–1	Trask Coliseum (3,517) Wilmington, NC
November 15, 2022* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Oklahoma	L 53–74	1–2	Lloyd Noble Center (4,819) Norman, OK
November 18, 2022* 8:30 p.m., FS2		at No. 25 UConn	L 50–86	1–3	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (7,766) Storrs, CT
November 21, 2022* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		Mount Olive	W 94–47	2–3	Trask Coliseum (3,310) Wilmington, NC
November 25, 2022* 2:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Missouri State Nassau Championship first round	W 68–54	3–3	Baha Mar Convention Center (374) Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2022* 5:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Vermont Nassau Championship semifinals	W 68–66	4–3	Baha Mar Convention Center (311) Nassau, Bahamas
November 27, 2022* 8:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. North Texas Nassau Championship final	W 55–51	5–3	Baha Mar Convention Center (414) Nassau, Bahamas
November 30, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Coastal Carolina	W 60–58	6–3	HTC Center (1,509) Conway, SC
December 6, 2022* 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		East Carolina	W 74–61	7–3	Trask Coliseum (5,221) Wilmington, NC
December 10, 2022* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops		Jacksonville	W 81–53	8–3	Trask Coliseum (3,055) Wilmington, NC
December 18, 2022* 2:00 p.m., FloHoops		High Point	W 85–82	9–3	Trask Coliseum (3,745) Wilmington, NC
December 21, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Campbell	W 74–66	10–3	Gore Arena (1,514) Buses Creek, NC
CAA regular season
December 28, 2022 5:00 p.m., CBSSN		at Monmouth	W 68–55	11–3 (1–0)	OceanFirst Bank Center (1,754) West Long Branch, NJ
December 31, 2022 5:00 p.m., FloHoops		Hampton	W 82–65	12–3 (2–0)	Trask Coliseum (3,667) Wilmington, NC
January 4, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		at Elon	W 81–66	13–3 (3–0)	Schar Center (1,852) Elon, NC
January 7, 2023 2:00 p.m., FloHoops		at North Carolina A&T	W 66–61	14–3 (4–0)	Corbett Sports Center (1,904) Greensboro, NC
January 11, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		No. 22 College of Charleston	L 69–71	14–4 (4–1)	Trask Coliseum (5,221) Wilmington, NC
January 14, 2023 5:00 p.m., CBSSN		William & Mary	L 67–69	14–5 (4–2)	Trask Coliseum (4,571) Wilmington, NC
January 16, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		Elon	W 62–54	15–5 (5–2)	Trask Coliseum (3,241) Wilmington, NC
January 19, 2023 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		at Hofstra	L 46–70	15–6 (5–3)	Mack Sports Complex (1,732) Hempstead, NY
January 21, 2023 1:00 p.m., FloHoops		at Stony Brook	W 62–51	16–6 (6–3)	Island Federal Arena (2,030) Stony Brook, NY
January 26, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		Monmouth	W 52–49	17–6 (7–3)	Trask Coliseum (3,503) Wilmington, NC
February 2, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		North Carolina A&T	W 87–63	18–6 (8–3)	Trask Coliseum (3,848) Wilmington, NC
February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., FloHoops		at William & Mary	W 70–63	19–6 (9–3)	Kaplan Arena (5,053) Williamsburg, VA
February 8, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		at College of Charleston	L 61–93	19–7 (9–4)	TD Arena (5,101) Charleston, SC
February 11, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		Northeastern	W 71–59	20–7 (10–4)	Trask Coliseum (5,221) Wilmington, NC
February 16, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		at Drexel	W 72–71 ^2OT	21–7 (11–4)	Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,118) Philadelphia, PA
February 18, 2023 4:00 p.m., FloHoops		at Delaware	L 66–75	21–8 (11–5)	Bob Carpenter Center (2,628) Newark, DE
February 23, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		Stony Brook	W 76–69	22–8 (12–5)	Trask Coliseum (3,707) Wilmington, NC
February 25, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloHoops		Towson	L 53–57	22–9 (12–6)	Trask Coliseum (4,844) Wilmington, NC
CAA tournament
March 5, 2023 2:30 p.m., FloHoops	(4)	vs. (5) Drexel Quarterfinals	W 73–68	23–9	Entertainment and Sports Arena (1,821) Washington, D.C.
March 6, 2023 6:00 p.m., CBSSN	(4)	vs. (1) Hofstra Semifinals	W 79–73 ^OT	24–9	Entertainment and Sports Arena Washington, D.C.
March 7, 2023 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	(4)	vs. (2) College of Charleston Championship	L 58–63	24–10	Entertainment and Sports Arena (2,072) Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Sources:^[8]^[9]

References

^ Browning, Joe (March 6, 2022). "Second-Half Rally Carries Seahawks Into Semifinals". UNC Wilmington Athletics. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ Washburn, Rob (March 7, 2022). "Sims Lifts UNCW to 12th CAA Final With 26-Point Double-Double". Colonial Athletic Association (CAA Sports). Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "WE'RE GOING DANCING! Blue Hens Win CAA Title With 59-55 Win Over UNCW". University of Delaware Athletics. March 8, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "VMI Falls to UNCW at CBI Tournament". Virginia Military Institute. March 20, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ Evans, Jon (March 22, 2022). "UNCW comes from behind to beat Drake, move into RCBI semifinals". WECT. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "UNC Wilmington beats Northern Colorado in CBI semifinals". AP News. March 23, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ Rapp, Timothy (March 24, 2022). "UNC-Wilmington Outlasts Middle Tennessee in 2OT to Win 2022 CBI Championship". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule". UNC Wilmington Athletics. Retrieved November 8, 2022.
^ "2022-23 UNC Wilmington Seahawks Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[1] Browning, Joe (March 6, 2022). "Second-Half Rally Carries Seahawks Into Semifinals". UNC Wilmington Athletics. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[2] Washburn, Rob (March 7, 2022). "Sims Lifts UNCW to 12th CAA Final With 26-Point Double-Double". Colonial Athletic Association (CAA Sports). Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[3] "WE'RE GOING DANCING! Blue Hens Win CAA Title With 59-55 Win Over UNCW". University of Delaware Athletics. March 8, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[4] "VMI Falls to UNCW at CBI Tournament". Virginia Military Institute. March 20, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[5] Evans, Jon (March 22, 2022). "UNCW comes from behind to beat Drake, move into RCBI semifinals". WECT. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[6] "UNC Wilmington beats Northern Colorado in CBI semifinals". AP News. March 23, 2022. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[7] Rapp, Timothy (March 24, 2022). "UNC-Wilmington Outlasts Middle Tennessee in 2OT to Win 2022 CBI Championship". Bleacher Report. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[8] "2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule". UNC Wilmington Athletics. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

[9] "2022-23 UNC Wilmington Seahawks Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 8, 2022.

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