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2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team

2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball

Sun Belt Conference
26–8 (13–5 Sun Belt)
Bob Marlin (13th season)
Derrick Zimmerman
Donovan Kates
Casey Perrin
Cajundome

The 2022–23 Louisiana Ragin' Cajuns men's basketball team represented the University of Louisiana at Lafayette during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Ragin' Cajuns, led by 13th-year head coach Bob Marlin, played their home games at the Cajundome as members of the Sun Belt Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 13–5 in Sun Belt play to finish in a tie for second place. As the No. 2 seed in the Sun Belt tournament, they defeated Georgia Southern, Texas State, and South Alabama to win the tournament championship. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 13 seed in the East region. Then they lost to Tennessee in the first round.

The Ragin' Cajuns finished the 2021–22 season 16–15, 8–9 in Sun Belt play to finish in eighth place. They defeated UT Arlington, Texas State, and Troy to advance to the Sun Belt tournament championship where they lost to Georgia State.

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Trajan Wesley	3	G	5'9"	165	Junior	Navasota, TX	Transferred to Prairie View A&M
Theo Akwuba	10	F	6'11"	225	Junior	Montgomery, AL	Transferred to Ole Miss
Durey Cadwell	11	G	6'5"	185	Sophomore	Houston, TX	Left the team for personal reasons
Dou Gueye	23	F	6'9"	220	Senior	Dakar, Senegal	Graduated
Antwann Jones	25	G	6'6"	220	RS Sophomore	Orlando, FL	Left the team for personal reasons
Carter Domingue	40	G	6'2"	205	Freshman	Lafayette, LA	Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons
Brayan Au	41	G	6'4"	190	Junior	Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico	Left the team for personal reasons
Ty Harper	55	G	6'3"	175	Freshman	Norcross, GA	Transferred to Eastern Washington

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous School
Themus Fulks	0	G	6'1"	175	RS Sophomore	Winston-Salem, NC	Dodge City CC
Terence Lewis II	34	G	6'6"	205	Senior	Upper Marlboro, MD	Jackson State

Name	Hometown	School	Height	Weight	Commit date
Chancellor White SG	Richmond, TX	Foster High School	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Sep 16, 2021
Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Vincent Sigona PG	Plano, TX	Prestonwood Christian Academy	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	160 lb (73 kg)
Recruit ratings: No ratings found
Kyran Ratliff PF	New Orleans, LA	Booker T. Washington High School	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	190 lb (86 kg)
Recruit ratings: 247Sports:
Overall recruit ranking:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, On3, 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:

The Ragin' Cajuns were picked to win the conference in the conference's preseason poll; they received 10 of 14 first-place votes. Junior forward Jordan Brown was named the preseason player of the year. Sophomore forward Kobe Julien was named to the preseason All-SBC Second Team.

Column 1	Column 2
Coaches poll
1	Louisiana - 190 (10)
2	Texas State - 162 (1)
3	South Alabama - 150 (1)
4	James Madison - 149 (1)
5	Georgia State - 127 (1)
6	Marshall - 122
7	App State - 120
8	Coastal Carolina - 100
9	Old Dominion - 93
10	Troy - 76
11	Georgia Southern - 69
12	Arkansas State - 48
13	Southern Miss - 34
14	ULM - 30

Datetime, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
November 7, 2022*7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Centenary	W 106–55	1–0	26 – Brown	10 – Charles	7 – Fulks	Cajundome (2,045)Lafayette, LA
November 11, 2022*5:00 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Harvard Asheville Championship semifinals	W 75–61	2–0	20 – Lewis II	11 – Lewis II	3 – Fulks	Harrah's Cherokee Center (565)Asheville, NC
November 13, 2022*3:30 p.m., ESPNU		vs. East Tennessee State Asheville Championship final	W 81–77	3–0	14 – Brown	9 – Lewis II	5 – Fulks	Harrah's Cherokee Center (1,221)Asheville, NC
November 17, 2022*7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana Tech	W 94–88	4–0	23 – Lewis II	12 – Lewis II	7 – Fulks	Cajundome (3,181)Lafayette, LA
November 22, 2022*7:30 p.m., ESPN+		at SMU	W 76–72	5–0	26 – Brown	9 – Williams Jr.	6 – Thomas	Moody Coliseum (3,194)University Park, TX
November 26, 2022*5:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Drake	L 64–76	5–1	16 – Fulks	7 – Brown	3 – Fulks	Knapp Center (2,819)Des Moines, IA
November 29, 2022*7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Loyola (New Orleans)	W 104–70	6–1	27 – Brown	17 – Lewis II	9 – Fulks	Cajundome (2,630)Lafayette, LA
December 3, 2022*4:00 p.m., ESPN+		at New Orleans	W 78–77	7–1	27 – Williams Jr.	13 – Brown	5 – Fulks	Lakefront Arena (1,243)New Orleans, LA
December 10, 2022*7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Samford	W 75–58	8–1	19 – Lewis II	10 – Lewis II	7 – Fulks	Cajundome (2,643)Lafayette, LA
December 12, 2022*7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana Christian	W 98–63	9–1	37 – Brown	6 – .mw-parser-output .tooltip-dotted{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}Tied	11 – Fulks	Cajundome (2,475)Lafayette, LA
December 15, 2022*7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at McNeese State	W 78–70	10–1	20 – Brown	8 – Lewis II	6 – Fulks	The Legacy Center (2,101)Lake Charles, LA
December 21, 2022*7:00 p.m., LHN		at No. 7 Texas	L 72–100	10–2	20 – Brown	6 – Brown	5 – Fulks	Moody Center (10,763)Austin, TX
December 29, 20226:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Coastal Carolina	L 76–77	10–3(0–1)	25 – Brown	10 – Lewis II	9 – Fulks	HTC Center (1,372)Conway, SC
December 31, 20221:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Old Dominion	L 66–70	10–4(0–2)	16 – Tied	11 – Brown	12 – Fulks	Chartway Arena (5,094)Norfolk, VA
January 5, 20237:00 p.m., ESPN+		Southern Miss	W 75–61	11–4(1–2)	20 – Garnett	9 – Lewis II	5 – Fulks	Cajundome (3,007)Lafayette, LA
January 7, 20237:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia State	W 78–70	12–4(2–2)	16 – Brown	10 – Brown	5 – Fulks	Cajundome (3,306)Lafayette, LA
January 12, 20236:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Louisiana–Monroe	W 86–73	13–4(3–2)	21 – Brown	8 – Lewis II	8 – Fulks	Fant–Ewing Coliseum (3,568)Monroe, LA
January 14, 20233:00 p.m., ESPN+		at South Alabama	W 79–76	14–4(4–2)	23 – Brown	8 – Brown	6 – Brown	Mitchell Center (2,246)Mobile, AL
January 19, 20237:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Arkansas State	W 80–71	15–4(5–2)	31 – Brown	13 – Brown	11 – Fulks	First National Bank Arena (1,132)Jonesboro, AR
January 21, 20234:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Texas State	W 60–51	16–4(6–2)	22 – Williams	9 – Brown	4 – Fulks	Strahan Coliseum (3,397)San Marcos, TX
January 26, 20237:00 p.m., ESPN+		Troy	W 72–57	17–4(7–2)	21 – Williams	11 – Lewis II	7 – Fulks	Cajundome (3,148)Lafayette, LA
January 28, 20237:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia Southern	W 94–87	18–4(8–2)	21 – Williams	11 – Lewis II	6 – Fulks	Cajundome (3,504)Lafayette, LA
February 2, 20237:30 p.m., ESPN+		Texas State	W 82–63	19–4(9–2)	23 – Williams Jr.	7 – Brown	9 – Fulks	Cajundome (3,256)Lafayette, LA
February 4, 20237:00 p.m., ESPN+		Marshall	W 77–67	20–4(10–2)	26 – Brown	20 – Brown	7 – Fulks	Cajundome (5,351)Lafayette, LA
February 9, 20237:30 p.m., ESPN+		at Southern Miss	L 71–82	20–5(10–3)	25 – Brown	8 – Tied	4 – Fulks	Reed Green Coliseum (8,097)Hattiesburg, MS
February 11, 20234:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Troy	L 60–85	20–6(10–4)	15 – Williams Jr.	8 – Richards	6 – Fulks	Trojan Arena (3,772)Troy, AL
February 16, 20237:00 p.m., ESPN+		Louisiana–Monroe	W 84–67	21–6(11–4)	17 – Fulks	7 – Brown	4 – Thomas	Cajundome (2,948)Lafayette, IN
February 18, 20236:00 p.m., ESPN+		at James Madison	L 68–74	21–7(11–5)	17 – Brown	10 – Brown	7 – Fulks	Atlantic Union Bank Center (5,668)Harrisonburg, VA
February 22, 20237:30 p.m., ESPN+		Arkansas State	W 85–74	22–7(12–5)	24 – Brown	12 – Brown	3 – Tied	Cajundome (2,615)Lafayette, LA
February 24, 20237:00 p.m., ESPN+		South Alabama	W 74–64	23–7(13–5)	28 – Brown	11 – Brown	5 – Fulks	Cajundome Lafayette, LA
March 4, 20237:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	vs. (7) Georgia Southern Quarterfinals	W 67–49	24–7	16 – Brown	13 – Brown	3 – Lewis II	Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL
March 5, 20237:30 p.m., ESPN+	(2)	vs. (11) Texas State Semifinals	W 64–58	25–7	18 – Brown	7 – Tied	5 – Fulks	Pensacola Bay Center (2,050)Pensacola, FL
March 6, 20236:00 p.m., ESPN2	(2)	vs. (8) South Alabama Championship	W 71–66	26–7	23 – Fulks	16 – Brown	3 – Fulks	Pensacola Bay Center Pensacola, FL
March 16, 2023*8:40 pm, CBS	(13 E)	vs. (4 E) No. 20 Tennessee First Round	L 55–58	26–8	16 – Brown	7 – Brown	11 – Fulks	Amway Center (18,018)Orlando, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. E=East. All times are in Central Time.

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