2022–23 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team

2022–23 San Francisco Dons men's basketball
ConferenceWest Coast Conference
Record20–14 (7–9 WCC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Michael Plank
  • Jay Duncan
  • Kyle Bankhead
Home arenaWar Memorial Gymnasium
(Capacity: 3,005)
Seasons
2022–23 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 19 Saint Mary's 14 – 2   .875 27 – 8   .771
No. 9 Gonzaga† 14 – 2   .875 31 – 6   .838
Santa Clara 11 – 5   .688 23 – 10   .697
Loyola Marymount 9 – 7   .563 19 – 12   .613
San Francisco 7 – 9   .438 20 – 14   .588
BYU 7 – 9   .438 19 – 15   .559
Pacific 7 – 9   .438 15 – 18   .455
Portland 5 – 11   .313 14 – 19   .424
San Diego 4 – 12   .250 11 – 20   .355
Pepperdine 2 – 14   .125 9 – 22   .290
† 2023 WCC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team represented the University of San Francisco during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dons were led by first-year head coach Chris Gerlufsen, and played their home games at the War Memorial Gymnasium at the Sobrato Center as members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Dons finished the season the 2021–22 season 24–10, 10–6 in WCC play to finish in fourth place. In the WCC tournament, they defeated BYU in the third round before losing to Gonzaga in the semifinals. The Dons received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 10 seed in the East region, their first appearance since 1998. They lost in the first round to Murray State.

The day after the tournament loss, head coach Todd Golden left the team after accepting the head coach position at Florida.[1] Golden assistant Chris Gerlufsen was subsequently named the next head coach.[2]

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Reason for departure
Jamaree Bouyea 1 G 6'2" 180 GS Senior Seaside, CA Graduated/went undrafted in 2022 NBA draft
Patrick Tapé 11 F 6'10" 240 GS Senior Charlotte, NC Graduated
Maj Dušanić 14 F 6'7" 215 Freshman Ljubljana, Slovenia Transferred to Hawaii Pacific
Gabe Stefanini 15 G 6'3" 215 Senior Bologna, Italy Graduated/went undrafted in 2022 NBA draft
Dzmitry Ryuny 22 F 6'9" 205 Junior Minsk, Belarus Transferred to Oregon
Yauhen Massalski 25 F 6'9" 240 GS Senior Minsk, Belarus Graduated

Incoming transfers

Name Number Pos. Height Weight Year Hometown Previous School
Tyrell Roberts 1 G 5'11" 175 RS Senior Sacramento, CA Washington State
Saba Gigiberia 5 C 7'1" 248 Junior Tbilisi, Georgia Georgia Tech
Marcus Williams 55 G 6'2" 197 Junior Dickinson, TX Texas A&M

2022 recruiting class

There were no incoming recruiting class of 2022.

Roster

2022–23 San Francisco Dons men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Khalil Shabazz 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 170 lb (77 kg) RS Sr Central Washington Seattle, WA
G 1 Tyrell Roberts 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 175 lb (79 kg) RS Sr Washington State Sacramento, CA
G 2 Julian Rishwain 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 190 lb (86 kg) Jr Boston College Los Angeles, CA
F 3 Isaiah Hawthorne 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 205 lb (93 kg) RS So Tracy HS Tracy, CA
C 5 Saba Gigiberia 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 248 lb (112 kg) Jr Georgia Tech Tbilisi, Georgia
F 10 Toni Rocak 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Sr UC San Diego Geneva, Switzerland
F 11 Josh Kunen 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Jr Centre of Excellence Melbourne, VIC, Australia
G 12 Justin Bieker (W) 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 180 lb (82 kg) RS So Jesuit HS Portland, OR
F 15 Zane Meeks 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Jr Nevada Prairie Village, KS
F 21 Ndewedo Newbury 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 238 lb (108 kg) So The Loomis Chaffee School London, England, UK
G 30 Bryce Whitaker (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 170 lb (77 kg) Jr Lamar CC Los Angeles, CA
C 31 Jonas Visser 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Jr Centre for Sports & Education Amsterdam, Netherlands
C 33 Volodymyr Markovetskyy 7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) 270 lb (122 kg) Jr Washington State Truskavets, Ukraine
G 45 Jake Cioe (W) 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Salpointe Catholic HS Tucson, AZ
G 55 Marcus Williams 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 197 lb (89 kg) Jr Texas A&M Dickinson, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

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 7, 2022*
7:00 p.m., WCC Network 		Texas Southern W 90–77  1–0
  17 – Roberts   10 – Shabazz   3 – Tied  War Memorial Gymnasium (1,730)
San Francisco, CA
November 10, 2022*
7:00 p.m., WCC Network 		Cal Poly W 60–48  2–0
  18 – Shabazz   8 – Gigiberia   2 – Tied  War Memorial Gymnasium (847)
San Francisco, CA
November 13, 2022*
2:00 p.m., WCC Network 		UC Merced W 88–71  3–0
  21 – Shabazz   9 – Meeks   4 – Tied  War Memorial Gymnasium (1,138)
San Francisco, CA
November 16, 2022*
7:00 p.m., MW Network 		at Fresno State W 67–60  4–0
  22 – Roberts   10 – Meeks   4 – Shabazz  Save Mart Center (3,123)
Fresno, CA
November 21, 2022*
9:30 a.m., CBSSN 		vs. Northern Iowa
Hall of Fame Classic semifinals 		W 75–69  5–0
  24 – Shabazz   11 – Meeks   7 – Shabazz  T-Mobile Center (301)
Kansas City, MO
November 22, 2022*
11:00 a.m., CBSSN 		vs. Wichita State
Hall of Fame Classic Finals 		W 67–63  6–0
  15 – Kunen   7 – Kunen   7 – Roberts  T-Mobile Center (512)
Kansas City, MO
November 25, 2022*
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		at Davidson L 80–89  6–1
  20 – Shabazz   6 – Kunen   5 – Williams  John M. Belk Arena (3,426)
Davidson, NC
November 30, 2022*
7:00 p.m., WCC Network 		Little Rock W 90–68  7–1
  16 – Shabazz   7 – Shabazz   7 – Shabazz  War Memorial Gymnasium 
San Francisco, CA
December 4, 2022*
5:30 p.m., WCC Network 		vs. Utah State L 64–82  7–2
  18 – Roberts   5 – Tied   3 – Tied  Chase Center 
San Francisco, CA
December 7, 2022*
7:30 p.m., WCC Network 		Merrimack W 69–51  8–2
  19 – Markovetskyy   10 – Shabazz   7 – Williams  War Memorial Gymnasium (1,733)
San Francisco, CA
December 12, 2022*
8:30 p.m. 		vs. New Mexico
Jack Jones Hoopsfest 		L 64–67  8–3
  18 – Shabazz   9 – Shabazz   5 – Shabazz  Michelob Ultra Arena 
Paradise, NV
December 17, 2022*
2:00 p.m., MW Network 		at UNLV W 75–73  9–3
  17 – Tied   17 – Meeks   4 – Roberts  Thomas & Mack Center (6,446)
Paradise, NV
December 19, 2022*
7:00 p.m., WCC Network 		UT Arlington L 63–68  9–4
  24 – Roberts   7 – Shabazz   3 – Tied  War Memorial Gymnasium 
San Francisco, CA
December 21, 2022*
7:00 p.m., CBSSN 		No. 25 Arizona State W 97–60  10–4
  26 – Shabazz   7 – Shabazz   6 – Shabazz  War Memorial Gymnasium (2,756)
San Francisco, CA
December 22, 2022*
6:00 p.m., WCC Network 		Hartford W 85–53  11–4
  20 – Hawthorne   8 – Hawthorne   3 – Tied  War Memorial Gymnasium (1,833)
San Francisco, CA
WCC regular season
December 29, 2022
7:00 p.m., WCC Network 		at Santa Clara L 67–79  11–5
(0–1) 		 23 – Shabazz   10 – Meeks   3 – Kunen  Leavey Center (1,302)
Santa Clara, CA
December 31, 2022
4:00 p.m., WCC Network 		San Diego L 68–80  11–6
(0–2) 		 21 – Shabazz   8 – Tied   3 – Williams  War Memorial Gymnasium (1,872)
San Francisco, CA
January 5, 2023
8:00 p.m., ESPN2 		No. 9 Gonzaga L 75–77  11–7
(0–3) 		 18 – Roberts   9 – Shabazz   2 – Tied  War Memorial Gymnasium (3,313)
San Francisco, CA
January 7, 2023
7:00 p.m., WCC Network 		at Loyola Marymount W 72–70  12–7
(1–3) 		 21 – Roberts   6 – Rishwain   3 – Rocak  Gersten Pavilion (1,491)
Los Angeles, CA
January 12, 2023
8:00 p.m., ESPNU 		at Portland L 87–92  12–8
(1–4) 		 25 – Shabazz   8 – Williams   4 – Williams  Chiles Center (1,388)
Portland, OR
January 14, 2023
8:00 p.m., NBCSBA 		Saint Mary's L 61–78  12–9
(1–5) 		 17 – Meeks   8 – Meeks   3 – Tied  War Memorial Gymnasium 
San Francisco, CA
January 19, 2023
8:00 p.m., NBCSCA 		Pacific W 78–57  13–9
(2–5) 		 17 – Meeks   11 – Newbury   4 – Tied  War Memorial Gymnasium 
San Francisco, CA
January 21, 2023
5:00 p.m., CBSSN 		BYU W 82–74  14–9
(3–5) 		 30 – Roberts   5 – Tied   3 – Kunen  War Memorial Gymnasium 
San Francisco, CA
January 28, 2023
7:00 p.m., WCC Network 		at San Diego W 94–81  15–9
(4–5) 		 26 – Shabazz   6 – Hawthorne   5 – Hawthorne  Jenny Craig Pavilion (1,538)
San Diego, CA
February 2, 2023
8:00 p.m., ESPNU 		at No. 18 Saint Mary's L 59–68  15–10
(4–6) 		 16 – Shabazz   5 – Shabazz   1 – Tied  University Credit Union Pavilion (3,500)
Moraga, CA
February 4, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPNU 		Santa Clara L 70–83  15–11
(4–7) 		 31 – Shabazz   8 – Shabazz   3 – Williams  War Memorial Gymnasium (3,650)
San Francisco, CA
February 9, 2023
6:00 p.m., ESPN2 		at No. 16 Gonzaga L 81–99  15–12
(4–8) 		 25 – Shabazz   7 – Shabazz   5 – Williams  McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000)
Spokane, WA
February 11, 2023
7:00 p.m., WCC Network 		Pepperdine W 88–80  16–12
(5–8) 		 32 – Roberts   9 – Newbury   5 – Williams  War Memorial Gymnasium 
San Francisco, CA
February 16, 2023
8:00 p.m., NBCSBA 		at Pacific W 76–68  17–12
(6–8) 		 26 – Shabazz   7 – Hawthorne   4 – Williams  Alex G. Spanos Center (2,317)
Stockton, CA
February 23, 2023
8:00 p.m., CBSSN 		Portland W 92–89  18–12
(7–8) 		 30 – Shabazz   7 – Shabazz   6 – Roberts  War Memorial Gymnasium (2,933)
San Francisco, CA
February 25, 2023
7:00 p.m., ESPNU 		at BYU L 61–87  18–13
(7–9) 		 21 – Shabazz   3 – Tied   3 – Roberts  Marriott Center (15,990)
Provo, UT
WCC tournament
March 3, 2023
8:30 p.m., WCC Network 		(6) vs. (7) Pacific
Second Round 		W 80–63  19–13
  25 – Roberts   8 – Tied   5 – Williams  Orleans Arena (2,786)
Paradise, NV
March 4, 2023
9:30 p.m., ESPN2 		(6) vs. (3) Santa Clara
Quarterfinals 		W 93–87 2OT 20–13
  38 – Shabazz   9 – Hawthorne   5 – Shabazz  Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
March 6, 2023
8:30 p.m., ESPN2 		(6) vs. (2) No. 9 Gonzaga
Semifinals 		L 73–84  20–14
  26 – Shabazz   7 – Tied   4 – Roberts  Orleans Arena 
Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:[3]

References

  1. ^ "Todd Golden Named Florida Men's Basketball Head Coach".
  2. ^ Letourneau, Connor (March 18, 2022). "USF elevates Chris Gerlufsen to head job after Todd Golden leaves for Florida". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
  3. ^ "2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule". USFDons.com. University of San Francisco Athletics. Retrieved October 18, 2022.