2022–23 Charleston Cougars men's basketball team

2022–23 Charleston Cougars men's basketball
CAA co-regular season and tournament champions
Charleston Classic champions
NCAA tournament, First Round
ConferenceColonial Athletic Association
Record31–4 (16–2 CAA)
Head coach
Associate head coachBrian Kloman
Assistant coaches
  • Michael Cassidy
  • Thomas Carr
Home arenaTD Arena
2022–23 CAA men's basketball standings
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

The 2022–23 College of Charleston Cougars men's basketball team represented the College of Charleston in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cougars, led by second-year head coach Pat Kelsey, played their home games at the TD Arena in Charleston, South Carolina as members of the Colonial Athletic Association.

On January 2, 2023, the Cougars were ranked in the AP poll for the first time in 20 years. They remained ranked for four weeks, the earliest in any season that the Cougars have been ranked for multiple consecutive weeks.

The team defeated Stony Brook, Towson, and UNC Wilmington to win the CAA tournament, claiming the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The team won 31 games before qualifying for the NCAA tournament, a record for the school's Division I era.

This was the 6th NCAA tournament appearance in program history. As a No. 12 seed in the NCAA tournament's Southern region, they were defeated in the first round by No. 5 seed San Diego State, a team that went on to upset No. 1 seed Alabama in the Sweet 16 and later played in the national championship game.