The 2022–23 Charlotte 49ers men's basketball team represented the University of North Carolina at Charlotte during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Ron Sanchez, and played their home games at Dale F. Halton Arena in Charlotte, North Carolina as members of Conference USA (C-USA). They finished the season 18–13, 9–11 in C-USA play, to finish in fifth place, and lost to Middle Tennessee in the first round of the C-USA tournament. Despite this, the 49ers received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational, marking their first participation in the CBI and their first invite to a postseason tournament since 2013. In the CBI, Charlotte defeated Western Carolina, Milwaukee and Radford to reach the championship game, where they defeated Eastern Kentucky to win their first-ever postseason tournament.

This season marked the team's last as members of Conference USA before joining the American Athletic Conference on July 1, 2023.

Previous season The 49ers finished the 2021–22 season with a record of 17–14, 10–8 in C-USA play, to finish in fourth place in East Division. They lost in the second round of the C-USA tournament to Rice. The team did not play in a postseason tournament.

Offseason Departures NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownReason for departure Clyde Trapp Jr. 0 G 6' 4" 200 GS Senior Eastover, SC Graduated Jahmir Young 1 G 6' 1" 185 Junior Upper Marlboro, MD Transferred to Maryland Austin Butler 2 G 6' 5" 210 GS Senior Latrobe, PA Graduated Marvin Cannon 5 G 6' 5" 170 RS Senior Richmond, VA Graduated Perry Francois 10 F 6' 8" 240 GS Senior North Miami, FL Graduated Jared Garcia 25 F 6' 8" 240 Sophomore Houston, TX Transferred to Salt Lake CC Luka Vasic 35 G 6' 8" 205 RS Senior Pirot, Serbia Graduate transferred to Texas A&M–Commerce Eli Bennett 44 G 6' 2" 160 Freshman Charlottesville, VA Walk-on; left the team for personal reasons

Incoming transfers NameNumberPos.HeightWeightYearHometownPrevious school Montre Gipson 1 G 5' 11" 200 GS Senior DeSoto, TX Tarleton State Josh Aldrich 22 G/F 6' 8" 224 GS Senior Wilmington, NC USC Upstate Igor Miličić Jr. 24 G/F 6' 10" 224 Sophomore Rovinj, Croatia Virginia Lu'Cye Patterson 25 G 6' 1" 209 Junior Minneapolis, MN Missouri State

2022 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

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