2022–23 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team

2022–23 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2023 MW Tournament winner; Rankings from AP poll

2022–23 Air Force Falcons men's basketball
2022–23 Air Force Falcons men's basketball
Conference	Mountain West Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 MW)
Head coach	Joe Scott (7th overall, 3rd straight season);
Assistant coaches	David Metzendorf; Jared Czech; Lt. Col. Matt McCraw; Maj. Marc Holum;
Home arena	Clune Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team will represent the United States Air Force Academy during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Falcons will be led by head coach Joe Scott in his 3rd season (7th overall) with the program and will play their home games for the 55th season at Clune Arena in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They will participate as members of the Mountain West Conference for the 24th season.

Previous season

The Falcons finished the 2021–22 season 11–18, 4–13 in Mountain West play to finish in 10th place.

The Falcons faced 7-seed Utah State in the first round of the Mountain West tournament, where they were defeated 56–83 to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Joseph Octave	0	G	6'4"	200	Sophomore	Gardena, CA	Elected to transfer to Holy Cross
A.J. Moore	10	G	6'2"	191	Senior	San Antonio, TX	Graduated
Christian Depollar	12	G	6'5"	202	Junior	Montgomery County, MD	No longer on team roster
Abe Kinrade	15	F	6'7"	200	Senior	Maquoketa, IA	Graduated
CJ Haut	31	F	6'8"	200	Junior	Monroe, WI	No longer on team roster
Simon Banks	32	F	6'1"	185	Junior	Indianapolis, IN	No longer on team roster
Derek Dickenscheidt	33	G/F	6'6''	190	Sophomore	Katy, TX	No longer on team roster
Kyle Brown	34	G	6'2''	185	Sophomore	La Cañada, CA	No longer on team roster

Roster

2022–23 Air Force Falcons men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	3	Jake Heidbreder	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Floyd Central HS	Floyds Knob, IN
G	4	Carter Murphy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Sr	Arcadia HS	Phoenix, AZ
G	5	Ethan Taylor	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Memorial HS	Houston, TX
G	11	Byron Brown	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Sahuarita HS	Sahuarita, AZ
F	13	Chase Beasley	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	St. Stephens & St. Agnes	Fort Washington, MD
F	24	Kaleb Lichau	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Peninsula HS	Gig Harbor, WA
F	22	Nikc Jackson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Sr	Rancho Solano HS	Scottsdale, AZ
G	23	Jake Murphy	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Phoenix Prep	Phoenix, AZ
G	24	Jeffrey Mills	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Flower Mound HS	Flower Mound, TX
G	30	Camden Vander Zwaag	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Johnston HS	Johnson, IA
C	35	Lucas Moerman	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	So	Doherty GS	Colorado Springs, CO

Head coach

Joe Scott (Princeton)

Assistant coach(es)

David Metzendorf (Ithaca)
Jared Czech (Manhattanville)
Lt. Col. Matt McCraw (Air Force)
Maj. Marc Holum (Air Force)
Zack Curran (Virginia Tech)
Jon Jordan

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov. 7, 2022 5:00 p.m.	at Bowling Green	Stroh Center (-) Bowling Green, OH
Nov. 11, 2022 3:00 p.m., MW Network	Delaware	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Nov. 14, 2022 7:00 p.m., MW Network	Texas A&M-Commerce	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Nov. 17, 2022 7:00 p.m., MW Network	Portland	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Nov. 21, 2022 7:00 p.m., Altitude2	USC Upstate Collegiate Hoops Roadshow	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Nov. 23, 2022 4:00 p.m., MW Network	Mississippi Valley State Collegiate Hoops Roadshow	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Nov. 27, 2022 1:00 p.m., Altitude	Montana	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Nov. 30, 2022 7:00 p.m., Altitude	Arkansas–Pine Bluff	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Dec. 3, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Portland State	Viking Pavilion (-) Portland, OR
Dec. 6, 2022 4:00 p.m., MW Network	South Dakota	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Dec. 9, 2022 7:00 p.m., MW Network	Arkansas State	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Dec. 18, 2022 1:30 p.m., Altitude	Tarleton State	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Dec. 20, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN+	at Northern Colorado	Bank of Colorado Arena (-) Greeley, CO
Mountain West regular season
Dec. 28, 2022 9:00 p.m., FS1	at San Diego State	Viejas Arena (-) San Diego, CA
Dec. 31, 2022 12:00 p.m., Altitude2	Nevada	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Jan. 3, 2023 7:00 p.m., CBSSN	Utah State	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Jan. 10, 2023 TBD	at Colorado State	Moby Arena (-) Fort Collins, CO
Jan. 14, 2023 5:00 p.m.	at Fresno State	Save Mart Center (-) Fresno, CA
Jan. 17, 2023 7:00 p.m., Altitude2	Wyoming	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Jan. 21, 2023 8:00 p.m., CBSSN	San Diego State	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Jan. 24, 2023 TBD	at San Jose State	Provident Credit Union Event Center (-) San Jose, CA
Jan. 27, 2023 8:00 p.m., CBSSN	at New Mexico	The Pit (-) Albuquerque, NM
Jan. 31, 2023 7:00 p.m., Altitude	Boise State	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Feb. 3, 2023 9:00 p.m., CBSSN	at Nevada	Lawlor Events Center (-) Reno, NV
Feb. 7, 2023 7:00 p.m., Altitude2	Colorado State	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Feb. 10, 2023 7:00 p.m., FS1	New Mexico	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Feb. 14, 2023 TBD	at Utah State	Smith Spectrum (-) Logan, UT
Feb. 17, 2023 TBD, FS1	at Wyoming	Arena-Auditorium (-) Laramie, WY
Feb. 21, 2023 7:00 p.m., Altitude	Fresno State	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Feb. 24, 2023 7:30 p.m., CBSSN	at UNLV	Thomas & Mack Center (-) Paradise, NV
Mar. 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., Altitude	San Jose State	Clune Arena (-) Colorado Springs, CO
Mountain West tournament
March 8, 2023 TBD	vs. TBD	Thomas & Mack Center (-) Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Source^[1]

References

^ "2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule". goairforcefalcons.com. Retrieved October 18, 2022.

[1] "2022–23 Men's Basketball Schedule". goairforcefalcons.com. Retrieved October 18, 2022.

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Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Roster

Schedule and results

References

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2022–23 Mountain West Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Air Force	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Boise State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Colorado State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Fresno State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Nevada	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
New Mexico	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 19 San Diego State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
San Jose State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
UNLV	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Utah State	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Wyoming	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2023 MW Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll