2022–23 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team

2022–23 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2023 WCC tournament winner; Rankings from AP poll

2022–23 San Diego Toreros men's basketball
2022–23 San Diego Toreros men's basketball
Conference	West Coast Conference
Record	0–0 (0–0 WCC)
Head coach	Steve Lavin (1st season);
Assistant coaches	John Moore; Tyus Edney; Patrick Sandle;
Home arena	Jenny Craig Pavilion
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team will represent the University of San Diego during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Toreros will be led by first-year head coach Steve Lavin They will play their home games at Jenny Craig Pavilion in San Diego, California as members of the West Coast Conference.

Previous season

The Toreros finished the 2021–22 season 15–16, 7–9 in WCC play to finish in seventh place.^[1] They defeated Pepperdine in the first round of the WCC tournament before losing to Portland in the second round.^[2]

Offseason

On March 6, 2022, the school fired head coach Sam Scholl.^[3] On April 8, the school hired former UCLA and St. John's head coach Steve Lavin as the team's new head coach.^[4] Lavin had not coached since 2015.^[5]

Departures

Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason for departure
Bryce Monroe	0	G	5'11"	170	Sophomore	San Francisco, CA	Transferred to IUPUI
Joey Calcaterra	2	G	6'3"	165	RS Senior	Novato, CA	Graduate transferred to UConn
Josh Parrish	4	F	6'4"	215	GS Senior	Arlington, TX	Graduated
Scotty Prunty	5	G	5'11"	165	Sophomore	San Diego, CA	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Alijah Kuehl	14	C	6'10"	235	Freshman	St. Augustine, FL	Left the team due to personal reasons
Vladimir Pinchuk	15	C	6'11"	230	Senior	Schwelm, Germany	Graduated
T. J. Berger	20	G	6'4"	170	Sophomore	Malvern, PA	Transferred to Lafayette
Terrell Brown	21	F/C	6'10"	235	GS Senior	Providence, RI	Graduated
Patrick Caero	25	G	6'4"	195	Freshman	Fort Worth, TX	Walk-on; left the team due to personal reasons
Muon Reath	33	G/F	6'8"	185	Freshman	Ottawa, ON	Transferred to South Plains College

Incoming transfers

Name	Num	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Jaiden Delaire	0	F	6'9"	215	GS Senior	North Granby, CT	Stanford
Elliyas Delaire	2	G	6'2"	175	Sophomore	North Granby, CT	Walk-on; Lewis & Clark College
Deuce Turner	4	G	6'1"		Sophomore	Coatesville, PA	South Plains College
Bendji Pierre	5	F	6'8"		Sophomore	Irvington, NJ	Indian River State College
Seikou Sisoho Jawara	12	G	6'3"	195	Junior	Mataró, Spain	Weber State
Deven Dahlke	33	G	6'2"	188	Junior	Phoenix, AZ	Walk-on; Drake
Nic Lynch	44	C	6'11"	250	GS Senior	Seattle, WA	Lehigh
Eric Williams Jr.	50	G	6'7"	195	Grad Senior	Port Huron, MI	Oregon

2022 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Jeremiah Nyarko PF	Ghana	Sierra Canyon School	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	May 13, 2022
Jeremiah Nyarko PF	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: 0
Overall recruiting rankings: Scout: nr Rivals: nr ESPN: nr
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, 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: "San Diego Toreros 2022 Basketball Commitments". Rivals.com. "2022 San Diego Toreros Basketball Commits". Scout.com. "ESPN 2022 San Diego Toreros Basketball recruits". ESPN.com. "Scout.com Team Recruiting Rankings". Scout.com. "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2022–23 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	0	Jaiden Delaire	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	GS	Loomis Chaffee School Stanford	North Granby, CT
G	1	Jase Townsend	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Sr	Skyline HS Denver	Dallas, TX
G	2	Elliyas Delaire (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Loomis Chaffee School Lewis & Clark College	North Granby, CT
G	3	Wayne McKinney III	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Coronado HS	Coronado, CA
G	4	Deuce Turner	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	Malvern Prep South Plains College	Coatesville, PA
F	5	Bendji Pierre	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	So	The Patrick School Indian River State College	Irvington, NJ
F	10	Marcellus Earlington	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	RS Sr	Don Bosco Prep St. John's	Stony Point, NY
F	11	Yavuz Gultekin	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Bishop Walsh HS Texas A&M	Karşıyaka, Turkey
G	12	Seikou Sisoho Jawara	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Jr	Get Better Academy Weber State	Mataró, Spain
G	15	Neel Beniwal (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	The Phelps School	Garnet Valley, PA
F	20	Jeremiah Nyarko	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Sierra Canyon	Accra, Ghana
G	21	Emmanuel Callas (W)	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Campolindo HS	Oakland, CA
G	32	Dominic Muncey	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Cathedral Catholic HS	San Diego, CA
G	33	Deven Dahlke (W)	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	St. Mary's Drake	Phoenix, AZ
C	44	Nic Lynch	6 ft 11 in (2.11 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	GS	Seattle Prep Lehigh	Seattle, WA
G	50	Eric Williams Jr.	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	RS Sr	New Haven HS Oregon	Port Huron, MI

Head coach

Steve Lavin (Chapman University)

Assistant coach(es)

John Moore (Cypress College)
Tyus Edney (UCLA)
Patrick Sandle (San Francisco State)

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
November 7, 2022* 7:30 p.m.	Sonoma State	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
November 9, 2022* 7:00 p.m.	Florida Gulf Coast	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
November 13, 2022* 2:00 p.m.	NJIT	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
November 17, 2022* 7:00 p.m.	Utah State	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
November 21, 2022* 7:00 p.m.	San Diego Christian	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
November 25, 2022* 6:30 p.m.	vs. New Mexico State Las Vegas Invitational semifinals	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
November 26, 2022* TBA	vs. UC Irvine/Nicholls Las Vegas Invitational	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
November 28, 2022* 6:00 p.m.	Longwood	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
December 1, 2022* 7:00 p.m.	UC San Diego	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
December 3, 2022* 7:00 p.m.	UNLV	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
December 10, 2022* 7:00 p.m.	Cal Baptist	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
December 18, 2022* 4:00 p.m., P12N	at Arizona State	Desert Financial Arena Tempe, AZ
December 20, 2022* 7:00 p.m.	at UC Riverside	SRC Arena Riverside, CA
December 22, 2022* TBA	at Cal State Northridge	Matadome Northridge, CA
WCC regular season
December 29, 2022 TBA	at Saint Mary's	University Credit Union Pavilion Moraga, CA
December 31, 2022 TBA	at San Francisco	War Memorial Gymnasium San Francisco, CA
January 5, 2023 TBA	Pacific	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
January 7, 2023 TBA	BYU	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
January 12, 2023 TBA	Pepperdine	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
January 14, 2023 TBA	at Loyola Marymount	Gersten Pavilion Los Angeles, CA
January 19, 2023 TBA	at Portland	Chiles Center Portland, OR
January 26, 2023 TBA	at Pepperdine	Firestone Fieldhouse Malibu, CA
January 28, 2023 TBA	San Francisco	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
February 2, 2023 TBA	Portland	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
February 4, 2023 TBA	Loyola Marymount	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
February 9, 2022 TBA	at Santa Clara	Leavey Center Santa Clara, CA
February 11, 2023 TBA	at Pacific	Alex G. Spanos Center Stockton, CA
February 16, 2023 TBA	Saint Mary's	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
February 23, 2023 8:00 p.m., ESPN Networks	at Gonzaga	McCarthey Athletic Center Spokane, WA
February 25, 2022 TBA	Santa Clara	Jenny Craig Pavilion San Diego, CA
WCC tournament
March 2–7, 2023	vs.	Orleans Arena Paradise, NV
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Pacific Time.

Source:^[6]^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "2021-22 San Diego Toreros Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
^ "San Diego vs. Portland - Game Recap - March 4, 2022 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
^ "USD fires basketball coach Sam Scholl after four seasons". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-29.
^ "Former UCLA head coach Steve Lavin hired to lead USD men's basketball team". cbs8.com. April 8, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
^ "Lavin returns to coaching at struggling San Diego". ESPN.com. 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule". usdtoreros.com.

[:0-1] "2021-22 San Diego Toreros Schedule and Results". College Basketball at Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

[2] "San Diego vs. Portland - Game Recap - March 4, 2022 - ESPN". ESPN.com. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

[3] "USD fires basketball coach Sam Scholl after four seasons". San Diego Union-Tribune. 2022-03-06. Retrieved 2022-03-29.

[4] "Former UCLA head coach Steve Lavin hired to lead USD men's basketball team". cbs8.com. April 8, 2022. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

[5] "Lavin returns to coaching at struggling San Diego". ESPN.com. 2022-04-07. Retrieved 2022-04-20.

[6] "2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule". usdtoreros.com.

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2022–23 San Diego Toreros men's basketball team

Contents

Previous season

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

2022 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule and results

References

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2022–23 West Coast Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
BYU	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
No. 2 Gonzaga	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Loyola Marymount	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Pacific	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Pepperdine	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Portland	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Saint Mary's	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
San Diego	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
San Francisco	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–
Santa Clara	0	–	0	–	0	–	0	–

† 2023 WCC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll