2022–23 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team

2022–23 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
	† 2023 MAC tournament winner;

2022–23 Toledo Rockets men's basketball
2022–23 Toledo Rockets men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	– (– MAC)
Head coach	Tod Kowalczyk (13th season);
Associate head coach	Jeff Massey (9th season)
Assistant coaches	Justin Ingram (5th season); Jordan Lauf (1st season);
Home arena	Savage Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team will represent the University of Toledo during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Rockets, led by 13th-year head coach Tod Kowalczyk, play their home games at Savage Arena, as members of the Mid-American Conference.^[1]

Previous season

The Rockets finished the 2021–22 season 26-8, 17-3 in MAC Play to finish as regular season champions.^[2] They defeated Central Michigan in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament before losing in the semifinals to Kent State. As a No. 1 seed who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to Dayton.^[3]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Ryan Rollins	G	6'4"	180	Sophomore	Macomb Township, Michigan	Declared for NBA draft^[4]
Jordan Burge	G	6'3"	200	RS-Sophomore	Cleveland, Ohio	Transferred to Lake Erie
Mihal Cârcoană	C	6'11"	240	Freshman	Luduș, Romania	Transferred to South Dakota
Arnór Eyþórsson	F	6'7"	190	Freshman	Selfoss, Iceland	Entereed Transfer Portal
Jamere Hill	F	6'3"	175	Freshman	Joliet, Illinois	Transferred to Lewis
Keshaun Saunders	G	6'5"	190	RS-Sophomore	Brampton, Ontario	Transferred to Portland State

^[5]^[6]^[7]

Incoming transfers

Transfers
Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Tyler Cochran	G	6'2	220	Sophomore	Bolingbrook, Illinois	Transferred from Ball State
André Lorentsson	F	6'8	215	Freshman	Gothenburg, Sweden	Transferred from Saint Louis
Dante Maddox	G	6'2	195	Freshman	Chicago Heights, Illinois	Transferred from Cal State Fullerton

^[5]^[6]

Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Javon Simmons F	Gahanna, Ohio	Gahanna Lincoln	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)
Javon Simmons F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: ESPN grade: 85
J Wallace G	Bath, Michigan	Williamston	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)
J Wallace G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Cooper Davis G	Powell, Ohio	Olentangy Liberty	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
Cooper Davis G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Overall recruiting rankings:
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: "2022 Team Ranking". Rivals.com.

Roster

2022–23 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Ra'Heim Moss	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS So	SPIRE Academy	Springfield, OH
F	1	Javon Simmons	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	Fr	Gahanna Lincoln	Gahanna, OH
G	2	EJ Farmer	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	So	Cleveland Heights	Cleveland, OH
G	3	Elijah Wilson	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Mountain View	Lithonia, GA
F	4	Setric Millner Jr.	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Sr	Northwest Florida State College	Little Rock, AR
G	10	RayJ Dennis	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Jr	Boise State	Plainfield, IL
F	12	Kooper Jacobi	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	So	Silver Creek	Sellersburg, IN
F	13	Andre Lorentsson	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	So	Saint Louis	Gothenburg, Sweden
F/C	15	A. J. Edu	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS Jr	South Gloucestershire and Stroud College	Colchester, England
G	21	Dante Maddox	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	So	Cal State Fullerton	Chicago Heights, IL
G	22	Tyler Cochran	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	195 lb (88 kg)	Jr	Ball State	Bolingbrook, IL
G	24	J Wallace	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Fr	Williamston	Bath, MI
G	31	Cooper Davis	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Olentangy Liberty	Powell, OH
F	32	JT Shumate	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Sr	Newark Walsh University	Newark, OH

Head coach

Tod Kowalczyk (Minnesota Duluth)

Assistant coach(es)

Jeff Massey (Xavier)
Justin Ingram (Toledo)
Jordan Lauf (Toledo)

Roster^[8]

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 22, 2022* 11:00 a.m., TBA	Hillsdale	W 100–59	_	–	–	–	Savage Arena Toledo, OH
October 30, 2022* 3:00 p.m., TBA	at Findlay	W 100–88	–	–	–	–	Clay Gymnasium Findlay, OH
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022* 7:00 p.m., TBA	Valparaiso						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
November 11, 2022* 5:00 p.m., TBA	vs. UAB Barstool Sports Invitational						Wells Fargo Center Philadelphia, PA
November 16, 2022* 7:00 p.m, TBA	Oakland Barstool Sports Invitational						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
November 21, 2022* 11:00 a.m., TBA	vs. Kansas City Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals						Hertz Arena Estero, FL
November 22, 2022* TBA, TBA	vs. TBA Gulf Coast Showcase						Hertz Arena Estero, FL
November 23, 2022* TBA, TBA	vs. TBA Gulf Coast Showcase						Hertz Arena Estero, FL
November 30, 2022* 7:00 p.m, TBA	Richmond						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
December 3, 2022* 2:00 p.m., TBA	at George Mason						EagleBank Arena Fairfax, VA
December 6, 2022* 8:30 p.m., TBA	at Northern Iowa						McLeod Center Cedar Falls, IA
December 10, 2022* 2:00 p.m, TBA	Canisius						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
December 17, 2022* 3:30 p.m., TBA	at Marshall						Cam Henderson Center Huntington, WV
December 20, 2022* 2:00 p.m., TBA	at Vermont						Patrick Gym Burlington, VT
December 29, 2022* 6:00 p.m, TBA	Lourdes						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
MAC regular season
January 3, 2023 7:00 p.m, CBSSN	Ball State						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
January 6, 2023 6:30 p.m, CBSSN	Western Michigan						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
January 10, 2023 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Kent State						MAC Center Kent, OH
January 14, 2023 4:30 p.m., TBA	at Northern Illinois						Convocation Center DeKalb, IL
January 17, 2023 7:00 p.m, TBA	Ohio						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
January 20, 2023 8:30 p.m., CBSSN	at Buffalo						Alumni Arena Amherst, NY
January 24, 2023 7:00 p.m, CBSSN	Eastern Michigan						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
January 28, 2023 2:00 p.m, TBA	Bowling Green						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
January 31, 2023 TBA, TBA	at Miami (OH)						Millett Hall Oxford, OH
February 4, 2023 7:00 p.m, TBA	Central Michigan						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
February 7, 2023 TBA, TBA	at Akron						James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
February 11, 2023 TBA, TBA	at Eastern Michigan						George Gervin GameAbove Center Ypsilanti, MI
February 14, 2023 7:00 p.m., TBA	Miami (OH)						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
February 18, 2023 5:00 p.m., TBA	at Bowling Green						Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH
February 21, 2023 7:00 p.m., TBA	Akron						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
February 25, 2023 2:00 p.m., TBA	Buffalo						Savage Arena Toledo, OH
February 28, 2023 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Central Michigan						McGuirk Arena Mount Pleasant, MI
March 3, 2023 7:00 p.m., TBA	at Ball State						Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
MAC tournament
March 9, 2022† TBA, TBA	vs. Quarterfinals						Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

† If a top eight finisher in MAC
Source^[9]

References

^ "Holmes scores 20 to lift Dayton over Toledo 74-55 in NIT". Toledo Athletics. Retrieved September 12, 2022.
^ "MAC Basketball Standings - 2021-22". ESPN. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
^ "Holmes scores 20 to lift Dayton over Toledo 74-55 in NIT". ESPN. Retrieved March 21, 2022.
^ "Warriors Sign Ryan Rollins". www.nba.com. Retrieved 2022-09-03.
^ ^a ^b "2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster". Toledo Athletics.
^ ^a ^b "2022 D1 Basketball Transfers". Verbal Commits. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster". Toledo Athletics.
^ "2022–23 Roster". Toledo Athletics.
^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Toledo Athletics.

[1] "Holmes scores 20 to lift Dayton over Toledo 74-55 in NIT". Toledo Athletics. Retrieved September 12, 2022.

[2] "MAC Basketball Standings - 2021-22". ESPN. Retrieved September 6, 2022.

[3] "Holmes scores 20 to lift Dayton over Toledo 74-55 in NIT". ESPN. Retrieved March 21, 2022.

[4] "Warriors Sign Ryan Rollins". www.nba.com. Retrieved 2022-09-03.

[roster-5] "2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster". Toledo Athletics.

[transfer-6] "2022 D1 Basketball Transfers". Verbal Commits. Retrieved September 7, 2022.

[7] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster". Toledo Athletics.

[8] "2022–23 Roster". Toledo Athletics.

[9] "2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Toledo Athletics.

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2022–23 Toledo Rockets men's basketball team

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Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting class

Roster

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