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2022–23 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball
2022–23 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	20–12 (11–7 MAC)
Head coach	Michael Lewis (1st season);
Assistant coaches	Ben Botts (5th season); Lou Gudino (1st season); Jamal Meeks (1st season);
Home arena	Worthen Arena
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

2022–23 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team

American college basketball season

The 2022–23 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team represented Ball State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by first-year head coach Michael Lewis, played their home games at Worthen Arena in Muncie, IN as members of the Mid-American Conference. As the fourth seed they lost to Ohio in the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament to finish 20–12 and 11–7 in MAC play.^[1]

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 29, 2022* 2:00 p.m		DePauw	W 87–60	0–0	22 – Coleman	11 – Pearson Jr.	–	Worthen Arena (3,445) Muncie, IN
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/+		Earlham	W 109–39	1–0	19 – Jacobs	13 – Pearson	6 – Jacobs	Worthen Arena (3,445) Muncie, IN
November 12, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Indiana State	L 71–83	1–1	29 – Coleman	10 – Jacobs	4 – Coleman	Hulman Center (3,610) Terre Haute, IN
November 16, 2022* 7:30 p.m.		at Omaha	W 71–61	2–1	15 – Windham	9 – Coleman	4 – Jacobs	Baxter Arena (2,115) Omaha, NE
November 19, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		IU South Bend	W 86–72	3–1	18 – Sellers	14 – Sellers	5 – Jacobs	Worthen Arena (3,012) Muncie, IN
November 25, 2022* 12:00 pm, FloHoops		vs. Vermont Nassau Championship quarterfinals	L 73–78	3–2	21 – Sellers	7 – Sparks	6 – Coleman	Baha Mar Convention Center (267) Nassau, Bahamas
November 26, 2022* 12:00 p.m., FloHoops		vs. Missouri State Nassau Championship consolation 2nd round	W 67–64	4–2	24 – Sparks	12 – Sparks	3 – Tied	Baha Mar Convention Center (368) Nassau, Bahamas
November 27, 2022* 2:30 p.m., FloHoops		vs. San Jose State Nassau Championship 5th place game	L 65–67	4–3	14 – Tied	10 – Sparks	3 – Sparks	Baha Mar Convention Center (270) Nassau, Bahamas
December 3, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Duquesne	L 77–78	4–4	22 – Sellers	12 – Sparks	5 – Coleman	UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (2,012) Pittsburgh, PA
December 7, 2022* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Eastern Illinois	W 76–59	5–4	20 – Pearson	9 – Pearson	8 – Coleman	Lantz Arena (1,636) Charleston, IL
December 10, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+		Evansville	W 88–69	6–4	20 – Sellers	12 – Sparks	2 – Tied	Worthen Arena (3,547) Muncie, IN
December 17, 2022* 3:30 p.m., ESPN+		vs. Illinois State Indy Classic	W 83–69	7–4	24 – Sellers	6 – Sparks	7 – Coleman	Gainbridge Fieldhouse Indianapolis, IN
December 21, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Georgia Southern	W 58–54	8–4	17 – Sellers	7 – Tied	4 – Jacobs	Worthen Arena (3,288) Muncie, IN
December 28, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Chicago State	W 70–63	9–4	16 – Coleman	8 – Sparks	4 – Sparks	Worthen Arena (3,540) Muncie, IN
MAC regular season
January 3, 2023 7:00 p.m., CBSSN		at Toledo	W 90–83	10–4 (1–0)	26 – Coleman	10 – Sellers	2 – Tied	Savage Arena (4,055) Toledo, OH
January 6, 2023 8:30 p.m., CBSSN		Akron	W 70–63	11–4 (2–0)	15 – Tied	8 – Sparks	4 – Jacobs	Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
January 10, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Ohio	L 71–76	11–5 (2–1)	17 – Coleman	8 – Sparks	4 – Coleman	Convocation Center (4,010) Athens, OH
January 14, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		Miami	W 75–61	12–5 (3–1)	15 – Tied	14 – Sparks	5 – Coleman	Worthen Arena Muncie, IN
January 17, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Western Michigan	W 71–70	13–5 (4–1)	22 – Coleman	8 – Coleman	7 – Coleman	Worthen Arena (3,799) Muncie, IN
January 20, 2023 6:30 p.m., CBSSN		at Kent State	L 65–86	13–6 (4–2)	11 – Tied	8 – Jacobs	3 – Jacobs	MAC Center (5,660) Kent, OH
January 24, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Buffalo	L 65–91	13–7 (4–3)	27 – Coleman	6 – Pearson	6 – Jacobs	Worthen Arena (3,943) Muncie, IN
January 28, 2023 4:30 p.m., ESPN3		at Northern Illinois	W 87–69	14–7 (5–3)	20 – Coleman	10 – Sparks	6 – Coleman	Convocation Center (1,438) DeKalb, IL
January 31, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Bowling Green	W 69–60	15–7 (6–3)	19 – Coleman	10 – Sparks	3 – Jacobs	Stroh Center (2,028) Bowling Green, OH
February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., CBSSN		Eastern Michigan	W 91–90	16–7 (7–3)	22 – Sparks	15 – Sparks	8 – Jacobs	Worthen Arena (6,608) Muncie, IN
February 7, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Central Michigan	W 65–51	17–7 (8–3)	13 – Pearson	10 – Sparks	3 – Tied	McGuirk Arena (1,430) Mount Pleasant, MI
February 11, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		Bowling Green	W 93–72	18–7 (9–3)	18 – Sparks	8 – Sparks	8 – Bumbalough	Worthen Arena (4,808) Muncie, IN
February 14, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN3/+		Northern Illinois	W 87–77	19–7 (10–3)	20 – Sparks	20 – Sparks	8 – Coleman	Worthen Arena (3,635) Muncie, IN
February 18, 2023 2:30 p.m., ESPN3		at Western Michigan	L 68–78	19–8 (10–4)	22 – Sellers	8 – Sparks	4 – Coleman	University Arena (2,196) Kalamazoo, MI
February 21, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Kent State	W 82–70	20–8 (11–4)	20 – Sellers	12 – Sparks	8 – Coleman	Worthen Arena (5,573) Muncie, IN
February 25, 2023 3:30 p.m., ESPN3		at Eastern Michigan	L 68–75	20–9 (11–5)	19 – Jacobs	8 – Jihad	5 – Jacobs	George Gervin GameAbove Center (5,287) Ypsilanti, MI
February 28, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Akron	L 83–87	20–10 (11–6)	19 – Windham	9 – Sparks	4 – Tied	James A. Rhodes Arena (1,912) Akron, OH
March 3, 2023 6:00 p.m.^[10], CBSSN		Toledo	L 81–87	20–11 (11–7)	24 – Sparks	11 – Sparks	6 – Jacobs	Worthen Arena (4,441) Muncie, IN
MAC tournament
March 9, 2023 1:30 p.m., ESPN+	(4)	vs. (5) Ohio Quarterfinals	L 70–90	20–12	21 – Sparks	7 – Sparks	5 – Tied	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (3,852) Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

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Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Notes
Kani Acree	G	6'6	185	Redshirt Junior	Carbondale, Illinois	Entered Transfer Portal
Luke Brown	G	6'1	165	Freshman	Carmel, Indiana	Transferred to Stetson
Tyler Cochran	G	6'2	220	Junior	Bolingbrook, Illinois	Transferred to Toledo^[2]
Miryne Thomas	F	6'8	200	Redshirt Senior	Cleveland, Ohio	Transferred to Kent State^[3]
Blake Huggins	C	6'10	245	Redshirt Senior	Union City, Tennessee	Exhausted Eligibility

Name	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Thomas Allen	G	6'1"	180	RS-JR	Raleigh, North Carolina	North Carolina State
Jarron Coleman	G	6'5"	210	GS	Indianapolis, Indiana	Missouri^[7]
Darian Owens-White	G	6'1"	165	GS	Detroit, Michigan	Wayne State^[8]
Kaiyem Cleary	G	6'6"	185	JR	Manchester, England	Florida SouthWestern State^[9]

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Micah Bell G	Austell, Georgia	Link Year Prep	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Micah Bell G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Jack Futa G	South Bend, Indiana	St. Joseph	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	195 lb (88 kg)
Jack Futa G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Quincy Adams Jr. G	Frisco, Texas	Hamilton	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	180 lb (82 kg)
Quincy Adams Jr. 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.

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Toledo	16	–	2	.889	27	–	8	.771
Kent State †	15	–	3	.833	28	–	7	.800
Akron	13	–	5	.722	22	–	11	.667
Ball State	11	–	7	.611	20	–	12	.625
Ohio	10	–	8	.556	19	–	14	.576
Buffalo	9	–	9	.500	15	–	17	.469
Northern Illinois	9	–	9	.500	13	–	19	.406
Miami (OH)	6	–	12	.333	12	–	20	.375
Bowling Green	5	–	13	.278	11	–	20	.355
Eastern Michigan	5	–	13	.278	8	–	23	.258
Central Michigan	5	–	13	.278	10	–	21	.323
Western Michigan	4	–	14	.222	8	–	23	.258

† 2023 MAC tournament winner