2022–23 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team represented the University of Maine in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by first-year head coach Chris Markwood, played their home games at Cross Insurance Center in Bangor, Maine, with some games at Memorial Gymnasium in Orono, Maine, as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 13-17, 7-9 in America East Play to finish in 7th place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the America East Tournament to UMass Lowell.

2022–23 Maine Black Bears men's basketball
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record13–17 (7–9 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rob O'Driscoll
  • Pete Gash
  • Jordon Bronner
Home arenaCross Insurance Center
Seasons
2022–23 America East Conference men's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Vermont 14 2   .875 23 11   .676
UMass Lowell 11 5   .688 26 8   .765
New Hampshire 9 7   .563 15 15   .500
UMBC 8 8   .500 18 14   .563
Binghamton 8 8   .500 13 18   .419
Bryant 8 8   .500 17 13   .567
Maine 7 9   .438 13 17   .433
NJIT 4 12   .250 7 23   .233
Albany 3 13   .188 8 23   .258
2023 AmEast Tournament winner

Previous season

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The Black Bears finished the 2021–22 season 6–23, 3–15 in America East play to finish in last place. As a result, they failed to qualify for the America East Tournament.

On February 17, head coach Richard Barron was dismissed as the Black Bears' head coach, with assistant coach Jai Steadman serving as the interim head coach for the remainder of the season.[1] On March 21, the school announced that alumnus and former Maine assistant coach Chris Markwood was named the school's new head coach.[2]

Guarantee games

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Prior to the season, Maine scheduled 5 "guarantee games" with a power conference school. In these games, the home team pay the road team a set amount of money. Maine will receive a total of $365,000 for these five games (Nebraska, Boston College, Marist, Akron, and Ohio State).[3]

Roster

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2022–23 Maine Black Bears men's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Byron Ireland 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So St. Frances Academy Annapolis, MD
G 1 Kellen Tynes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 175 lb (79 kg) So Montana State Dartmouth, NS
G 2 Ja'Shonté Wright-McLeish 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Sr Collège Jean-de-Brébeuf Montreal, CAN
G 3 Jaden Clayton 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Fr Fort Erie International Academy Whitby, ON
F 4 Ata Turgut 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 220 lb (100 kg) RS Jr TED Ankara Kolejliler Ankara, Turkey
G 5 Adefolarin Adetogun 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Jr Athol Murray College of Notre Dame Regina, SK
F 10 John Shea 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Fr Edward Little HS Auburn, ME
F 11 Kristians Feierbergs 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
So GBA Academy Riga, Latvia
F 12 Milos Nenadic 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
So Western Reserve Academy Kitchener, ON
G 13 LeChaun DuHart 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Sr Western Wyoming Aurora, CO
F 21 Keelan Steele 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)
Fr Victory Academy (ON) Alton, ON
G 22 Gedi Juozapaitis 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) Sr Georgia Southern London, England
G 23 Owen Maloney 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Fr South Portland HS South Portland, ME
F 30 Ayme Daguilh 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Fr Bridgton Academy West Boylston, MA
G 31 Novak Perovic 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
So Hoosac School Belgrade, Serbia
F 35 Antonio Lisenbee 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
Fr Arsenal Technical HS Indianapolis, IN
F 44 Peter Filipovity 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)
So Utah State Eastern Kaposvár, Hungary
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster
Last update: November 9, 2022

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022*
8:00 pm
at Nebraska L 66–79  0–1
Pinnacle Bank Arena (12,875)
Lincoln, NE
November 11, 2022*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UMaine Fort Kent W 90–45  1–1
Cross Insurance Center (729)
Bangor, ME
November 14, 2022*
7:00 pm, ACCN
at Boston College W 69–64  2–1
Conte Forum (3,811)
Chestnut Hill, MA
November 18, 2022*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Columbia W 93–70  3–1
Memorial Gymnasium (889)
Orono, ME
November 23, 2022*
3:30 pm
at Central Connecticut W 66–58  4–1
William H. Detrick Gymnasium (1,011)
New Britain, CT
November 27, 2022*
2:00 pm, ESPN+
at Brown L 63–70  4–2
Pizzitola Sports Center (490)
Providence, RI
November 30, 2022*
7:30 pm, ESPN+
at Fordham L 67–72  4–3
Rose Hill Gymnasium 
Bronx, NY
December 4, 2022*
10:30 am, ESPNU
vs. Marist
Basketball Hall of Fame London Showcase
L 61–62  4–4
The O2 Arena 
London, United Kingdom
December 8, 2022*
4:30 pm, ESPN+
UMaine Augusta W 103–67  5–4
Memorial Gymnasium (1,001)
Orono, ME
December 11, 2022*
1:00 pm
at Merrimack W 50–47  6–4
Hammel Court (1,712)
North Andover, MA
December 19, 2022*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Akron L 55–87  6–5
James A. Rhodes Arena (1,424)
Akron, OH
December 21, 2022*
8:30 pm, BTN
at Ohio State L 61–95  6–6
Value City Arena (10,461)
Columbus, OH
December 28, 2022*
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Harvard L 73–74 OT 6–7
Cross Insurance Center (994)
Bangor, ME
America East Conference regular season
January 5, 2023
6:00 pm, ESPN+
at UMass Lowell L 70–72  6–8
(0–1)
Costello Athletic Center (379)
Lowell, MA
January 8, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN+
NJIT L 83–91 OT 6–9
(0–2)
Memorial Gymnasium (835)
Orono, ME
January 11, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN+
New Hampshire L 58–71  6–10
(0–3)
Cross Insurance Center (772)
Bangor, ME
January 14, 2023
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at UMBC L 77–85  6–11
(0–4)
Chesapeake Employers Insurance Arena (1,457)
Catonsville, MD
January 19, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Vermont L 45–66  6–12
(0–5)
Patrick Gym (2,377)
Burlington, VT
January 22, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN+
Binghamton W 78–57  7–12
(1–5)
Cross Insurance Center (892)
Bangor, ME
January 25, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN+
UMass Lowell W 75–70  8–12
(2–5)
Cross Insurance Center (766)
Bangor, ME
January 28, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Albany W 72–68  9–12
(3–5)
McDonough Sports Complex (1,305)
Troy, NY
February 1, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at Bryant L 53–71  9–13
(3–6)
Chace Athletic Center (750)
Smithfield, RI
February 4, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN3
UMBC W 84–49  10–13
(4–6)
Memorial Gymnasium 
Orono, ME
February 8, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Vermont L 65–74  10–14
(4–7)
Cross Insurance Center (785)
Bangor, ME
February 11, 2023
4:00 pm, ESPN3
at NJIT L 50–65  10–15
(4–8)
Wellness and Events Center (489)
Newark, NJ
February 18, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Albany W 74–72  11–15
(5–8)
Memorial Gymnasium (907)
Orono, ME
February 22, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN+
at New Hampshire L 62–74  11–16
(5–9)
Lundholm Gym (611)
Durham, NH
February 25, 2023
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Binghamton W 71–67 OT 12–16
(6–9)
Binghamton University Events Center (3,678)
Vestal, NY
February 28, 2023
7:00 pm, ESPN+
Bryant W 66–64  13–16
(7–9)
Cross Insurance Center (795)
Bangor, ME
America East tournament
March 4, 2023
4:00 pm, ESPN+
(7) at (2) UMass Lowell
Quarterfinals
L 54–85  13–17
Costello Athletic Center (856)
Lowell, MA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Eastern.

Sources[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "UMaine, Richard Barron mutually agree to part ways". University of Maine Athletics. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  2. ^ "UMaine hires former player Chris Markwood as new men's basketball coach". Portland Press Herald. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  3. ^ Robinson, Adam (November 15, 2022). "UMaine men's basketball was paid $90K to beat Boston College". Bangor Daily News.
  4. ^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule". University of Maine Athletics. Retrieved November 9, 2022.
  5. ^ "2022-23 Maine Black Bears Schedule". ESPN. Retrieved November 9, 2022.