TAMPA (July 14, 2022) – The American Athletic Conference announced on Thursday the home and away opponents for the 2022-23 men's basketball conference slate. Led by head coach Brian Gregory (sixth season), the South Florida Bulls will play 18 total league games, including nine at home at the Yuengling Center.
League teams will play eight of their conference opponents twice (home and away) and two opponents once each.
The Bulls will play Tulane in only a home contest and only a road game against Houston.
Game dates, tip times and broadcast information will be announced at a later date.
Fans are encouraged to visit USFBullsTix.com or call 1-800-GoBulls for ticket information.
2022-23 Conference Home & Away Opponents: UCF, Cincinnati, East Carolina, Memphis, SMU, Temple, Tulsa, Wichita State
2022-23 Conference Home Only: Tulane
2022-23 Conference Away Only: Houston
South Florida returns 10 players from its 2021-22 roster, including Jamir Chaplin, Russel Tchewa, Corey Walker Jr., Bay area native Serrel Smith Jr., along with Sam Hines Jr. and Trey Moss who each played in all 31 games last season. Chaplin is the Bulls leading returning scorer (8.7 ppg) while Tcewa and Walker Jr. thrived in the frontcourt over the final months of the season.
Tchewa saw his scoring average rise from 3.3 ppg in 2020-21 to 8.0 in 2021-22 while pouring three double-doubles. The center averaged 9.4 points and 5.8 rebounds over 18 AAC games last season and averaged 11.6 points and 7.0 rebounds over the final nine games of the 2021-22 campaign. Walker Jr. also had a strong finish in his first year with the Bulls, averaging 8.3 points, 7.0 rebounds, 1.6 assists, 1.7 blocks and 1.4 steals over the final nine games of the 2021-22 season.
They will be joined this season by transfers Tyler Harris (Memphis), Winter Haven native Keyshawn Bryant (South Carolina) and Selton Miguel (K-State). Harris scored over 1,000 collegiate points between three seasons at Memphis and one at Iowa State, while Bryant scored over 950 points on 45 percent shooting in his four-year career. True freshman Ryan Conwell and Dok Muordar are also new to the USF roster in 2022-23.
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About USF Men's Basketball
The USF men's basketball team is led by head coach Brian Gregory, who enters his sixth season in 2022-23. Gregory was introduced as the 10th head coach in program history in March of 2017 after previously leading programs at Georgia Tech (2011-16) and Dayton (2003-11). Gregory spent nearly a decade as an assistant coach under Michigan State's Hall of Fame head coach Tom Izzo and helped the Spartans win the 2000 NCAA National Championship. Gregory owns over 300 career head coaching wins and six postseason appearances, including the 2010 NIT Championship with Dayton. In his second season at the helm of the Bulls, Gregory led the team to the best win turnaround in the NCAA, the most single-season wins in school history and the 2019 College Basketball Invitational championship.
USF has retired three numbers in its history: Chucky Atkins (12), Charlie Bradley (30) and Radenko Dobras (31). The Bulls have earned three NCAA tournament bids, appeared in the NIT eight times and won the 2019 College Basketball Invitational.
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