| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | VCU Rams |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
| Short Conf: | A-10 |
| Record: | 27–8 |
| Conf Record: | 15–3 |
| Head Coach: | Mike Rhoades |
| Hc Year: | 6th |
| Asst Coach1: | J. D. Byers |
| Asst Coach2: | Brent Scott |
| Assoc Coach: | Jamal Brunt |
| Stadium: | Stuart C. Siegel Center |
| Champion: | Atlantic 10 regular season and tournament champions |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | First Round |
The 2022–23 VCU Rams men's basketball team represented Virginia Commonwealth University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by sixth-year head coach is Mike Rhoades and played their home games at the Siegel Center in Richmond, Virginia as a member of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 27–8, 15–3 in A-10 play to win the regular season championship. They defeated Davidson, Saint Louis, and Dayton to win the A-10 tournament championship, their first since 2015. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament as the No. 12 seed in the West region. There they lost to Saint Mary's in the first round.
On March 29, 2023, head coach Mike Rhoades left the school to take the head coaching position at Penn State. That same day, the school named Utah State head coach Ryan Odom the team's new coach.[1]
The Rams finished the 2021–22 season 22–10, 14–4 in A-10 play to finish in a tie for second place.[2] As the No. 3 seed in the A-10 tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Richmond.[3] The Rams received an at-large bid to the National Invitation Tournament, their first since 2008, where they defeated Princeton[4] before losing to Wake Forest in the second round.[5]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | 205 | Declared for NBA draft; selected 47th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies | |||||
| 11 | 180 | Graduated | |||||
| 5 | 190 | Transferred to Long Beach State | |||||
| 55 | 225 | Transferred to Coastal Carolina | |||||
| 20 | 215 | Transferred to Iowa State | |||||
| 34 | 240 | Graduated | |||||
| 2 | 220 | Transferred to UNC Greensboro | |||||
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Weight | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 180 | Transferred from Michigan | ||||||
| 30 | 240 | Transferred from Michigan | ||||||
| 35 | 220 | Transferred from Hartford |
The Rams placed third in the Legends Classic.[6] [7] |-!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=12 style=|Atlantic 10 regular season|-!colspan=12 style=| A-10 tournament|-!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournamentSource:[8]