2022–23 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

2022–23 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball
2022–23 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball
Conference	Mid-American Conference
Record	13–19 (9–9 MAC)
Head coach	Rashon Burno (2nd season);
Assistant coaches	Shane Southwell; Drew Gladstone; Drew Kelly;
Home arena	Convocation Center
	Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

The 2022–23 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team represented Northern Illinois University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies were led by second-year head coach Rashon Burno.^[1] They played their home games at the Convocation Center in DeKalb, Illinois as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). As the seventh seed in the MAC tournament they lost to Kent State in the first round to finish the season 13–19 and 9–9 in the MAC.^[2]^[3]

2022–23 Mid-American Conference men's basketball standings
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

Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2021–22 season 9–21, 6–14 in MAC play, to finish a tie for ninth place. They failed to qualify for the MAC tournament.^[4]

Offseason

Departures

Departures
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Reason
Trendon Hankerson	1	G	6'2"	185	Senior	Novi, MI	Transferred to Akron
Noah Kon	3	G	6'1"	180	Freshman	Houston, TX	Transferred to Colorado Christian
Montavious Myrick	4	F	6'8"	215	Freshman	Atlanta, GA	Transferred to Southern Union State Community College
Chris Osten	5	F	6'9"	215	Senior	Crowley, LA	Transferred to IUPUI
Chinedu Kingsley Okanu	11	F	6'7"	225	Senior	Lynwood, IL	Transferred to Grand Valley State
Zool Kueth	12	F	6'7"	210	Senior	Gallatin, TN	Transferred to Tennessee State
Adong Makuoi	13	C	6'9"	220	Senior	Edmonton, AB	Transferred to Tennessee State
Edward Manuel	22	G	6'6"	190	Junior	Lake Charles, LA	Transferred to St. Mary's (TX)

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Incoming transfers

Incoming transfers
Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Weight	Year	Hometown	Previous school
Zarique Nutter	2	G	6'6"	190	Sophomore	Newark, NJ	Transferred from Clarendon College (Texas)
Oluwasegun Durosinmi	4	F	6'9"	235	Sophomore	Lagos, Nigeria	Transferred from St. Bonaventure
David Coit	11	G	5'11"	175	Sophomore	Columbus, NJ	Transferred from Atlantic Cape Community College
Harvin Ibarguen	23	F	6'9"	225	Junior	Cali, Colombia	Transferred from Seward County Community College

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Recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Taku Youngblood G	Yokohama, Japan	St. Thomas More	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
Taku Youngblood G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Xavier Amos F	Chicago, IL	Whitney Young	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)
Xavier Amos F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN grade: NR
Yanic Konan Niederhauser F	Fraschels, Switzerland		6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)
Yanic Konan Niederhauser F	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 Northern Illinois Huskies men's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Keshawn Williams	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Tulsa	Chicago Heights, IL
G	1	Taku Youngblood	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	St. Thomas More	Yokohama, Japan
G	2	Zarique Nutter	6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Clarendon College	Newark, NJ
G	3	Kaleb Thornton	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	Jr	Iowa Western CC	Bolingbrook, IL
F	4	Oluwasegun Durosinmi	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	So	St. Bonaventure	Lagos, Nigeria
F	5	Xavier Amos	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	Fr	Whitney Young	Chicago, IL
G	10	Zion Russell	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	So	National Christian Academy	Upper Marlboro, MD
G	11	David Coit	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Atlantic Cape Community College	Columbus, NJ
F	14	Yanic Konan Niederhauser	6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr		Fraschels, Switzerland
F	23	Harvin Ibarguen	6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	Jr	Seward County Community College	Cali, Colombia
G	24	Darweshi Hunter	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Weber State	Cincinnati, OH
F	25	Drew Wiemers	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	200 lb (91 kg)	Sr	Benedictine	Coal Valley, IL
G	41	Armandas Plintauskas	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	RS Fr		Kedainiai, Lithuania
G	50	Anthony Crump	6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	RS Sr	Middle Tennessee	Inkster, MI

Head coach

Rashon Burno (DePaul)

Assistant coach(es)

Shane Southwell (Kansas State)
Drew Gladstone (DePaul)
Drew Kelly (Villanova)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	High points	High rebounds	High assists	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
October 31, 2022* 7:00 p.m., TBA		McKendree	W 79–76	–	23 – Williams	8 – Crump	4 – tied	Convocation Center (467) DeKalb, IL
Non-conference regular season
November 7, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Illinois–Springfield	L 77–83	0–1	31 – Coit	5 – tied	4 – Thornton	Convocation Center (651) DeKalb, IL
November 11, 2022* 7:00 p.m., BTN+		at Northwestern	L 46–63	0–2	19 – Williams	8 – Nutter	2 – Thornton	Welsh–Ryan Arena (3,077) Evanston, IL
November 14, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Purdue Northwest	W 99–73	1–2	20 – Nutter	7 – tied	7 – Williams	Convocation Center (513) DeKalb, IL
November 17, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ACCN		at Georgia Tech Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off	L 50–68	1–3	18 – Nutter	15 – Nutter	3 – tied	McCamish Pavilion (3,269) Atlanta, GA
November 22, 2022* 11:00 a.m.		vs. Sam Houston State Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off	L 54–88	1–4	11 – Nutter	8 – Crump	2 – Coit	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (244) Fort Myers, FL
November 22, 2022* 11:00 a.m.		vs. LIU Rocket Mortgage Fort Myers Tip-Off	W 86–61	2–4	28 – Williams	11 – Durosinmi	11 – Thornton	Suncoast Credit Union Arena (314) Fort Myers, FL
November 26, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Northern Iowa	L 76–83	2–5	28 – Williams	5 – tied	3 – Williams	McLeod Center (3,378) Cedar Falls, IA
November 30, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Eastern Illinois	W 90–70	3–5	17 – Williams	5 – tied	5 – Coit	Lantz Arena (1,651) Charleston, IL
December 2, 2022* 8:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Idaho	L 47–84	3–6	10 – Williams	7 – Williams	3 – Thornton	ICCU Arena (1,476) Moscow, ID
December 12, 2022* 8:00 p.m.		at No. 15 Gonzaga	L 67–88	3–7	25 – Williams	8 – tied	3 – tied	McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA
December 17, 2022* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+		at VCU	L 63–90	3–8	16 – Williams	8 – Nutter	3 – Williams	Siegel Center (6,817) Richmond, VA
December 20, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+		Albany	L 78–83	3–9	24 – Coit	6 – Hunter	6 – Thornton	Convocation Center (506) DeKalb, IL
December 22, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Indiana State	W 67–57	4–9	32 – Williams	9 – Williams	3 – Thornton	Hulman Center (2,607) Terre Haute, IN
MAC regular season
January 3, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Akron	L 51–76	4–10 (0–1)	11 – Nutter	9 – Nutter	1 – tied	James A. Rhodes Arena Akron, OH
January 7, 2023 11:00 a.m., ESPN+		at Buffalo	L 62–80	4–11 (0–2)	16 – Coit	7 – Ibarguen	5 – Thornton	Alumni Arena (2,030) Buffalo, NY
January 10, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Central Michigan	W 73–54	5–11 (1–2)	23 – Coit	7 – Crump	4 – Crump	Convocation Center (522) DeKalb, IL
January 14, 2023 3:30 p.m., ESPN3		Toledo	L 67–84	5–12 (1–3)	22 – Hunter	5 – tied	7 – Thornton	Convocation Center (1,285) DeKalb, IL
January 17, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Miami (OH)	W 81–77	6–12 (2–3)	21 – Coit	8 – Nutter	5 – Thornton	Millett Hall (979) Oxford, OH
January 21, 2023 TBA, ESPN3		at Eastern Michigan	W 88–67	7–12 (3–3)	24 – Coit	8 – Ibarguen	5 – Coit	George Gervin GameAbove Center (4,719) Ypsilanti, MI
January 24, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Kent State	W 86–76	8–12 (4–3)	32 – Coit	8 – Ibarguen	4 – Thornton	Convocation Center (837) DeKalb, IL
January 28, 2023 3:30 p.m., ESPN		Ball State	L 69–87	8–13 (4–4)	20 – Coit	7 – Crump	5 – Thornton	Convocation Center (1,438) DeKalb, IL
January 31, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Western Michigan	W 73–59	9–13 (5–4)	15 – Thornton	8 – Coit	5 – Thornton	University Arena (1,757) Kalamazoo, MI
February 4, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Bowling Green	W 86–78	10–13 (6–4)	21 – Coit	7 – Ibarguen	9 – Thornton	Stroh Center (1,884) Bowling Green, OH
February 7, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Ohio	L 76–82	10–14 (6–5)	21 – Thornton	9 – Nutter	8 – Thornton	Convocation Center (902) DeKalb, IL
February 11, 2023 3:00 p.m., ESPN3		Western Michigan	W 81–53	11–14 (7–5)	18 – Nutter	14 – Crump	11 – Thornton	Convocation Center (1,048) DeKalb, IL
February 14, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Ball State	L 77–87	11–15 (7–6)	22 – Coit	8 – Crump	6 – Coit	Worthen Arena (3,635) Muncie, IN
February 18, 2023 3:30 p.m., ESPN3		Miami (OH)	L 65–66	11–16 (7–7)	17 – Crump	11 – Crump	17 – Thornton	Convocation Center (1,690) DeKalb, IL
February 21, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+		at Ohio	L 68–77	11–17 (7–8)	17 – Hunter	10 – Crump	9 – Thornton	Convocation Center (4,799) Athens, OH
February 25, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3		at Central Michigan	W 84–80	12–17 (8–8)	21 – tied	7 – Nutter	5 – Thornton	McGuirk Arena (1,682) Mount Pleasant, MI
February 28, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+		Buffalo	L 75–85	12–18 (8–9)	18 – Hunter	6 – tied	9 – Thornton	Convocation Center (701) DeKalb, IL
March 3, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN3		Eastern Michigan	W 85–66	13–18 (9–9)	19 – Thornton	7 – Ibarguen	11 – Thornton	Convocation Center (729) DeKalb, IL
MAC tournament
March 9, 2022 4:00 p.m., ESPN+	(7)	vs. (2) Kent State Quarterfinals	L 57–76	13–19	13 – Nutter	11 – Ibarguen	6 – Thornton	Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (3,852) Cleveland, OH
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time.

Source^[8]

References

^ "Rashon Burno". Northern Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
^ "MAC Basketball Standings - 2022-23". ESPN. Retrieved March 3, 2022.
^ "Northern Illinois 57, Kent State State 76". ESPN. Retrieved March 9, 2023.
^ "Northern Illinois Huskies Schedule 2021-22". ESPN. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster". Northern Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
^ ^a ^b "2022 D1 Basketball Transfers". Verbal Commits. Retrieved September 7, 2022.
^ "2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster". Northern Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 10, 2024.
^ "2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 10, 2024.

[1] "Rashon Burno". Northern Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 10, 2024.

[2] "MAC Basketball Standings - 2022-23". ESPN. Retrieved March 3, 2022.

[3] "Northern Illinois 57, Kent State State 76". ESPN. Retrieved March 9, 2023.

[4] "Northern Illinois Huskies Schedule 2021-22". ESPN. Retrieved April 10, 2024.

[roster-5] "2022-23 Men's Basketball Roster". Northern Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 10, 2024.

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

[7] "2021-22 Men's Basketball Roster". Northern Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 10, 2024.

[8] "2022-23 Men's Basketball Schedule". Northern Illinois Athletics. Retrieved April 10, 2024.

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