2022-2023 UC Irvine Anteaters

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2022-2023 UC Irvine Anteaters Roster

# Player Class Pos HT WT Birth Date Birth City Nationality High School/Prep School
1 Dawson Baker Jr GF 6-4 190 - Mission Viejo (CA) United States Capistrano Valley High School
23 Emilis Butkus Fr G 6-6 215 Jul 24, 2003 Vilnius Lithuania N/A
0 J.C. Butler Sr F 6-5 195 Apr 13, 2000 Racine (WI) United States The Prairie School
33 Eli Chol Fr C 6-11 175 - Cumming (GA) United States Forsyth Central High School
3 Pierre Cockrell Sr PG 6-0 180 Jul 21, 2000 Tacoma (WA) United States Prolific Prep
22 D.J. Davis Jr G 6-1 170 - Corona (CA) United States Riverside Polytech High School
4 Andre Henry Jr GF 6-4 180 - La Canada Flintridge (CA) United States St. Francis High School
2 Justin Hohn Jr G 6-2 185 - Sioux Falls (SD) United States Tea Area High School
5 Chazz Hutchison Jr F 6-8 215 - Mission Viejo (CA) United States Mission Viejo High School
31 Dean Keeler Sr C 6-11 240 - Nigata United States Marina High School
15 Bent Leuchten So C 7-0 258 Nov 6, 2002 Karlsruhe Germany N/A
43 Akiva McBirney-Griffin So F 6-9 220 Jan 29, 2003 Hamilton City New Zealand St. John's College
21 Langston Redfield RS-So G 6-3 185 - Mission Viejo (CA) United States Capistrano Valley High School
11 Devin Tillis Jr SG 6-6 210 Dec 22, 2001 Los Angeles (CA) United States Windward School
10 Ofure Ujadughele Jr SG 6-5 210 - Long Beach (CA) United States Chino Hills High School
13 Hayden Welling Fr F 6-8 210 - Draper (UT) United States Corner Canyon High School

Recent UC Irvine Anteaters History

Season Record Conference Rank Conference Tournament Post-Season Tournament
2023-2024 24-10 (17-3) 1st (Big West) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2022-2023 23-12 (15-5) 1st (Big West) 3rd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2021-2022 15-10 (10-5) 4th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2020-2021 18-9 (13-4) 2nd (Big West) Runner Up N/A
2019-2020 21-11 (13-3) 1st (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2018-2019 31-6 (15-1) 1st (Big West) Champion NCAA 2nd Rnd
2017-2018 18-17 (11-5) 2nd (Big West) Runner Up N/A
2016-2017 21-15 (12-4) 1st (Big West) Runner Up NIT 1st Rnd
2015-2016 28-10 (13-3) 1st (Big West) 2nd Rnd CIT Runner Up
2014-2015 21-13 (11-5) 2nd (Big West) Champion NCAA 1st Rnd
2013-2014 23-12 (13-3) 1st (Big West) 2nd Rnd NIT 1st Rnd
2012-2013 21-16 (11-7) 4th (Big West) Runner Up CIT 2nd Rnd
2011-2012 12-20 (6-10) 6th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2010-2011 13-19 (6-10) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2009-2010 14-18 (6-10) 7th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2008-2009 12-19 (8-8) 4th (Big West) 1st Rnd N/A
2007-2008 18-16 (9-7) 5th (Big West) Runner Up N/A
2006-2007 15-18 (6-8) 5th (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2005-2006 16-13 (10-4) 2nd (Big West) 3rd Rnd N/A
2004-2005 16-13 (8-10) 5th (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A
2003-2004 11-17 (6-12) 8th (Big West) N/A N/A
2002-2003 20-9 (13-5) 2nd (Big West) 2nd Rnd N/A

2022-2023 UC Irvine Anteaters Awards & Honors

Player Award / Honor
D.J. Davis All-Big West First Team
Dawson Baker All-Big West Second Team
Pierre Cockrell All-Big West Honorable Mention
Dawson Baker Big West All-Tournament Team
D.J. Davis Big West Player of the Week (Nov 14, 2022)
Bent Leuchten Big West Player of the Week (Jan 9, 2023)
D.J. Davis Las Vegas Invitational MVP

2022-2023 UC Irvine Anteaters Depth Chart

  PG SG SF PF C
Starters P. Cockrell D. Davis D. Baker D. Tillis B. Leuchten
Rotation J. Hohn A. Henry     D. Keeler
Rotation   O. Ujadughele      
Rotation   J. Butler      
Lim PT   E. Butkus   C. Hutchison E. Chol
Lim PT       A. McBirney-Griffin  
Lim PT       H. Welling  

2022-2023 UC Irvine Anteaters Stat Leaders

Player GP MIN PTS REB AST STL BLK TOV
Dawson Baker 35 27.2 15.3 3.2 1.2 0.8 0.1 1.6
D.J. Davis 34 27.9 15.0 2.1 1.3 0.8 0.0 1.4
Bent Leuchten 27 18.1 9.3 5.7 1.0 0.3 0.8 0.9
Devin Tillis 33 22.4 7.3 6.2 1.4 0.8 0.1 1.0
Justin Hohn 35 16.3 6.7 2.1 1.7 0.9 0.1 1.5
Pierre Cockrell 35 24.1 5.0 2.0 5.1 1.0 0.0 2.1
Dean Keeler 35 15.1 4.4 3.1 0.5 0.3 0.8 0.4
J.C. Butler 35 12.1 3.9 1.5 0.5 0.3 0.0 0.5
Andre Henry 33 12.8 3.5 2.2 0.8 0.6 0.2 0.7
Chazz Hutchison 29 9.6 2.3 2.6 0.2 0.3 0.1 0.6
Akiva McBirney-Griffin 29 7.5 2.3 1.7 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.4
Emilis Butkus 11 3.2 2.3 0.9 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.3
Ofure Ujadughele 35 12.6 2.1 2.7 1.1 0.8 0.1 0.7
Hayden Welling 20 4.6 1.1 1.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.3
Eli Chol 12 3.3 0.5 0.8 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.1

2022-2023 UC Irvine Anteaters Front Office

Staff Member Position Start Season Previous Job
Russell Turner Head Coach 2010-2011 Assistant Coach (Golden State Warriors, 2004 to 2010)
Ryan Badrtalei Associate Head Coach 2021-2022 Assistant Coach (UC Irvine, 2009 to 2021)
Michael Wilder Assistant Coach 2016-2017 Director of Administration (UC Irvine, 2014 to 2016)
Alex Young Assistant Coach 2021-2022 Video Coordinator (UC Irvine, 2019 to 2020)
Paula Smith Athletic Director 2018-2019 N/A
Sean O'Donnell Director of Basketball Administration 2022-2023 Video Coordinator (UC Irvine, 2021 to 2022)
Mike Nagler Head Strength and Conditioning Coach 2015-2016 N/A