KINGSTON, Ont. (March 2, 2023) - Queen's Men's Basketball Head Coach Steph Barrie was named the OUA Men's Basketball Coach of the Year for the 2022-23 season. The OUA announced their Major Award winners and All-Stars Thursday.

Barrie guided the Gaels to their best regular season record in more than 50 years this season, with Queen's finishing 17-5, tied for the second best record in the conference.

In the postseason, Queen's opened their playoff campaign with a 98-85 win over the Western Mustangs at the ARC before edging out the Brock Badgers by an 82-80 score in St. Catharines in a rematch of last year's Wilson Cup final. The Gaels were eliminated by Carleton, 93-86, on March 1 to bring their OUA postseason to a close, but secured an at-large berth for the 2023 U SPORTS Men's Final 8 Championship held in Halifax. 

The Gaels finished the regular season third in offence, averaging 86.8 points per game, behind only Western and Windsor. Queen's was fourth in the conference in defence, giving up just 73.7 points per game on the other side of the court.

Prior to this year, Barrie led the Gaels to their most successful season in program history last year, advancing to the OUA Wilson Cup and the U SPORTS Men's Final 8 Basketball Championships for the first time ever, where they finished fourth.