The 2022–23 Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles men's basketball team represented the
University of Southern Indiana in the
2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season
The 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season began on November 7, 2022. The regular season will end on March 12, 2023, with the 2023 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament beginning on March 14 and ending with the championship gam ...
. The Screaming Eagles, led by third-year head coach
Stan Gouard
Stanley Gouard (born October 14, 1970) is an American college basketball coach, currently head coach for the University of Southern Indiana (USI). Gouard also played for USI, where he was twice named NCAA Division II National Player of the Year.
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, played their home games at Screaming Eagles Arena in
Evansville, Indiana as members of the
Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 16–17, 9–9 in OVC play, to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 7 seed in the
OVC tournament, they lost to
SIU Edwardsville
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville (SIUE) is a public university in Edwardsville, Illinois. SIUE was established in 1957 as an extension of Southern Illinois University Carbondale.Butler 1976, p. 18 It is the younger of the two major inst ...
in the first round. The Screaming Eagles received an invitation to the 2023 College Basketball Invitational, College Basketball Invitational as the No. 15 seed. There they lost to 2022–23 San Jose State Spartans men's basketball team, San Jose State in the first round.
The season marked Southern Indiana's first year of a four-year transition period from NCAA Division II, Division II to NCAA Division I, Division I. As a result, the Screaming Eagles are not eligible for the NCAA tournament until the 2026–27 season.
Previous season
The Screaming Eagles finished the 2021–22 season 18–8, 12–6 in Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) play, to finish in second place in the East Division. They defeated Illinois–Springfield Prairie Stars, Illinois–Springfield in the first round of the GLVC tournament, before falling to UMSL Tritons, UMSL in the quarterfinals.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Ohio Valley tournament
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College Basketball Invitational
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References
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