The 2022–23

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men's basketball season began with practices in September 2022 and ended with the 2023

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in March 2023. This wase the 43rd season for Horizon League men's basketball. This was the first season in conference history with 11 teams, as

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departed for the

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following the 2021-22 season.

Head coaches

Coaching changes

* On March 2, 2022,

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fired head coach Pat Baldwin after five seasons with the team. On March 18, the Panthers hired Division II

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head coach

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to be their next head coach. * On March 22, 2022,

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head coach

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left the team to become the head coach at

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. On April 5, the Vikings hired

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assistant coach

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to be their next head coach. * On January 31, 2023, Green Bay fired head coach

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after three seasons and a 2–19 start. Assistant coach Freddie Owens was named interim head coach.

Coaches

''Notes:'' * Year at school includes 2022–23 season. * Records are prior to 2022–23 season.

Preseason

Preseason coaches poll

Preseason All-Horizon League

Preseason Player of the Year: Antoine Davis, Detroit Mercy

Regular season

Player of the Week awards

Conference matrix

Early season tournaments

The following table summarizes the multiple-team events (MTE) or early season tournaments in which teams from the Horizon League will participate.

Postseason

Horizon League tournament

The conference tournament will be played from February 28 to March 6, 2023. The first round and quarterfinals are hosted at campus sites, while the semifinals and finals are held at

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. Teams are seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary. The top five teams receive a bye to the quarterfinals and the bracket is re-seeded after every round.

NCAA Tournament

The conference champion receives an automatic bid to the

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National Invitation Tournament

Youngstown State received an automatic bid to the

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as the team with the best regular season record who failed to win the conference tournament.

College Basketball Invitational

Both Cleveland State and Milwaukee accepted bids to the

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after finishes as runner-up and semifinalists in the conference tournament, respectively.