Mode: | basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | Eastern Washington Eagles |
Conference: | Big Sky Conference |
Short Conf: | Big Sky |
Record: | 23–11 |
Conf Record: | 16–2 |
Head Coach: | David Riley |
Hc Year: | 2nd |
Assoc Coach: | Arturo Ormond |
Asst Coach1: | Mark Darnall |
Asst Coach2: | Pedro Garcia Rosado |
Stadium: | Reese Court |
Champion: | Big Sky regular season champions |
Tourney Result: | Second Round |
The 2022–23 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represented Eastern Washington University in the Big Sky Conference during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by second-year head coach David Riley, the Eagles played their home games on campus at Reese Court in Cheney, Washington.
EWU finished the regular season at 21–10 (16–2 in Big Sky, first) to win the regular season championship. After clinching that title at 16–0 with two games remaining, they dropped three straight, including their opener of the conference tournament to ninth seed Northern Arizona in the quarterfinals. As a regular season champion who did not win their conference tournament, Eastern received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament. The Eagles defeated Washington State in the first round before falling to Oklahoma State in the second round.
The Eagles finished the 2021–22 season at 18–16 (11–9 in Big Sky, sixth). In the conference tournament, they defeated Northern Arizona in the first round,[1] then fell to third seed Northern Colorado in the quarterfinals.[2] EWU was invited to The Basketball Classic, where they were defeated by Fresno State in the first round.[3]
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