| Sport: | basketball |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
| Next Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Incarnate Word Cardinals |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 12–19 |
| Conf Record: | 6–12 |
| Head Coach: | Carson Cunningham |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Asst Coach1: | Taylor Land |
| Ac1 Year: | 5th |
| Asst Coach2: | Chris Artis |
| Ac2 Year: | 4th |
| Asst Coach3: | Carlito Labarda |
| Ac3 Year: | 1st |
| Arena: | McDermott Center (Capacity: 2,000) |
The 2022–23 Incarnate Word Cardinals men's basketball team represented the University of the Incarnate Word during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals were led by fifth-year head coach Carson Cunningham and played their home games at McDermott Convocation Center in San Antonio, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. The Cardinals finished the season 12–19, 6–12 in Southland play to finish in ninth place. They failed to qualify for the Southland tournament.
On April 11, 2023, the school fired head coach Carson Cunningham.[1] On May 5, the school named Central Michigan associate head coach Shane Heirman the team's new head coach.[2]
The Cardinals finished the season 7–25, 3–11 in Southland play to finish in last place. They lost in the first round of the Southland tournament to Houston Baptist.
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 25, 2022. Receiving 36 votes overall, the Cardinals were picked to finish tenth in the conference.[3]
| 1 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 149 (11) |
| 2 | Nicholls | 137 (6) |
| 3 | New Orleans | 129 (2) |
| 4 | Southeastern | 105 |
| 5 | McNeese | 97 |
| 6 | Northwestern State | 92 |
| 7 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 56 |
| 8 | Houston Christian | 55 (1) |
| 9 | Lamar | 44 |
| 10 | Incarnate Word | 36 |
No Cardinals were selected to the Preseason all conference teams.[4]
|-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Southland Conference Regular season
2022–23 Incarnate Word Cardinals women's basketball team