| Mode: | basketball |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
| Next Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | Nicholls Colonels |
| Conference: | Southland Conference |
| Short Conf: | Southland |
| Record: | 16–15 |
| Conf Record: | 11–7 |
| Head Coach: | Austin Claunch |
| Hc Year: | 5th |
| Assoc Coach: | Nick Bowman |
| Asst Coach2: | Darion Brown |
| Asst Coach3: | Joey Brooks |
| Stadium: | Stopher Gymnasium |
The 2022–23 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team represented Nicholls State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Colonels, led by fifth-year head coach Austin Claunch, played their home games at Stopher Gymnasium in Thibodaux, Louisiana as members of the Southland Conference.
The Colonels finished the 2021–22 season 21–12, 11–3 in Southland Play to finish as regular season champions. They lost in the semifinals of the Southland tournament to Texas A&M Corpus-Christi. As a No. 1 seed who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament where they lost in the first round to SMU.
The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 25, 2022. The Colonels were picked to finish second in the conference.[1]
| 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 |
Guard Latrell Jones was named to the conference's preseason first team. Forward Manny Littles and guard Pierce Spencer were named to the conference's second team.[2]
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