The 2022–23 Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball team represented Houston Christian University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by 32nd-year head coach Ron Cottrell, played their home games at Sharp Gymnasium in Houston, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 10–22, 7–11 in Southland play, to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Southland tournament, they lost New Orleans in the first round.
The season marked the first as Houston Christian, the school having changed its name in September of 2022.
Previous season The Huskies finished the 2021–22 season 11–18, 6–8 in Southland play, to finish in fifth place. As the tournament's fifth seed, they defeated eighth-seeded Incarnate Word in the first round of the Southland tournament before falling to tournament champion Texas A&M–Corpus Christi in the second round.
Preseason polls Southland Conference Poll The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 25, 2022. Receiving one first-place vote and 55 votes overall, the Huskies were picked to finish eighth in the conference.
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
Preseason All Conference Darius Lee, who was killed in a mass shooting in Harlem, the New York City neighborhood where he grew up, during the offseason after having led the Huskies in scoring and rebounding in 2021–22, was posthumously selected Preseason Player of the Year.
Roster
Schedule and results
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See also 2022–23 Houston Christian Huskies women's basketball team
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