The 2022–23 Morehead State Eagles men's basketball team represented Morehead State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by sixth-year head coach Preston Spradlin, played their home games at Ellis Johnson Arena in Morehead, Kentucky as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. With a victory against Eastern Illinois on February 22, 2023, the Eagles clinched their first outright OVC regular season title since 1984. They lost to Southeast Missouri State in the OVC tournament semifinals. As a regular season conference champion who did not win their conference tournament, the Eagles received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament, the school's first trip to the NIT. There, they upset No. 1-seed Clemson in the first round before losing to UAB in the second round.
Previous season The Eagles finished the 2021–22 season 23–11, 13–5 in OVC play to finish in third place. They defeated Tennessee Tech and Belmont, before falling to Murray State in the championship game of the OVC tournament.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=""| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=""| Ohio Valley regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Ohio Valley tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NIT
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