2022–23 Western Athletic Conference men's basketball season

2022–23 WAC men's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Teams13
TV partner(s)ESPN, ESPN+
Regular season
Season MVPQua Grant
WAC tournament
2022–23 WAC men's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Utah Valley 15 3   .833 28 9   .757
Sam Houston 14 4   .778 26 8   .765
Southern Utah 12 6   .667 24 13   .649
Grand Canyon 11 7   .611 24 12   .667
Seattle 11 7   .611 20 12   .625
Stephen F. Austin 11 7   .611 19 13   .594
Tarleton State * 9 9   .500 17 17   .500
California Baptist 8 10   .444 17 16   .515
Abilene Christian 7 11   .389 13 17   .433
UT Rio Grande Valley 6 12   .333 15 17   .469
UT Arlington 6 12   .333 11 21   .344
Utah Tech * 5 13   .278 14 19   .424
New Mexico State ** 2 16   .111 9 15   .375
Conference tournament winner
* Ineligible for the NCAA tournament due to transition from NCAA Division II
** Remaining games as of February 11, 2023 cancelled.

The 2022–23 WAC men's basketball season began with practices in October 2022 followed by the start of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November 2022. The conference began play in December 2022. This is the WAC's 61st season of basketball. The WAC competed again with 13 teams with two teams leaving the conference and two teams joining the conference from the prior year. Chicago State turned independent and Lamar moved to the Southland Conference. Southern Utah University joins from the Big Sky Conference and UT Arlington joins from the Sun Belt Conference. Dixie State was also renamed as Utah Tech. Each WAC member played an 18-game conference schedule. The WAC tournament was held March 6–11, 2023 at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.