2022–23 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season

The 2022–23 Missouri Valley Conference 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. Conference play began in December and ended in February.

2022–23 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	CBS, CBSSN, FOX, FS1, FSN
Regular Season
Tournament
Basketball seasons
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2022–23 Missouri Valley Conference men's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Bradley	16	–	4		.800			25	–	10		.714
Drake †	15	–	5		.750			27	–	8		.771
Southern Illinois	14	–	6		.700			23	–	10		.697
Belmont	14	–	6		.700			21	–	11		.656
Indiana State	13	–	7		.650			23	–	13		.639
Missouri State	12	–	8		.600			17	–	15		.531
Murray State	11	–	9		.550			17	–	15		.531
Northern Iowa	9	–	11		.450			14	–	18		.438
Illinois State	6	–	14		.300			11	–	21		.344
Valparaiso	5	–	15		.250			11	–	21		.344
UIC	4	–	16		.200			12	–	20		.375
Evansville	1	–	19		.050			5	–	27		.156
† 2023 MVC tournament winner

The season was the first with 12 teams in the conference with Belmont, Murray State and UIC joining the conference.^[1] Loyola Chicago left the conference following the prior season to join the Atlantic 10 Conference.^[2]

Preseason

Preseason poll

The preseason awards and coaches' poll was released by the league office on October 18, 2022.^[3][4][5]

Rank	Team
1.	Drake (52)
2.	Bradley (1)
3.	Southern Illinois
4.	Missouri State
5.	Northern Iowa
6.	Belmont
7.	Indiana State
8.	Murray State
9.	Valparaiso
10.	Illinois State
11.	UIC
12.	Evansville
(first-place votes)

Preseason All-Missouri Valley teams

Honor	Recipient
Preseason All-MVC First Team	Tucker Devries, Drake
	Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois
	Ben Krikke, Valparaiso
	Rienk Mast, Bradley
	Roman Penn, Drake
	Ben Sheppard, Belmont
Preseason All-MVC Second Team	Bowne Born, Northern Iowa
	Donovan Clay, Missouri State
	Lance Jones, Southern Illinois
	Cooper Neese, Indiana State
	Garrett Sturtz, Drake
Preseason All-MVC Third Team	Marcus Domask, Southern Illinois
	Kobe King, Valparaiso
	Rob Perry, Murray State
	Austin Phyfe, Northern Iowa
	D.J. Wilkins, Drake

Source^[6]

References

1. Dent, Bucky (June 30, 2022). "MVC welcomes Belmont, Murray State, UIC". The Southern. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
2. "Loyola Chicago leaving MVC to join Atlantic 10". ESPN.com. November 16, 2021. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
3. "Drake Tabbed as MVC Men's Basketball Preseason Favorite". mvc-sports.com. October 19, 2022. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
4. Kristensen, Anthony (October 19, 2022). "Evansville men's basketball picked to once again finish last in MVC preseason poll". Courier & Press. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
5. Eminian, Dave (October 19, 2022). "The 2022 MVC preseason poll is out. See where Bradley men's basketball was ranked". Peoria Journal Star. Retrieved October 25, 2022.
6. "2022-23 MVC MBB Season Preview (PDF) - Missouri Valley Conference" (PDF). mvc-sports.com. Retrieved October 25, 2022.