# 2022–23 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team

The 2022–23 Tennessee State Tigers basketball team represented Tennessee State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Tigers, led by fifth-year head coach Brian Collins, played their home games at the Gentry Complex in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. They finished the season 18–14, 10–8 in OVC play to finish in a tie for third place. As the No. 4 seed in the OVC tournament, they lost in the quarterfinals to Southeast Missouri State.

## Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2021–22 season 14–18, 8–10 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They defeated SIU Edwardsville in the first round of the OVC tournament, before falling to Southeast Missouri State in the quarterfinals.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2022* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Fisk | W 85–75 | 1–0 | Gentry Complex (8,967) Nashville, TN |
| November 12, 2022* 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | South Carolina State | W 80–61 | 2–0 | Gentry Complex (1,307) Nashville, TN |
| November 14, 2022* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Alabama A&M | W 87–76 | 3–0 | Gentry Complex (5,619) Nashville, TN |
| November 17, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Southern Illinois SoCal Challenge campus-site game | L 44–57 | 3–1 | Banterra Center (3,780) Carbondale, IL |
| November 21, 2022* 2:00 pm, FloHoops | | vs. Cal State Northridge SoCal Challenge Sand Division semifinals | W 74–73 | 4–1 | The Pavilion at JSerra (321) San Juan Capistrano, CA |
| November 23, 2022* 4:30 pm, FloHoops | | vs. High Point SoCal Challenge Sand Division championship | L 72–77 | 4–2 | The Pavilion at JSerra (300) San Juan Capistrano, CA |
| November 30, 2022* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Saint Louis | L 63–80 | 4–3 | Chaifetz Arena (5,025) St. Louis, MO |
| December 3, 2022* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Austin Peay | L 61–77 | 4–4 | Dunn Center (1,736) Clarksville, TN |
| December 6, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Boyce | W 103–49 | 5–4 | Gentry Complex (257) Nashville, TN |
| December 11, 2022* 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Lipscomb | W 90–85 | 6–4 | Gentry Complex (708) Nashville, TN |
| December 14, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Charleston Southern | L 87–91 | 6–5 | Gentry Complex (537) Nashville, TN |
| December 17, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Bryan | W 99–78 | 7–5 | Gentry Complex (378) Nashville, TN |
| December 20, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Brescia | W 98–83 | 8–5 | Gentry Complex (427) Nashville, TN |
| OVC regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2022 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Morehead State | L 75–83 | 8–6 (0–1) | Gentry Complex (437) Nashville, TN |
| December 31, 2022 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Little Rock | W 94–69 | 9–6 (1–1) | Gentry Complex (590) Nashville, TN |
| January 5, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPNEWS | | at SIU Edwardsville | L 72–81 | 9–7 (1–2) | First Community Arena (1,187) Edwardsville, IL |
| January 7, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Lindenwood | W 60–57 | 10–7 (2–2) | Hyland Performance Arena (1,517) St. Charles, MO |
| January 12, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UT Martin | L 66–77 | 10–8 (2–3) | Gentry Complex (372) Nashville, TN |
| January 14, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Tennessee Tech | L 63–71 | 10–9 (2–4) | Eblen Center (1,573) Cookeville, TN |
| January 19, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Eastern Illinois | W 78–74 | 11–9 (3–4) | Gentry Complex (6,331) Nashville, TN |
| January 21, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Little Rock | L 77–89 | 11–10 (3–5) | Jack Stephens Center (3,446) Little Rock, AR |
| January 26, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Southeast Missouri State | L 75–92 | 11–11 (3–6) | Show Me Center (1,857) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| January 28, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Lindenwood | W 83–66 | 12–11 (4–6) | Gentry Complex (1,256) Nashville, TN |
| February 2, 2023 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Southern Indiana | W 80–76 | 13–11 (5–6) | Screaming Eagles Arena (2,018) Evansville, IN |
| February 4, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Eastern Illinois | W 65–61 | 14–11 (6–6) | Lantz Arena (1,528) Charleston, IL |
| February 9, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Southeast Missouri State | W 85–65 | 15–11 (7–6) | Gentry Complex (6,691) Nashville, TN |
| February 11, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Tennessee Tech | W 67–53 | 16–11 (8–6) | Gentry Complex (4,347) Nashville, TN |
| February 16, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Morehead State | L 64–74 | 16–12 (8–7) | Ellis Johnson Arena (2,468) Morehead, KY |
| February 18, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | SIU Edwardsville | W 100–85 | 17–12 (9–7) | Gentry Complex (4,119) Nashville, TN |
| February 23, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at UT Martin | W 88–82 | 18–12 (10–7) | Skyhawk Arena (3,418) Union City, TN |
| February 25, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | Southern Indiana | L 81–93 | 18–13 (10–8) | Gentry Complex (5,139) Nashville, TN |
| Ohio Valley tournament ||||||
| March 2, 2023 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | (4) | vs. (5) Southeast Missouri State Quarterfinals | L 83–91 | 18–14 | Ford Center (968) Evansville, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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