# 2022–23 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Winthrop Eagles men's basketball team represented Winthrop University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by second-year head coach Mark Prosser, played their home games at the Winthrop Coliseum in Rock Hill, South Carolina as members of the Big South Conference.

## Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2021–22 season 23–9, 14–2 in Big South play to finish as Big South South Division champions. As the No. 2 seed in the Big South tournament, they defeated High Point and Gardner–Webb, before falling to Longwood in the championship game.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2022* 7:00 pm, BTN+ | | at Penn State | L 68–93 | 0–1 | Bryce Jordan Center (6,572) University Park, PA |
| November 9, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Piedmont | W 78–56 | 1–1 | Winthrop Coliseum (875) Rock Hill, SC |
| November 12, 2022* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Middle Tennessee | W 76–68 | 2–1 | Winthrop Coliseum (1,642) Rock Hill, SC |
| November 15, 2022* 7:00 pm, SECN | | at No. 13 Auburn Cancún Challenge campus-site game | L 65–89 | 2–2 | Neville Arena (9,121) Auburn, AL |
| November 19, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Mercer | L 68–77 | 2–3 | Hawkins Arena (964) Macon, GA |
| November 22, 2022* 3:00 pm, FloHoops | | vs. Southern Miss Cancún Challenge Mayan Semifinals | L 52–77 | 2–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (107) Cancún, Mexico |
| November 23, 2022* 12:30 pm, FloHoops | | vs. Eastern Michigan Cancún Challenge Mayan Consolation | W 101–87 | 3–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (107) Cancún, Mexico |
| November 29, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Toccoa Falls | W 99–52 | 4–4 | Winthrop Coliseum (544) Rock Hill, SC |
| December 3, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Coastal Carolina | L 81–86 | 4–5 | Winthrop Coliseum (1,218) Rock Hill, SC |
| December 6, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | South Carolina State | W 81–67 | 5–5 | Winthrop Coliseum (818) Rock Hill, SC |
| December 10, 2022* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Furman | L 67–82 | 5–6 | Timmons Arena (2,017) Greenville, SC |
| December 17, 2022* 7:00 pm, SECN | | at LSU | L 81–89 | 5–7 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (9,067) Baton Rouge, LA |
| December 21, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Duquesne | L 57–74 | 5–8 | UPMC Cooper Fieldhouse (1,721) Pittsburgh, PA |
| Big South regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2022 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at USC Upstate | L 62–70 | 5–9 (0–1) | G. B. Hodge Center (357) Spartanburg, SC |
| December 31, 2022 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UNC Asheville | W 62–60 | 6–9 (1–1) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,134) Rock Hill, SC |
| January 4, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Presbyterian | W 82–72 | 7–9 (2–1) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,066) Rock Hill, SC |
| January 7, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Longwood | L 71–85 | 7–10 (2–2) | Willett Hall (1,323) Farmville, VA |
| January 11, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Radford | L 52–66 | 7–11 (2–3) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,014) Rock Hill, SC |
| January 14, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Campbell | W 78–74 | 8–11 (3–3) | Gore Arena (1,638) Buies Creek, NC |
| January 18, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at High Point | L 66–71 | 8–12 (3–4) | Qubein Center (2,912) High Point, NC |
| January 21, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Gardner–Webb | L 61–63 | 8–13 (3–5) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,290) Rock Hill, SC |
| January 25, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Charleston Southern | W 76–64 | 9–13 (4–5) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,118) Rock Hill, SC |
| January 28, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Presbyterian | W 76–58 | 10–13 (5–5) | Templeton Physical Education Center (431) Clinton, SC |
| February 1, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Longwood | W 76–74 | 11–13 (6–5) | Winthrop Coliseum (968) Rock Hill, SC |
| February 4, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Radford | L 66–69 | 11–14 (6–6) | Dedmon Center (1,421) Radford, VA |
| February 8, 2023 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at UNC Asheville | L 79–86 | 11–15 (6–7) | Kimmel Arena (2,016) Asheville, NC |
| February 11, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | USC Upstate | L 70–79 | 11–16 (6–8) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,400) Rock Hill, SC |
| February 15, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Gardner–Webb | W 86–78 | 12–16 (7–8) | Paul Porter Arena (552) Boiling Springs, NC |
| February 18, 2023 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Charleston Southern | W 75–67 | 13–16 (8–8) | Buccaneer Field House (802) North Charleston, SC |
| February 22, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Campbell | W 95–93 $^{OT}$ | 14–16 (9–8) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,101) Rock Hill, SC |
| February 25, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | High Point | W 84–78 | 15–16 (10–8) | Winthrop Coliseum (1,504) Rock Hill, SC |
| Big South tournament ||||||
| March 3, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (3) Radford Quarterfinals | L 69–78 | 15–17 | Bojangles Coliseum (3,410) Charlotte, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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