# 2022–23 Austin Peay Governors basketball team

The 2022–23 Austin Peay Governors men's basketball team represented Austin Peay State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Governors, led by second-year head coach Nate James, played their home games at the Dunn Center in Clarksville, Tennessee as first-year members of the ASUN Conference. They finished the season 9–22, 3–15 in ASUN play to finish in last place. They failed to qualify for the ASUN tournament.
On March 5, 2023, the school fired head coach Nate James. On March 13, the school named Northwestern State head coach Corey Gipson the team's new head coach.

## Previous season

The Governors finished the 2021–22 season 12–17, 8–10 in OVC play to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the No. 6 seed in the OVC tournament, they lost to Tennessee Tech in the first round.
The season marked their last season as members of the Ohio Valley Conference, where they had been members since 1962. They joined the ASUN Conference on July 1, 2022.
This was also meant to be their last season in the Dunn Center, but the opening of their future home, F&M Bank Arena, was delayed until July 2023.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 2, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Fisk | W 89–64 | – | Dunn Center (1,227) Clarksville, TN |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2022* 7:00 pm, ACCNX | at NC State | L 50–99 | 0–1 | PNC Arena (11,109) Raleigh, NC |
| November 11, 2022* 6:00 pm, BTN | at Purdue | L 44–63 | 0–2 | Mackey Arena (14,876) West Lafayette, IN |
| November 14, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Milligan | W 98–74 | 1–2 | Dunn Center (1,237) Clarksville, TN |
| November 17, 2022* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at South Florida Sunshine Slam campus-site game | W 62–60 | 2–2 | Yuengling Center (1,910) Tampa, FL |
| November 21, 2022* 11:00 am, FloHoops | vs. Albany Sunshine Slam Ocean Bracket semifinals | W 74–59 | 3–2 | Ocean Center (1,612) Daytona Beach, FL |
| November 22, 2022* 11:00 am, FloHoops | vs. Bucknell Sunshine Slam Ocean Bracket championship | L 65–79 | 3–3 | Ocean Center (1,417) Daytona Beach, FL |
| November 26, 2022* 2:30 pm, ESPN+ | Howard | L 55–56 | 3–4 | Dunn Center (1,029) Clarksville, TN |
| November 30, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Western Kentucky | L 74–75 | 3–5 | Dunn Center (1,833) Clarksville, TN |
| December 3, 2022* 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | Tennessee State | W 77–61 | 4–5 | Dunn Center (1,736) Clarksville, TN |
| December 6, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Kentucky Christian | W 102–57 | 5–5 | Dunn Center (1,108) Clarksville, TN |
| December 12, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Lindsey Wilson | W 86–61 | 6–5 | Dunn Center (1,003) Clarksville, TN |
| December 16, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Murray State | L 60-68 | 6–6 | CFSB Center (5,131) Murray, KY |
| December 21, 2022* 5:00 pm, SECN+ | at No. 8 Tennessee | L 44-86 | 6–7 | Thompson–Boling Arena (18,120) Knoxville, TN |
| ASUN regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2022 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Queens | L 77–81 | 6–8 (0–1) | Curry Arena (552) Charlotte, NC |
| December 31, 2022 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | at North Florida | L 85–90 $^{OT}$ | 6–9 (0–2) | UNF Arena (1,019) Jacksonville, FL |
| January 5, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Florida Gulf Coast | W 61–59 | 7–9 (1–2) | Dunn Center (1,061) Clarksville, TN |
| January 7, 2023 4:30 pm, ESPN+ | Central Arkansas | W 86–62 | 8–9 (2–2) | Dunn Center (1,133) Clarksville, TN |
| January 12, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | Lipscomb | L 65–87 | 8–10 (2–3) | Dunn Center (958) Clarksville, TN |
| January 14, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Lipscomb | L 72–86 | 8–11 (2–4) | Allen Arena Nashville, TN |
| January 19, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Bellarmine | L 45–56 | 8–12 (2–5) | Dunn Center (1,523) Clarksville, TN |
| January 21, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | Eastern Kentucky | L 59–74 | 8–13 (2–6) | Dunn Center (1,636) Clarksville, TN |
| January 26, 2023 6:30 pm, ESPN+ | at Kennesaw State | L 57–84 | 8–14 (2–7) | KSU Convocation Center (1,945) Kennesaw, GA |
| January 28, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Jacksonville State | L 53–70 | 8–15 (2–8) | Pete Mathews Coliseum (2,580) Jacksonville, AL |
| February 2, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Liberty | L 70–82 | 8–16 (2–9) | Dunn Center (1,452) Clarksville, TN |
| February 4, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | Queens | L 69–70 | 8–17 (2–10) | Dunn Center (1,872) Clarksville, TN |
| February 9, 2023 7:45 pm, ESPN+ | at North Alabama | L 57–70 | 8–18 (2–11) | Flowers Hall (2,142) Florence, AL |
| February 11, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | at Central Arkanasas | L 69–76 | 8–19 (2–12) | Farris Center (1,448) Conway, AR |
| February 16, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Jacksonville | L 56–60 | 8–20 (2–13) | Dunn Center (1,497) Clarksville, TN |
| February 18, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | North Florida | W 73–71 | 9–20 (3–13) | Dunn Center (1,975) Clarksville, TN |
| February 22, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Stetson | L 51–76 | 9–21 (3–14) | Edmunds Center (650) DeLand, FL |
| February 24, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Florida Gulf Coast | L 71–89 | 9–22 (3–15) | Alico Arena (2,291) Fort Myers, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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