# 2022–23 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Sacred Heart Pioneers men's basketball team represented Sacred Heart University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Pioneers, led by tenth-year head coach Anthony Latina, played their home games at the William H. Pitt Center in Fairfield, Connecticut as members of the Northeast Conference (NEC).

## Previous season

The Pioneers finished the 2021–22 season 10–20, 6–12 in NEC play, to finish in seventh place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the NEC tournament to LIU.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 8, 2022* 7:00 p.m. | | at Hartford | W 77–70 | 1–0 | Chase Arena (840) West Hartford, CT |
| November 10, 2022* 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Rutgers | L 50–88 | 1–1 | Jersey Mike's Arena (8,000) Piscataway, NJ |
| November 13, 2022* 1:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | Columbia | W 88–85 | 2–1 | William H. Pitt Center (723) Fairfield, CT |
| November 16, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at UMass Lowell | L 81–90 | 2–2 | Costello Athletic Center (608) Lowell, MA |
| November 19, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Binghamton | W 75–60 | 3–2 | Binghamton University Events Center (1,802) Vestal, NY |
| November 22, 2022* 1:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | NJIT | L 75–85 | 3–3 | William H. Pitt Center (443) Fairfield, CT |
| November 28, 2022* 7:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | Western New England | W 100–59 | 4–3 | William H. Pitt Center (433) Fairfield, CT |
| November 30, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at New Hampshire | W 66–61 | 5–3 | Lundholm Gym (369) Durham, NH |
| December 3, 2022* 2:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | UMass Lowell | L 59–70 | 5–4 | William H. Pitt Center (517) Fairfield, CT |
| December 7, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Fairfield | L 59–61 | 5–5 | Leo D. Mahoney Arena (2,819) Fairfield, CT |
| December 10, 2022* 3:30 p.m., ACCN | | at Pittsburgh | L 66–91 | 5–6 | Petersen Events Center (6,019) Pittsburgh, PA |
| December 12, 2022* 6:30 p.m., FloHoops | | at Stony Brook | L 64–71 | 5–7 | Island Federal Arena (1,708) Stony Brook, NY |
| December 19, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Saint Joseph's | L 59–77 | 5–8 | Hagan Arena (819) Philadelphia, PA |
| December 22, 2022* 11:30 a.m., NEC Front Row | | Holy Cross | W 66–62 | 6–8 | William H. Pitt Center (563) Fairfield, CT |
| December 29, 2022 2:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | Stonehill | L 67–74 | 6–9 (0–1) | William H. Pitt Center (833) Fairfield, CT |
| December 31, 2022 1:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | at LIU | W 82–64 | 7–9 (1–1) | Steinberg Wellness Center (325) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 5, 2023 7:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | at Merrimack | W 59–55 | 8–9 (2–1) | Hammel Court (236) North Andover, MA |
| January 7, 2023* 2:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | Hartford | W 78–71 | 9–9 | William H. Pitt Center Fairfield, CT |
| January 14, 2023 1:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | at St. Francis Brooklyn | L 79–82 | 9–10 (2–2) | Pratt ARC (125) Brooklyn, NY |
| January 16, 2023 2:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | Saint Francis (PA) | W 54–51 | 10–10 (3–2) | William H. Pitt Center (529) Fairfield, CT |
| January 20, 2023 7:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | at Fairleigh Dickinson | W 92–85 | 11–10 (4–2) | Rothman Center (276) Hackensack, NJ |
| January 22, 2023 1:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | at Wagner | L 58–68 | 11–11 (4–3) | Spiro Sports Center (518) Staten Island, NY |
| January 26, 2023 7:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | LIU | L 70–74 | 11–12 (4–4) | William H. Pitt Center (718) Fairfield, CT |
| January 28, 2023 2:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | at Stonehill | L 81–82 | 11–13 (4–5) | Merkert Gymnasium (1,896) Easton, MA |
| February 2, 2023 7:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | Wagner | W 65–56 | 12–13 (5–5) | William H. Pitt Center (715) Fairfield, CT |
| February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | Central Connecticut | W 78–65 | 13–13 (6–5) | William H. Pitt Center (1,033) Fairfield, CT |
| February 9, 2023 5:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at Saint Francis (PA) | L 76–78 $^{OT}$ | 13–14 (6–6) | DeGol Arena (670) Loretto, PA |
| February 16, 2023 7:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 94–86 $^{OT}$ | 14–14 (7–6) | William H. Pitt Center (828) Fairfield, CT |
| February 18, 2023 2:00 p.m., CBSSN | | Merrimack | L 55–67 | 14–15 (7–7) | William H. Pitt Center (756) Fairfield, CT |
| February 23, 2023 7:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | St. Francis Brooklyn | L 63–70 | 14–16 (7–8) | William H. Pitt Center (582) Fairfield, CT |
| February 25, 2023 1:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | | at Central Connecticut | W 69–67 | 15–16 (8–8) | William H. Detrick Gymnasium (703) New Britain, CT |
| NEC tournament ||||||
| March 1, 2023 7:00 p.m., NEC Front Row | (4) | (5) Wagner Quarterfinals | W 67–55 | 16–16 | William H. Pitt Center (398) Fairfield, CT |
| March 4, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | (4) | (1) Merrimack Semifinals | L 61–70 | 16–17 | Hammel Court (747) North Andover, MA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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