# 2022–23 Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Houston Christian Huskies men's basketball team represented Houston Christian University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Huskies, led by 32nd-year head coach Ron Cottrell, played their home games at Sharp Gymnasium in Houston, Texas as members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 10–22, 7–11 in Southland play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the No. 6 seed in the Southland tournament, they lost New Orleans in the first round.
The season marked the first as Houston Christian, the school having changed its name in September of 2022.

## Previous season

The Huskies finished the 2021–22 season 11–18, 6–8 in Southland play to finish in fifth place. As the tournament's fifth seed, they defeated eighth seeded Incarnate Word in the first round of the Southland tournament, before falling to tournament champion Texas A&M–Corpus Christi in the second round.

## Preseason polls
### Southland Conference Poll

The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 25, 2022. Receiving 1 first place vote and 55 votes overall, the Huskies were picked to finish eighth in the conference.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 149 (11) |
| 2 | Nicholls | 137 (6) |
| 3 | New Orleans | 129 (2) |
| 4 | Southeastern | 105 |
| 5 | McNeese | 97 |
| 6 | Northwestern State | 92 |
| 7 | Texas A&M–Commerce | 56 |
| 8 | Houston Christian | 55 (1) |
| 9 | Lamar | 44 |
| 10 | Incarnate Word | 36 |

### Preseason All Conference

Darius Lee, who was killed in a mass shooting in Harlem, the New York City neighborhood where he grew up, during the offseason after having led the Huskies in scoring and rebounding in 2021–22, was posthumously selected Preseason Player of the Year.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference Regular season ||||||
| Nov 7, 2022* 6:00 pm | | at FIU | L 66–77 | 0–1 | Ocean Bank Convocation Center (1,104) Miami, FL |
| Nov 10, 2022* 8:00 pm, LHN | | at No. 12 Texas | L 31–82 | 0–2 | Moody Center (10,763) Austin, TX |
| Nov 14, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Champion Christian | W 119–97 | 1–2 | Sharp Gymnasium (592) Houston, TX |
| Nov 18, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Western Michigan Owl Invitational | L 84–90 | 1–3 | Sharp Gymnasium (502) Houston, TX |
| Nov 19, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Georgia Southern Owl Invitational | L 77–84 | 1–4 | Sharp Gymnasium (608) Houston, TX |
| Nov 21, 2022* 7:00 pm | | at Rice Owl Invitational | L 67–76 | 1–5 | Tudor Fieldhouse (1,105) Houston, TX |
| Nov 26, 2022* 11:00 am, SECN | | at Missouri | L 69–105 | 1–6 | Mizzou Arena (7,610) Columbia, MO |
| Dec 1, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Denver | L 83–93 | 1–7 | Sharp Gymnasium (633) Houston, TX |
| Dec 4, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Southwestern Adventist | W 94–62 | 2–7 | Sharp Gymnasium (301) Houston, TX |
| Dec 6, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMaine Fort Kent | W 100–33 | 3–7 | Sharp Gymnasium (320) Houston, TX |
| Dec 10, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | L 82–95 | 3–8 | Sharp Gymnasium (591) Houston, TX |
| Dec 18, 2022* 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Texas–Rio Grande Valley UTRGV South Padre Island Battle on the Beach | L 90–100 | 3–9 | South Padre Island Convention Centre (676) South Padre Island, TX |
| Dec 21, 2022* 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Texas Tech | L 67–111 | 3–10 | United Supermarkets Arena (10,025) Lubbock, TX |
| Southland Conference season ||||||
| Dec 30, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | New Orleans | W 101–96 | 4–10 (1–0) | Sharp Gymnasium (502) Houston, TX |
| Jan 5, 2023 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Southeastern | L 59–71 | 4–11 (1–1) | University Center (567) Hammond, LA |
| Jan 7, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at New Orleans | L 59–82 | 4–12 (1–2) | Lakefront Arena (842) New Orleans, LA |
| Jan 12, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Texas A&M–Commerce | W 68–59 | 5–12 (2–2) | Sharp Gymnasium (613) Houston, TX |
| Jan 14, 2023 3:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at McNeese | W 90–81 | 6–12 (3–2) | The Legacy Center (2,219) Lake Charles, LA |
| Jan 19, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Incarnate Word | L 78–89 | 6–13 (3–3) | Sharp Gymnasium (713) Houston, TX |
| Jan 21, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 90–78 | 7–13 (4–3) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,000) Houston, TX |
| Jan 26, 2023 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Northwestern State | L 63–82 | 7–14 (4–4) | Prather Coliseum (1,675) Natchitoches, LA |
| Jan 28, 2023 4:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Texas A&M–Commerce | L 76–77 | 7–15 (4–5) | The Field House (403) Commerce, TX |
| Feb 2, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Northwestern State | L 76–94 | 7–16 (4–6) | Sharp Gymnasium (918) Houston, TX |
| Feb 4, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Nicholls | L 91–92 | 7–17 (4–7) | Sharp Gymnasium (771) Houston, TX |
| Feb 9, 2023 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 68–91 | 7–18 (4–8) | American Bank Center (1,350) Corpus Christi, TX |
| Feb 11, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Incarnate Word | W 84–78 | 8–18 (5–8) | McDermott Center (427) San Antonio, TX |
| Feb 16, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Lamar | L 75–91 | 8–19 (5–9) | Montagne Center (1,917) Beaumont, TX |
| Feb 18, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Lamar | W 93–74 | 9–19 (6–9) | Sharp Gymnasium (1,000) Houston, TX |
| Feb 23, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | McNeese | W 85–80 | 10–19 (7–9) | Sharp Gymnasium (701) Houston, TX |
| Feb 25, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Nicholls | L 64–68 | 10–20 (7–10) | Stopher Gymnasium (521) Thibodaux, LA |
| Mar 1, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Southeastern | L 64–80 | 10–21 (7–11) | Sharp Gymnasium (677) Houston, TX |
| Southland Tournament ||||||
| March 5, 2023 7:30 pm, ESPN+ | (6) | vs. (7) New Orleans First round | L 69–90 | 10–22 | The Legacy Center (1,059) Lake Charles, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central. ||||||
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