Year: | 2022–23 |
Mode: | Basketball |
Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
Next Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | Bradley Braves |
Sport: | Basketball |
Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
Short Conf: | MVC |
Record: | 25–10 |
Conf Record: | 16–4 |
Hc Year: | 8th |
Asst Coach1: | Jimmie Foster |
Asst Coach2: | Mike Bargen |
Champion: | Missouri Valley regular season champions |
The 2022–23 Bradley Braves men's basketball team represented Bradley University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Braves, led by eighth-year head coach Brian Wardle, played their home games at Carver Arena in Peoria, Illinois, as members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 25–10, 16–4 in MVC play to win the regular season championship for the first time since 1996.[1] They defeated Northern Iowa and Indiana State in the MVC tournament before losing to Drake in the championship game.[2] As a regular season champion who did not win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the National Invitation Tournament.[3] There they lost to Wisconsin in the first round.[4]
The Braves finished the 2021–22 season 17–14, 11–7 in MVC play to finish in fifth place.[5] They lost to Loyola in the quarterfinals of the MVC tournament.[6]
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