2022–23 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team

The 2022–23 Southern Utah Thunderbirds men's basketball team represented Southern Utah University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Thunderbirds, led by seventh-year head coach Todd Simon, played their home games at the America First Event Center in Cedar City, Utah, as first-year members of the Western Athletic Conference. They finished the season 24–13, 12–6 in WAC play to finish in third place. They defeated Utah Tech and Utah Valley in the WAC tournament before losing to Grand Canyon in the championship game. They received an invitation to the College Basketball Invitational tournament where they defeated North Alabama and Rice to advance to the semifinals. There they lost to Eastern Kentucky in double overtime.

On March 15, 2023, it was announced that head coach Todd Simon had been hired as the next head coach at Bowling Green, replacing Michael Huger. On April 12, the school named Western Illinois head coach Rob Jeter the team's new head coach.

Previous season
The Thunderbirds finished the 2021–22 season 23–12, 14–6 in Big Sky play to finish in second place. In the Big Sky tournament, they were upset by No. 7 seed Portland State in the quarterfinals. They received an invitation to The Basketball Classic, where they defeated Kent State, UTEP, and Portland, before falling to Fresno State in the semifinals. This was the team's final season as a member of the Big Sky Conference, as they moved to the Western Athletic Conference, starting in the 2022–23 season.

Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| WAC regular season

!colspan=9 style=| WAC tournament

!colspan=12 style=| College Basketball Invitational

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