2022–23 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team

The 2022–23 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball team represented Pennsylvania State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by second-year head coach Micah Shrewsberry and played their home games at the Bryce Jordan Center in University Park, Pennsylvania as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 23–13, 10–10 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They defeated Illinois, Northwestern, and Indiana to advance to the championship game of the Big Ten tournament. There they lost to Purdue. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2011 as the No. 10 seed in the Midwest region. They defeated Texas A&M in the first round of the tournament, marking their first tournament win since 2001, before losing to Texas in the second round.

2022–23 Penn State Nittany Lions basketball
NCAA tournament, Second Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record23–14 (10–10 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Micah Shrewsberry (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaBryce Jordan Center
2022–23 Big Ten Conference men's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Purdue155 .750296  .829
No. 21 Indiana128 .6002312  .657
Northwestern128 .6002212  .647
Michigan State118 .5792113  .618
Maryland119 .5502213  .629
Illinois119 .5502013  .606
Iowa119 .5501914  .576
Michigan119 .5501816  .529
Penn State1010 .5002314  .622
Rutgers1010 .5001915  .559
Wisconsin911 .4502015  .571
Nebraska911 .4501616  .500
Ohio State515 .2501619  .457
Minnesota217 .105922  .290
Conference tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

On March 22, 2023, Micah Shrewsberry left the school to take the head coaching job at Notre Dame. On March 29, the school named VCU head coach Mike Rhoades the team's new head coach.

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