The 2022–23 Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represented

Eastern Washington University Eastern Washington University (EWU) is a public university in Cheney, Washington, United States. It shares its satellite campus in Spokane, Washington with Washington State University. Founded in 1882, the university is academically divided in ...

in the

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during the

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. Led by second-year head coach David Riley, the Eagles played their home games on campus at

Reese Court Reese Court is a 6,000-seat multi-purpose arena in Cheney, Washington, on the campus of Eastern Washington University. It is home to the Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball, EWU Eagles basketball team and replaced Eastern Washington Fieldh ...

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. EWU finished the regular season at 21–10 (16–2 in Big Sky, first) to win the regular season championship. After clinching that title at 16–0 with two games remaining, they dropped three straight, including their opener of the conference tournament to ninth seed

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in the quarterfinals. As a regular season champion who did not win their conference tournament, Eastern received an automatic bid to the

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. The Eagles defeated

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in the first round before falling to

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in the second round.

Previous season

The Eagles finished the 2021–22 season at 18–16 (11–9 in Big Sky, sixth). In the conference tournament, they defeated

in the first round, then fell to third seed

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in the quarterfinals. EWU was invited to

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, where they were defeated by

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in the first round.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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Eastern Washington Eagles The Eastern Washington Eagles are the intercollegiate varsity athletic teams that represent Eastern Washington University, located in Cheney, southwest of Spokane. A member of the Big Sky Conference, EWU's athletic program comprises five men's ...

Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball The Eastern Washington Eagles men's basketball team represents Eastern Washington University in Cheney, Washington, United States. The school's team currently competes in the Big Sky Conference, of which it has been a member since 1987. The Ea ...

Eastern Washington Eastern Washington is the region of the U.S. state of Washington located east of the Cascade Range. It contains the city of Spokane (the second largest city in the state), the Tri-Cities, the Columbia River and the Grand Coulee Dam, the H ...