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The 2022–23 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team represented Florida Gulf Coast University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Eagles, led by first-year head coach Pat Chambers, played their home games at Alico Arena in Fort Myers, Florida as members of the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN). They finished the season 17–15, 7–11 in ASUN play, to finish in a tie for ninth place. As the No. 10 seed in the ASUN tournament, they lost to Queens in the first round.
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- ↑ "Atlantic Sun Recordbook - Men's Basketball" (PDF). Atlantic Sun Conference. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 30, 2013. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ↑ "2006 NCAA Division II Men's Basketball Championship Tournament Records" (PDF). NCAA. 2006. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- ↑ "2012-13 Men's College Basketball Rankings for Final Rankings". ESPN.com. Retrieved April 29, 2022.