It began with practices in October 2022, followed by the start of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season in November.

The 2023 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio for the 24th consecutive season.

[10] Clayton Bates resigned on On March 7, 2022 as the head coach of Western Michigan after posting a two-year record of 13–39.

[14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23] [24] [25] [26] [27] [28] [29] [30] [31] [32] [33] [34] [35] [36] [37] [38] [39] [40] [41] [42] [43] [44] [45] [46] [47] [48] [49] [50] [51] [52] [53] Kent State defeated Toledo in the final to earn the conference's automatic bid to the 2023 NCAA tournament.

[73][74] Toledo received an automatic bid to the National Invitation tournament where they lost to Michigan in the first round.