The 2022–23 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I season.

The Bruins were led by fourth-year head coach Mick Cronin, and they played their home games at Pauley Pavilion as members of the Pac-12 Conference.

Guard Jaylen Clark was named to the second team and was voted the Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year.

[3] However, the Bruins were also the only team in the power conferences whose roster consisted entirely of players who began their college careers at that school.

[10] UCLA played without its top two defenders,[10] as Bona also missed the game with an injured left shoulder,[9] which he suffered in the semifinals against Oregon.

[12] He played in the second round against Northwestern, which UCLA won to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the third straight season.