They beat North Texas in the quarterfinals[1] of the AAC tournament before losing to Temple in the semifinals.

[4] On March 27, the school named Baylor assistant John Jakus the team's new head coach.

[6] The Owls finished the 2022–23 season 35–4, 18–2 in Conference USA (C-USA) play, to win the regular-season championship.

They defeated Western Kentucky,[7] Middle Tennessee[8] and UAB[9] to win the C-USA tournament championship.

This made FAU the first men's team since George Mason in 2006 to reach the Final Four in the same season that it earned its first NCAA tournament win.