The 2022-23 Linfield men's basketball schedule has been released. The slate features challenging out-of-conference matchups against UC-Santa Cruz, Mary Hardin-Baylor and Illinois Wesleyan.
 
The defending Northwest Conference champion Wildcats open their season at home Nov. 12 with a non-conference bout against Northwest University.
 
The following weekend, Linfield heads to Northern California to battle CalTech and UC-Santa Cruz in the UCSC Classic at Kaiser Permanente Arena.
 
The Wildcats open Northwest Conference play with a pair of games in early December, at home versus George Fox on Dec. 2 and at Pacific on Dec. 3.
 
Linfield heads to Spokane, Washington, just prior to Christmas to participate in the Whitworth Tipoff Classic. There, the 'Cats are scheduled to play Nebraska Wesleyan (Dec. 20) and Mary Hardin-Baylor (Dec. 21).
 
Perhaps the most intriguing game on the schedule comes during the holiday break when perennial NCAA powerhouse Illinois Wesleyan visits Ted Wilson Gym on Dec. 29. That game will set the stage for Linfield's resumption of conference play starting five days later at home versus Willamette on Jan. 3
 
Key home dates on the NWC schedule include Jan. 6 versus Pacific Lutheran, Jan. 21 versus Whitman and Jan. 22 versus Whitworth.
 
The Wildcats are coming off a season in which they finished 18-7 overall and went 13-3 in conference play. Coach Shanan Rosenberg begins his 10th season at the helm of the Linfield men's basketball program.