• Morehead State won the 2022-23 Ohio Valley Conference regular-season title, the program's first outright title since 1983-84 (2002-03 was a co-title). MSU earned the OVC's automatic berth into the NIT, defeating top-ranked Clemson in the opening round before falling to UAB in the event's Sweet 16.
• Morehead State has won 10 OVC regular-season titles in its history: 1955-56, 1956-57, 1960-61, 1962-63, 1968-69, 1971-72, 1973-74, 1983-84, 2002-03 and 2022-23.
• Head coach
Preston Spradlin has led Morehead State to three consecutive 20-win seasons, which has only happened one other time in program history, from 2008-09 through 2010-11. Spradlin has earned OVC Coach of the Year awards in 2020-21 and 2022-23.
• Senior guard
Drew Thelwell could become the winningest individual player in program history this season. If the Eagles win at least 20 games, that will give the four-year Eagle 88 wins when he was on the team. That would surpass Terrence Hill, who was a part of 87 wins from 2008-09 through 2011-12.
• Senior guard
Mark Freeman is the reigning OVC Player of the Year and was selected the 2023-24 OVC preseason Player of the Year. However, due to an injury, Freeman will be missing an unspecified amount of time to start the 2023-24 season.
• For the second consecutive season, an NAIA transfer who was the Academic All-American of the Year for that organization's men's basketball group, has chosen to transfer to Morehead State for a graduate season.
Riley Minix finished his four-year career at Southeastern (Fla.) with 2,047 points, 1,047 rebounds, 180 assists, 140 blocked shots and 127 steals.
• Morehead State is the winningest Division I MBB program in Kentucky in the past three seasons with 68 wins.
• In-state product
Dieonte Miles (Walton-Verona HS) transferred in from Xaxier for his graduate season. The Eagles have three Bluegrass State natives with freshman
Jerone Morton (Winchester) and
Brady Dingess (Inez).
• Morehead State has one of, if not, the most experienced rosters in all of Division I. The Eagles have eight either graduate transfers or seniors on the roster, making up 53 percent of the entire roster for 2023-24.
• In the past three seasons, Morehead State is 63-2 when leading with a minute left in regulation time.
• Morehead State has relied on its defense and rebounding ability for success under head coach
Preston Spradlin. Last year, the Eagles led the OVC in scoring defense (66.6), rebounding defense (32.3), three-point defense (.314) and rebound margin (+3.4). MSU has now ranked first in the OVC in scoring defense, three-point defense and rebound margin in three consecutive seasons.
