The 2022–23 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of Arizona during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by seventh-year head coach Adia Barnes. This was the Wildcats' 49th season at the on-campus McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona and 44th season as a member of the Pac-12 Conference.
Previous season
The Wildcats finished the 2021–22 season with a record of 21–8, 10–6 in Pac-12 play. The Wildcats were invited to the 2022 NCAA tournament where they defeated UNLV in the first round before losing to North Carolina in the second round.
Offseason
Departures Arizona Wildcats DeparturesNameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownNotes Sam Thomas 14 F 6'0 Graduate Student Bloomfield Hills, MI Completed college eligibility Ariyah Copeland 22 F 6'3 Graduate Student Columbus, GA Completed college eligibilityReference:
Outgoing transfers Arizona Outcoming Transfers Anna Gret Asi 0 G 5'8 Freshman Tartu, Estonia Transferred to Oklahoma State Koi Love 5 F 6'0 Junior Orlando, FL Transferred to USC Derin Erdoğan 10 G 5'6 Sophomore Istanbul, Turkey Transferred to Northeastern Aaronette Vonleh 21 C 6'3 Freshman West Linn, OR Transferred to Colorado Gisela Sanchez 30 F 6'3 Freshman Barcelona, Spain Transferred to Kansas State Semaj Smith 34 C 6'6 Senior Long Beach, CA Transferred to San Jose State Bendu Yeaney 23 G 5'10 Senior Portland, OR Transferred to Oregon State Taylor Chavez 3 G 5'10 Senior Surprise, AZ TBD Reference:
Acquisitions
Incoming transfers Arizona incoming transfers Lauren Fields 23 G 5'9 Junior Shawnee, OK Oklahoma State 1 Esmery Martínez 12 F 6'2 Junior Hato Mayor del Ray, DR West Virginia 1 Jade Loville 30 F/G 5'11 Graduate Student Scottsdale, AZ Arizona State 1 Reference:
2022 recruiting class
2023 recruiting class
Preseason
Preseason rankings
Pac-12 media poll (Coaches) 1 Stanford 121 (11) 2 Oregon 101 3 Arizona 100 4 UCLA 91 5 Utah 84 (1) 6 Oregon State 62 7 Washington State 61 8 Colorado 55 9 USC 50 10 Washington 28 11 California 21 12 Arizona State 18 Source:
Preseason All-conference teams
Preseason All Pac-12 teamCate ReeseFGSJade LovilleF/GShaina PellingtonF
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Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Ann Meyers Drysdale AwardJade LovilleSGGSKatrina McClain AwardCate ReesePFEsmery MartínezSr.Naismith TrophyJade LovilleSGGSCate ReesePFWooden Award Cate ReesePF
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Notes Junior Lauren Ware to miss 22–23 season with a knee injury.
Schedule
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!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=12 style=|Pac-12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=12 style=|NCAA Women's Tournament
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Awards and honors
Weekly honors Kaitlyn Gilbert (G) Freshman Player of the Week 17.5 PPG, 4.5 RPG, 2.0 APG, 1.5 SPG Week 4 November 28, 2022
Postseason Conference honorsShaina Pellington (G)Co-Most Improved Player Of The Year 13.4 PPG/3.1 RPG/3.7 APG/1.9 SPG All Pac-12 First TeamAll Pac-12 Defensive Team Cate Reese (F)All Pac-12 First Team 23.8 PPG/5.8 RPG/1.0 APG Helena Pueyo (G) All Pac-12 Defensive Team 5.6 PPG/3.0 RPG/2.3 SPG
Rankings
Media coverage Radio ESPN Tucson – 1490 AM & 104.09 FM (ESPN Radio) and Nationwide – Dish Network, SiriusXM, Varsity Network and iHeartRadio) KCUB 1290 AM – Football Radio Show – (Tucson, AZ) KHYT – 107.5 FM (Tucson, AZ) KTKT 990 AM – La Hora de Los Gatos (Spanish) – (Tucson, AZ) KGME 910 AM – (IMG Sports Network) – (Phoenix, AZ) KTAN 1420 AM – (Sierra Vista, AZ) KDAP 96.5 FM (Douglas, Arizona) KWRQ 102.3 FM – (Safford, AZ/Thatcher, AZ) KIKO 1340 AM – (Globe, AZ) KVWM 970 AM – (Show Low, AZ/Pinetop-Lakeside, AZ) XENY 760 – (Nogales, Sonora) (Spanish) KTZR (1450 AM) – (FoxSports 1450) – (Tucson, AZ)
TV CBS Family – KOLD (CBS), CBSN ABC/ESPN Family – KGUN (ABC), ABC, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, ESPN+, FOX Family – KMSB (FOX), FOX/FS1, FSN Pac-12 Network (Pac-12 Arizona) NBC Family – KVOA, NBC Sports, NBCSN PBS – KUAT Univision – KUVE (Spanish) Telemundo – KHRR (Spanish)
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