The 2022–23 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack were led by tenth-year head coach Wes Moore and played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Wolfpack finished the season 20–12 overall and 9–9 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the eighth seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye to the Second round where they defeated ninth seed Syracuse, then lost to first seed Notre Dame in the Quarterfinals. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the seventh seed in the Greenville 2 Region. They were upset by ten-seed Princeton in the First round to end their season.
Previous season
The Wolfpack finished the season 32–4 overall and 17–1 in ACC play to finish as regular season champions. As the first seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye to the Quarterfinals where they defeated ninth seed Florida State, then they defeated fifth seed Virginia Tech in the Semifinals, and they won the Final versus seven seed Miami to win their third straight tournament title. As champions, they earned the ACC's automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the first seed in the Bridgeport Region. They defeated sixteen seed Longwood in the First Round, ninth seed Kansas State in the Second Round, and fifth seed Notre Dame in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to second seed UConn in the Elite Eight to end their season.
Off-season
Departures Departures Genesis Bryant 1 G 5'6" Sophomore Jonesboro, Georgia Transferred to Illinois Raina Perez 2 G 5'4" Graduate Student Goodyear, Arizona Graduated Kai Crutchfield 3 G 5'9" Graduate Student Raleigh, North Carolina Graduated Kendal Moore 15 G 5'6" Junior Fayetteville, North Carolina Entered Transfer Portal Kayla Jones 25 F 6'1" Graduate Student Jamesville, North Carolina Graduated; Selected 22nd overall in the 2022 WNBA draft Elissa Cunane 33 C 6'5" Senior Summerfield, North Carolina Graduated; Selected 17th overall in the 2022 WNBA draft
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers River Baldwin 1 C 6'5" Graduate Student Andalusia, Alabama Florida State Mimi Collins 2 F 6'3" Graduate Student Waldorf, Maryland Maryland Saniya Rivers 22 G 6'1" Sophomore Wilmington, North Carolina South Carolina
Recruiting class
NC State did not have any Freshman join the team in the 2022–23 season.
Roster
Schedule
Source
!colspan=6 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=6 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=6 style=| ACC regular season
!colspan=6 style=| ACC tournament
!colspan=6 style=| NCAA tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 10 10 13 12 8т 8 7 6 10 11 20 20 15 22 RV RV RV RV RV N/A Coaches 8 7 11 11 10 8 6 6 9 12 18 18 13 20 24 RV RV RV RV RV
Note: The AP does not release a final poll.
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked in previous week (RV) Received Votes (NR) Not Ranked
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