The 2022–23 Baylor Bears women's basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, members of the Big 12 Conference, played their home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were led by second-year head coach Nicki Collen.
Previous season The Lady Bears finished the 2021–22 season with a record of 28–7, 15–3 in Big 12 play, to win the Big 12 regular season title. They defeated Oklahoma State and Oklahoma in the quarterfinals and semifinals to advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's tournament where they lost to Texas. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament in the Wichita Region, they defeated Hawaii in the first round before getting upset by South Dakota in the second round.
Offseason Departures Baylor departures NaLyssa Smith 1 F 6'2" Junior Converse, TX Declare for 2022 WNBA draft; selected 2nd overall by Indiana Fever Jordan Lewis 3 G 5'7" Graduate student Windermere, FL Graduated/2022 WNBA draft; selected 24th overall by Connecticut Sun Queen Egbo 4 C 6'3" Senior Houston, TX Graduated/2022 WNBA draft; selected 10th overall by Indiana Fever Kamaria McDaniel 22 G 5'10" Graduate student Inkster, MI Graduate transferred to Michigan State
Incoming Baylor incoming transfers Jana Van Gytenbeek 4 G 5'7" Junior Greenwood Village, CO Stanford Erika Porter 20 F 6'3" Junior West Windsor, NJ Illinois Catarina Ferreira 30 F 6'1" Junior São Paulo, Brazil Eastern Arizona College Aijha Blackwell 33 G 6'0" Senior Berkeley, MO Missouri Dre'una Edwards 44 F 6'2" Senior Compton, CA Kentucky
Recruiting
Recruiting class of 2023
Roster
Schedule and results Source:
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=""| Big 12 regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Big 12 tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
Rankings
*Coaches did not release a week 1 poll.
See also 2022–23 Baylor Bears men's basketball team
References