Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | Arizona Wildcats |
Sport: | women's basketball |
Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
Aprank: | 25 |
Record: | 22–10 |
Conf Record: | 11–7 |
Head Coach: | Adia Barnes |
Hc Year: | 7th |
Asst Coach1: | Ashley Davis |
Ac1 Year: | 2nd |
Asst Coach2: | Salvo Coppa |
Ac2 Year: | 7th |
Asst Coach3: | Erin Grant |
Ac3 Year: | 2nd |
Arena: | McKale Center |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
Tourney Result: | Second Round |
The 2022–23 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team will represent the University of Arizona during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats will be led by seventh-year head coach Adia Barnes. This will be the Wildcats' 49th season at the on-campus McKale Center in Tucson, Arizona and 44th season as a member of the Pac-12 Conference.
See main article: 2021–22 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team.
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.
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
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14 | F | 6'0 | Graduate Student | Completed college eligibility | |||
Ariyah Copeland | 22 | F | 6'3 | Graduate Student | Completed college eligibility | ||
Reference: |
Anna Gret Asi | 0 | G | 5'8 | Freshman | |||||
Koi Love | 5 | F | 6'0 | Junior | |||||
Derin Erdogan | 10 | G | 5'6 | Sophomore | |||||
Aaronette Vonleh | 21 | C | 6'3 | Freshman | |||||
Gisela Sanchez | 30 | F | 6'3 | Freshman | |||||
Semaj Smith | 34 | C | 6'6 | Senior | |||||
Bendu Yeaney | 23 | G | 5'10 | Senior | |||||
Taylor Chavez | 3 | G | 5'10 | Senior | TBD | ||||
Reference: |
Lauren Fields | 23 | G | 5'9 | Junior | 1 | ||||||
12 | F | 6'2 | Junior | 1 | |||||||
Jade Loville | 30 | F/G | 5'11 | Graduate Student | 1 | ||||||
Reference: |
Pac-12 media poll (Coaches) | ||||
1 | ! style= width=75 | Stanford | 121 (11) | |
2 | ! style= width=75 | Oregon | 101 | |
3 | ! style= width=75 | Arizona | 100 | |
4 | ! style= width=75 | UCLA | 91 | |
5 | ! style= width=75 | Utah | 84 (1) | |
6 | ! style= width=75 | Oregon State | 62 | |
7 | ! style= width=75 | Washington State | 61 | |
8 | ! style= width=75 | Colorado | 55 | |
9 | ! style= width=75 | USC | 50 | |
10 | ! style= width=75 | Washington | 28 | |
11 | ! style= width=75 | California | 21 | |
12 | ! style= width=75 | Arizona State | 18 |
Preseason All Pac-12 team | Cate Reese | F | GS |
Jade Loville | F/G | ||
Shaina Pellington | F | ||
Source:[2]
Listed in the order that they were released
Ann Meyers Drysdale Award | Jade Loville | SG | GS | [3] |
Katrina McClain Award | Cate Reese | PF | [4] | |
Esmery Martínez | Sr. | |||
Naismith Trophy | Jade Loville | SG | GS | [5] |
Cate Reese | PF | |||
Cate Reese | PF | [6] | ||
Source:[7]
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Shaina Pellington (G) | Co-Most Improved Player Of The Year | 13.4 PPG/3.1 RPG/3.7 APG/1.9 SPG | [10] |
All Pac-12 First Team | |||
All 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 |
See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.