| Sport: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Team: | Colorado Buffaloes |
| Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
| Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
| Coachrank: | 15 |
| Aprank: | 21 |
| Record: | 25–9 |
| Conf Record: | 13–5 |
| Head Coach: | JR Payne |
| Hc Year: | 7th |
| Asst Coach1: | Toriano Towns |
| Asst Coach2: | Alex Earl |
| Asst Coach3: | Tim Hays |
| Stadium: | CU Events Center |
| Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
| Tourney Result: | Sweet Sixteen |
The 2022–23 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by seventh year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the CU Events Center and compete as members of the Pac-12 Conference.
The Buffaloes finished the season 22–9, 9–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they defeated Washington in the first round, Arizona in the quarterfinals before losing to Stanford in the semifinals. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a 7th seed in the Greensboro Region where they got upset by 10th seed Creighton in the first round.
The Buffaloes were the last undefeated DI women's college basketball in the 2021-22 season, losing their first game to #2 Stanford on January 14, 2022.[1]
| style= | Name | style= | Num | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= class=unsortable | Reason for Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leslia Finau | 4 | G | 5'10" | Senior | Graduated | ||||||||
| Kennedy Taylor | 5 | F | 6'3" | Freshman | Transferred to Missouri State | ||||||||
| Kylee Blacksten | 13 | G | 6'3" | Sophomore | Transferred to West Virginia | ||||||||
| Maura Singer | 20 | C | 6'4" | Freshman | Retired from basketball due to a knee injury[2] | ||||||||
| Mya Hollingshed | 21 | G/F | 6'3" | Senior | Graduated/2022 WNBA draft; selected 8th overall by Las Vegas Aces | ||||||||
| Aubrey Knight | 24 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Graduated | ||||||||
| Sierna Tuitele | 33 | F | 6'1" | Senior | Graduated |
| style= | Name | style= | Num | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= | Previous School |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aaronette Vonleh | 21 | C | 6'3 | Sophomore | Arizona |
There were no recruiting classing class of 2022.
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*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.