2022–23 Columbia Lions women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's Basketball
Year:2022–23
Prev Year:2021–22
Next Year:2023–24
Team:Columbia Lions
Conference:Ivy League
Short Conf:Ivy
Record:28–6
Conf Record:12–2
Hc Year:7th
Asst Coach1:Tyler Cordell
Asst Coach2:Allie Bassetti
Asst Coach3:Cy Lippold
Conf Champ:Ivy League regular-season co–champions
Tourney:WNIT championship vs. Kansas
Tourney Result:L 59–66

The 2022–23 Columbia Lions women's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by seventh-year head coach Megan Griffith, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium in Manhattan, New York as members of the Ivy League. They finished the Ivy League season 12–2, winning a share of the title for the first time in program history.[1] Columbia was the No. 2 seed at the 2023 Ivy League women's basketball tournament, but they fell to Harvard in the semifinals.[2] After being the first team left out of the NCAA tournament field, the Lions accepted an auto-bid to the 2023 WNIT.[3] They were the first Ivy League team to reach the semifinals or finals of the WNIT.[4] Columbia lost to Kansas in the WNIT championship game.[5]

Previous season

They finished the previous season 25–7, 12–2 in Ivy League play. They lost to Princeton in the 2022 Ivy League women's basketball tournament finals.[6]

Roster

2022–23 Ivy awards and recognition
  • Megan Griffith – Coach of the Year
  • Kaitlyn Davis – First Team All-Ivy
  • Abbey Hsu – First Team All-Ivy
  • Jaida Patrick – Second Team All-Ivy
  • Carly Rivera – Academic All-Ivy
  • Kitty Henderson – Honorable Mention
Source:[7]

Schedule

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Rankings

See main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.

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 Increase in ranking
 Decrease in ranking
 Not ranked previous week
(RV) Received votes
(NR) Not ranked and did not receive votes
Source:[9]

The Coaches Poll did not release a poll for the week of November 7.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sugam . Matt . March 4, 2023 . Columbia Wins First Ivy League Championship . 2023-03-05 . Gocolumbialions.com.
  2. Web site: March 10, 2023 . Lions Fall in OT Heartbreaker at Ivy Madness . 2023-03-11 . Gocolumbialions.com.
  3. Web site: March 12, 2023 . Women's Basketball Accepts Auto-Bid to WNIT . 2023-03-13 . Gocolumbialions.com.
  4. Web site: 2023-03-27 . Columbia to Face Bowling Green Wednesday in the WNIT Semifinals . 2023-03-28 . Gocolumbialions.com.
  5. Web site: 2023-04-01 . Columbia Takes Kansas to the Wire But Falls, 66-59, in the WNIT Championship Game . 2024-10-13 . Columbia University Athletics . en.
  6. Web site: Franco . Kyle . March 12, 2022 . Princeton women's basketball books NCAA Tournament ticket with perfect Ivy League championship . February 26, 2023 . The Trentonian . en.
  7. Web site: Ivy League Announces Women's Basketball All-Ivy Teams and Major Awards . Ivyleague.com . 2023-03-08 . 2023-03-11.
  8. Web site: 2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule . Gocolumbialions.com . 2023-03-09.
  9. Web site: Division I Polls: 2022-2023 . 2024-04-07 . Wbca.org.