| Mode: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Prev Year: | 2021–22 |
| Next Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | UCF Knights |
| Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
| Short Conf: | The American |
| Record: | 14–15 |
| Conf Record: | 4–11 |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Asst Coach1: | Tennille Adams |
| Asst Coach2: | Greg Brown |
The 2022–23 UCF Knights women's basketball team represented the University of Central Florida during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I basketball season. The Knights compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the American Athletic Conference (The American). The Knights, in the program's 46th season of basketball, are led by first-year head coach Sytia Messer, and play their home games at the Addition Financial Arena on the university's main campus in Orlando, Florida.
This was also the last season UCF play in the American Athletic Conference before moving to the Big 12 Conference.[1]
The Knights finished the 2021–22 season 22–3 and were American Athletic Conference champions at 14–1, winning the conference tournament and an automatic bid to the 2022 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Florida in the first round before losing to UConn in the second round.
Due to COVID-19 disruptions throughout NCAA sports in 2020–21, the NCAA announced that the 2020–21 season would not count against the athletic eligibility of any individual involved in an NCAA winter sport, including women's basketball. This meant that all seniors in 2020–21 had the option to return for 2021–22.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tay Sanders | 1 | G | 6'1" | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Diamond Battles | 3 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Graduate transferred to Georgia | ||
| 5 | F | 6'3" | Senior | Graduated/went undrafted in 2022 NBA draft; signed with the Chicago Sky | |||
| Becca Ripley | 11 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Alisha Lewis | 23 | G | 5'7" | Junior | Transferred to Georgia | ||
| Jnaya Walker | 24 | F | 6'1" | Senior | Graduate transferred to Central Michigan | ||
| Ahna Burney | 25 | G | 5'8" | Junior | TBD | ||
| Neila Luma | 30 | F | 6'0" | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Shania Meertens | 31 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Graduated | ||
| Brittney Smith | 32 | F | 6'3" | Senior | Graduate transferred to Georgia | ||
| Savannah Henderson | G | 6'1" | Freshman | Transferred to Georgia |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mya Burns | 10 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Georgia Southern | ||
| Rachel Ranke | 12 | G | 6'1" | GS Senior | Kansas State | ||
| Taylor Gibson | 15 | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Michigan | ||
| Anzhane' Hutton | 23 | F | 6'0" | Junior | Howard | ||
| Ashley Foster | 24 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Georgia State | ||
| Morgan Robinson-Nwagwu | 30 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Gulf Coast State College |
There were no recruiting classing class of 2022.
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See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings. *The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.