Mode: | Women's basketball |
Year: | 2022–23 |
Team: | UCLA Bruins |
Conference: | Pac-12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Pac-12 |
Coachrank: | 13 |
Aprank: | 14 |
Record: | 27–10 |
Conf Record: | 11–7 |
Head Coach: | Cori Close |
Hc Year: | 12th |
Assoc Coach: | Shannon Perry-LeBeauf |
Asst Coach1: | Tasha Brown |
Asst Coach2: | Tony Newnan |
Stadium: | Pauley Pavilion (Capacity: 13,800) |
Champion: | Battle 4 Atlantis champions |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
Tourney Result: | Sweet Sixteen |
The 2022–23 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins were led by twelfth-year head coach Cori Close. They played their home games at Pauley Pavilion and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference.
The Bruins finished the previous season 18–13, 8–8 in Pac-12 play to finish in seventh place. As the seventh seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament, they defeated their crosstown rivals USC before losing to Oregon in the quarterfinals. The Bruins were invited to the WNIT as the automatic qualifier for the Pac-12 Conference. It was the Bruins' first WNIT appearance since 2015, when they were WNIT champions. They advanced to the tournament's semifinals, where they lost to South Dakota State.
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.
Chantel Horvat | 0 | G | 6'2" | RS Senior | Graduated | ||
Kayla Owens | 1 | G | 6'1" | RS Senior | Graduated | ||
Kiara Jefferson | 3 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Graduated | ||
23 | G | 6'1" | Graduate Student | Graduated | |||
IImar'I Thomas | 24 | F | 5'10" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
Jaelynn Penn | 31 | G | 5'10" | Graduate Student | Graduated | ||
Eliana Sigal | 51 | G | 5'10" | Senior | Walk-on; graduated |
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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.