2022–23 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team explained

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.

Previous season

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.

Offseason

Departures

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.

UCLA Departures
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

Recruiting class of 2023

Schedule

|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular Season|-!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style=|NCAA tournamentSource:[1]

Rankings

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.

Awards and honors

All Pac-12 Conference honors

Pac-12 All-Tournament team

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022-23 Women's Basketball Schedule. uclabruins.com. UCLA Athletics. December 30, 2022.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20230220215019/https://pac-12.com/article/2023/02/20/pac-12-womens-basketball-performance-awards-presented-nextiva-feb-20-2023