| Custom Title: | 2023 U Sports Women's Final 8 |
| Year: | 2022–23 |
| Season: | 2022–23 |
| Teams: | Eight |
| Finals Site: | Sullivan Field House Sydney, Nova Scotia |
| Champions: | Carleton Ravens |
| Title Count: | 2nd |
| Runner Up: | Queen's Gaels |
| Coach: | Dani Sinclair |
| Coach Count: | 1st |
| Mvp Label: | Tournament MVP |
| Mvp: | Kali Pocrnic |
| Mvp Team: | Carleton |
| Television: | CBC[1] |
| Prev: | 2022 |
| Tournament Link: | Women's Final 8 |
| Next: | 2024 |
The 2023 U Sports Women's Final 8 Basketball Tournament was held March 9–12, 2023, in Sydney, Nova Scotia, to determine a national champion for the 2022–23 U Sports women's basketball season.[2] [3] The top-seeded Carleton Ravens defeated the third-seeded Queen's Gaels in the gold medal game to win the second national championship in program history.[4] Both the Carleton women’s and men’s teams won the national titles in basketball this season, something no school had accomplished since 1985, when the Victoria Vikes were double champions.
The tournament was hosted by Cape Breton University at the school's Sullivan Field House, which was the first time that Cape Breton had hosted the championship game.[5] It was the second time that the tournament was played in Nova Scotia and the first time since 1980 when it was hosted by Dalhousie University.[5]
| align=left | Seed | align=left | Team | align=left | Qualified | align=left | align=left | align=left | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | OUA Champion | 19–3 | 2018 | 1 | |||||||
| 2 | Canada West Champion | 15–5 | 1999 | 1 | |||||||
| 3 | OUA Finalist | 21–1 | None | 0 | |||||||
| 4 | AUS Champion | 15–5 | None | 0 | |||||||
| 5 | Canada West Finalist | 13–7 | 1989 | 1 | |||||||
| 6 | RSEQ Champion | 9–7 | None | 0 | |||||||
| 7 | AUS Finalist (At-large berth) | 16–3 | None | 0 | |||||||
| 8 | AUS Quarterfinalist (Host) | 9–11 | None | 0 |