The 2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October followed by the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season, which started in November 2022. Conference play began in December 2022. This was the eleventh season under the Pac–12 Conference name and the 37th since the conference first sponsored women's sports, including basketball, in the 1986–87 school year.

The Pac-12 tournament took place in March 2023 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

+ Rankings Team ESPNSigneesArizona No. 6 4Arizona State No. 73 1California No. 38 1Colorado No. 58 4Oregon No. 4 4Oregon State No. 5 2Stanford No. 2 3UCLA No. 3 4USC No. 26 1Utah No. 56 3Washington No. 15 3Washington State No. 81 1

Preseason watchlists Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

PlayerWoodenNaismithLiebermanDrysdaleMillerMcClainLeslieWade Francesca Belibi Lauren Betts Cameron Brink Gina Conti Jayda Curry Emma Grothaus Haley Jones Gianna Kneepkens Jade Loville Esmery Martinez Bella Murekatete Charisma Osborne Te-Hina Paopao Alissa Pili Sedona Prince Cate Reese Charlisse Leger-Walker Quay Walker

Preseason polls

AP Ranking Team 2Stanford 19Arizona 20Oregon USA Today coachesRankingTeam 2Stanford 19Arizona 20Oregon

Pac-12 media days The Pac-12 conducted its 2022 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 25, 2022 (Pac-12 Network).

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

Pac-12 commissioner – George Kliavkoff Deputy commissioner and chief operating officer (WBB) – Jamie Zaninovich Arizona – Adia Barnes (HC), Shaina Pellington & Helena Pueyo Arizona State – Natasha Adair (HC), Sydney Erikstrup & Jaddan Simmons California – Charmin Smith (HC), Jayda Curry & Kemery Martín Colorado – JR Payne (HC), Quay Miller & Jaylyn Sherrod Oregon – Kelly Graves (HC), Te-Hina Paopao & Endyia Rogers Oregon State – Scott Rueck (HC), Talia von Oelhoffen & Bendu Yeaney Stanford – Tara VanDerveer (HC), Cameron Brink & Haley Jones UCLA – Cori Close (HC), Charisma Osborne & Kiki Rice USC – Lindsay Gottlieb (HC), Rayah Marshall & Kadi Sissoko Utah – Lynne Roberts (HC), Gianna Kneepkens & Kennady McQueen Washington – Tina Langley (HC), Lauren Schwartz & Haley Van Dyke Washington State – Kamie Ethridge (HC), Charlisse Leger-Walker & Bella Murekatete

+Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Coaches) Place Team Points First place votes 1. Stanford 121 11 2. Oregon 101 -- 3 Arizona 100 -- 4. UCLA 91 -- 5. Utah 84 1 6. Oregon State 62 -- 7. Washington State 61 -- 8. Colorado 56 -- 9. USC 50 -- 10. Washington 28 -- 11. California 21 -- 12. Arizona State 18 --

+Women's Basketball Preseason Poll (Media) Place Team Points First place votes 1. Stanford 336 28 2. Arizona 291 -- 3 Oregon 275 -- 4. UCLA 237 -- 5. Utah 226 -- 6. Oregon State 181 -- 7. Washington State 170 -- 8. Colorado 145 -- 9. USC 105 -- 10. Washington 78 -- 11. California 71 -- 12. Arizona State 69 -- Source:

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

NameSchool Pos. Yr. Ht. Hometown (last school) Talia von Oelhoffen Oregon State Jr. F 5'11 Pasco, WA (Chiawana HS) Cameron Brink Stanford Jr. F 6'4 Beaverton, OR (Mountainside HS) Haley Jones Stanford Sr. G 6'1 Santa Cruz, CA (Archbishop Mitty HS) Te-Hina Paopao Oregon Jr. G 5'9 Oceanside, CA (La Jolla Country Day School) Jaylyn Sherrod Colorado Sr. G 5'7 Birmingham, AL (Ramsay HS) Sedona Prince† Oregon R-Sr. F/C 6'7 Liberty Hill, TX (Texas/Liberty Hill HS) Endyia Rogers Oregon Sr. G 5'7 Dallas, TX (USC/Bishop Lynch HS) Charisma Osborne UCLA Sr. G 5'9 Moreno Valley, CA (Windward School) Jade Loville Arizona GS. F/G 5'11 Scottsdale, AZ (Arizona State/Skyline HS) Shaina Pellington Arizona GS. F 5'7 Pickering, Ontario, CAN (Oklahoma/Dunbarton HS) Cate Reese Arizona GS. F 6'2 Cypress, TX (Cypress Woods HS) Charlisse Leger-Walker Washington State Jr. G 5'10 Waikato, New Zealand (St. Peter's School) Jenna Johnson Utah So. F 6'2 Medina, MN (Wayzata HS) Gianna Kneepkens Utah So. F 6'4 Duluth, MN (Marshall School) Jayda Curry California So. G 5'6 Corona, CA (Centennial HS)

Honorable Mention Treasure Hunt (ASU); Evelien Lutje Schipholt (CAL); Rayah Marshall (USC); Leilani McIntosh (CAL); Kennady McQueen (UTAH); Quay Miller (COLO); Bella Murekatete (WSU); Kiki Rice (UCLA); Jaddan Simmons (ASU); Haley Van Dyke (WASH); Kindyll Wetta (COLO).

†Sedona Prince suffered a season-ending elbow injury on October 28th and chose to exhaust her remaining NCAA eligibility and pursue a professional basketball career.

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Midseason watchlists Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

PlayerWoodenNaismithLibermanDrysdale MillerMcClainLeslie Wade Cameron BrinkHaley JonesCharisma Osborne

Final watchlists Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

WoodenNaismithLibermanDrysdale MillerMcClainLeslie Wade

Regular season The schedule was released in late October. Before the season, it was announced that for the seventh consecutive season, all regular season conference games and conference tournament games would be broadcast nationally by the ESPN Inc. family of networks, including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.

Early season tournaments

Team Tournament FinishArizonaUSD Thanksgiving Classic1stArizona StateGoombay Spalsh2ndCalifornia LMU Thanksgiving Tournament 1stColoradoPreseason WNIT3rdOregon Phil Knight Invitational3rdOregon State Phil Knight Legacy4thStanford Rainbow Wahine Showdown1stUCLABattle 4 Atlantis1stUSC None NoneUtah BahMar Hoops Pink Flamingo1stWashingtonLas Vegas Tournament 2ndWashington StateNorthshore Showcase 1st

Records against other conferences 2022–23 records against non-conference foes for the 2022–23 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Regular season Power conferencesRecord ACC 0–3Big East 3–0Big Ten 2–2Big 12 2–3SEC 4–4Power conferences total 11–12Other NCAA Division 1 conferencesRecordAmerican 0–0America East 0–0 A-10 0–0ASUN 0–0Big Sky 0–0Big South 0–0Big West 0–0CAA 0–0C-USA 0–0Horizon 0–0Ivy League 0–0MAAC 0–0MAC 0–0MEAC 0–0MVC 0–0Mountain West 0–0NEC 0–0OVC 0–0Patriot League 0–0SoCon 0–0Southland 0–0SWAC 0–0The Summit 0–0Sun Belt 0–0WAC 0–0WCC 0–0Other Division I total 0–0 NCAA Division I total 0–0

Post season Power conferencesRecord ACC 0–0Big East 0–0Big Ten 0–0Big 12 0–0SEC 0–0Power conferences total 0–0Other NCAA Division 1 conferencesRecordAmerican 0–0America East 0–0 A-10 0–0ASUN 0–0Big Sky 0–0Big South 0–0Big West 0–0CAA 0–0C-USA 0–0Horizon 0–0Ivy League 0–0MAAC 0–0MAC 0–0MEAC 0–0MVC 0–0Mountain West 0–0NEC 0–0OVC 0–0Patriot League 0–0SoCon 0–0Southland 0–0SWAC 0–0The Summit 0–0Sun Belt 0–0WAC 0–0WCC 0–0Other Division I total 0–0 NCAA Division I total 0–0

Record against ranked non-conference opponents This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record Nov. 12 California No. 9 Notre Dame† Enterprise Center ● St. Louis, MO – Notre Dame 90–89 0–1 Nov. 16 No. 16 Oklahoma No. 25 Utah Jon M. Huntsman Center ● Salt Lake City, UT Utah 124–78 1–1 Nov 20 No. 1 South Carolina No. 2 Stanford Maples Pavilion ● Stanford, CA – South Carolina 76–71 1–2 Nov 24 No. 8 North Carolina No. 18 Oregon † Chiles Center ● Portland, OR Phil Knight Invitational North Carolina 85–79 1–3 Nov 25 No. 4 Iowa Oregon State † Chiles Center ● Portland, OR Phil Knight Legacy Iowa 73–59 1–4 Nov 25 Colorado No. 23 Tennessee Thompson-Boling Arena ● Knoxville, TN Tennessee 69–51 1–5 Nov 26 No. 7 Notre Dame Arizona State Gateway Christian Academy ● Bimini, Bahamas Goombay Splash Notre Dame 85–65 1–6 Nov 29 No. 15 UCLA No. 1 South Carolina Colonial Life Arena ● Columbia, SC – South Carolina 73–64 1–6 Dec 4 No. 23 Gonzaga No. 2 Stanford Maples Pavilion ● Stanford, CA – Stanford 84–63 2–6 Dec 18 No. 11 LSU Oregon State † South Maui Community Park Gymnasium ● Kihei, HI Maui Jim Maui Classic LSU 87–55 2–7 Dec 18 No. 20 Arizona† No. 18 Baylor American Airlines Center ● Dallas, TX Pac-12 Coast-to-Coast Challenge Arizona 75–54 3–7 Dec 20 No. 17 Arkansas No. 16 Oregon Pechanga Arena ● San Diego, CA NCAAW San Diego Invitational Oregon 85–78 4–7 Dec 20 No. 21 Creighton No. 2 Stanford Maples Pavilion ● Stanford, CA – Stanford 72–59 5–7 Dec 21 No. 16 Ohio State No. 16 Oregon Pechanga Arena ● San Diego, CA NCAAW San Diego Invitational Ohio State 84–67 5–8

Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series On September 20, 2021, the Pac-12 and Southwestern Athletic Conference debuted the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series, an educational and basketball scheduling partnership between the two collegiate athletics conferences, to tip off the 2022–23 season. The Legacy Series incorporated an array of educational opportunities for competing teams and student-athletes featuring expert speakers and prominent alumni, community engagement, campus traditions, historic site visits, and book/film discussions. The Pac-12 won every game in the series, finishing with a 6−0 record against the SWAC schools.

Date Visitor Home Site Significance Score Conference record Nov. 11 Grambling State Arizona State Desert Financial Arena ● Tempe, AZ Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series ASU 62–49 1−0 Nov. 13 Prairie View A&M Washington State Beasley Coliseum ● Pullman, WA Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Washington State 89–61 2−0 Nov 14 No. 20 Oregon Southern F.G. Clark Activity Center ● Baton Rouge, LA Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Oregon 83–46 3−0 Dec. 1 No. 16 Utah Mississippi Valley State Harrison HPER Complex ● Itta Bena, MS Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Utah 109–42 4−0 Dec. 14 Texas Southern No. 20 Arizona McKale Center ● Tucson, AZ Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series Arizona 89–55 5–0 Dec. 18 Florida A&M California Haas Pavilion ● Berkeley, CA Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series California 88–58 6–0

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference schedule This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

  ArizonaArizona StateCaliforniaColoradoOregonOregon StateStanfordUCLAUSCUtahWashingtonWashington Statevs. Arizona – 0–2 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–0vs. Arizona State 2–0 – 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0 2–0 1–0 1–0vs. California 2–0 0–2 – 2–0 1–0 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–0vs. Colorado 1–1 0–2 0–2 – 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–2vs. Oregon 1–1 0–2 0–1 1–0 – 1–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 vs. Oregon State 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 1–1 – 1–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 vs. Stanford 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 0–1 – 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–1vs. UCLA 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 2–0 – 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 vs. USC 1–0 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–0 – 1–0 0–2 0–2vs. Utah 1–1 0–2 0–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–1 – 0–2 0–2vs. Washington 1–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 – 1–1 vs. Washington State 0–1 0–1 0–1 2–0 0–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 1–1 – Total 11–7 1–17 4–14 13–5 7–11 4–14 15–3 11–7 11–7 15–3 7–1 9–9

Points scored

TeamForAgainstDifferenceArizona 2,172 1,871 301Arizona State 1,759 1,991 -232California 1,697 2,021 -324Colorado 2,022 1,702 320Oregon 2,172 1,857 315Oregon State 1,966 1,898 68Stanford 2,382 1,800 582UCLA 2,104 1,846 258USC 1,886 1,589 297Utah 2,363 1,846 517Washington 1,736 1,680 56Washington State 1,963 1,793 170 Through February 27, 2023

Rankings

  Improvement in ranking Drop in rankingRVReceived votes but were not ranked in Top 25NVNo votes received