The 2022–23 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by fifth-year head coach Lindsay Whalen, played their home games at Williams Arena and competed as members of the Big Ten Conference.

Previous season The Golden Gophers finished the 2021–2022 season with a 14–17 record and 7–11 in Big Ten play to finish in tenth place. As the tenth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Northwestern in the second round. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament, but were chosen as an at-large team for the WNIT. They lost in the second round of the WNIT to the eventual champions, South Dakota State.

Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Alexia Smith 1 G 5'8" Sophomore Columbus, Ohio Transferred to Virginia Deja Winters 3 G 5'11" Graduate student Cleveland, Ohio Graduated Jasmine Powell 4 G 5'6" Junior Detroit, Michigan Transferred to Tennessee Erin Hedman 10 F 6'3" Sophomore New Berlin, Wisconsin Transferred to Sacramento State Laura Bagwell Katalinich 12 F 6'0" Graduate student Minneapolis, Minnesota Graduated Gadiva Hubbard 13 G 5'9" Graduate student Virginia Beach, Virginia Graduated Sara Scalia 14 G 5'10" Junior Stillwater, Minnesota Transferred to Indiana Kayla Mershon 15 F 6'3" Senior Minnetonka, Minnesota Graduated Caroline Strande 21 G 5'11 Sophomore Racine, Wisconsin Transferred to Butler Klarke Sconiers 25 C 6'2" Junior Queens, New York Transferred to Delaware Kadi Sissoko 30 F 6'2" Redshirt junior Paris, France Transferred to USC Bailey Helgren 35 C 6'5" Graduate student Edina, Minnesota Graduated Grace Cumming 43 F 6'3" Redshirt sophomore Des Moines, Iowa Medically retired from basketball

Arrivals Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous school Notes Aminata Zie 11 F/C 6'1" Redshirt sophomore Paris, France Western Nebraska CC Previously also played at Stony Brook Destinee Oberg 13 C 6'3" Senior Burnsville, Minnesota Arkansas Isabelle Gradwell 14 G/F 6'1" Graduate student Marshalltown, Iowa Cleveland State Angelina Hammond 15 G/F 5'11" Graduate student Hopkins, Minnesota Miami Dade College Previously also played at Siena and Southeastern Mi'Cole Cayton 21 G 5'9" Graduate student Stockton, California Nebraska Previously also played at California

2022 recruiting class The Gophers signed four players from the state of Minnesota for their 2022 class. They signed their highest-rated recruiting class in program history, and were considered to be a top ten class in the nation.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

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