The 2022–23 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish were led by third-year head coach Niele Ivey, and played their home games at Purcell Pavilion as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Fighting Irish finished the season 27–6 overall and 15–3 in ACC play, to finish as conference champions. This was their seventh regular season championship, and their first since 2018–19. As the first seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eighth seed NC State in the quarterfinals before losing to fourth seed Louisville in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, and were the third seed in the Greenville 1 Region. They defeated fourteenth seed Southern Utah in the first round and eleventh seed Mississippi State in the second round, before losing to second seed Maryland in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season. Their postseason performance was impacted by an injury to Olivia Miles, who was an All-ACC First Team selection.
Previous season
The Fighting Irish finished the season 24–10 overall and 13–5 in ACC play, to finish in a three-way tie for third place. As the third seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated sixth seed Georgia Tech in the quarterfinals before losing to seventh seed Miami in the semifinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament and were the fifth seed in the Bridgeport Region. They defeated twelfth seed UMass in the first round and fourth seed Oklahoma in the second round, before losing to NC State in the Sweet Sixteen to end their season.
Offseason
Departures Departures Maya Dodson 0 F 6'3" Graduate student Alpharetta, Georgia Graduated; drafted 26th overall in the 2022 WNBA draft Katlyn Gilbert 10 G 5'10" Senior Indianapolis, Indiana Graduated; Transferred to Missouri Abby Prohaska 12 G 5'10" Senior Liberty Township, Ohio Graduated; Transferred to San Diego State Anaya Peoples 21 G 5'10" Junior Danville, Illinois Transferred to DePaul Sam Brunelle 33 F 6'2" Junior Ruckersville, Virginia Transferred to Virginia
Incoming transfers
Incoming transfers Jenna Brown 0 G 5'10" Graduate student Atlanta, Georgia Stanford Lauren Zwetizg 20 G 5'9" Junior Fort Collins, Colorado Haverford Kylee Watson 22 F 6'4" Junior Linwood, New Jersey Oregon Lauren Ebo 33 C 6'4" Graduate student Washington, D.C. Texas
2022 recruiting class Source:
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=6 style=| Regular season
!colspan=6 style=| ACC Women's Tournament
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Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP 9 9 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 7 7 7 9 10 10 10 10 11 10т N/A Coaches 10 11 7 7 5 5 5 5 4 7 7 7 8 10 10 10 10 10 11 11
Note: The AP does not release a final poll.
+ Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked in previous week (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
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