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 Geelong, Australia Graduated Kayla Owens 1 G 6'1" RS Senior Houston, TX Graduated Kiara Jefferson 3 G 5'9" Senior Sacramento, CA Graduated Natalie Chou 23 G 6'1" Graduate Student Plano, TX Graduated IImar'I Thomas 24 F 5'10" Graduate Student Oakland, CA Graduated Jaelynn Penn 31 G 5'10" Graduate Student Louisville, KY Graduated Eliana Sigal 51 G 5'10" Senior Irvine, CA Walk-on; graduated
Recruiting
Recruiting class of 2023
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Regular Season
!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=|NCAA tournament
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Rankings
*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.
Awards and honors
February 20 – Londynn Jones named the Pac-12 Freshman of the Weekhttps://web.archive.org/web/20230220215019/https://pac-12.com/article/2023/02/20/pac-12-womens-basketball-performance-awards-presented-nextiva-feb-20-2023
All Pac-12 Conference honors Charisma Osborne (All Pac-12) Londynn Jones (All Freshman Team) Kiki Rice (All Freshman Team)
Pac-12 All-Tournament team Emily Bessoir (11 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast) Charisma Osborne (19 pts, 6-7 FT, 3 ast) Kiki Rice (13 pts, 3 reb)
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