The 2022–23 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by seventh-year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the CU Events Center and compete as members of the Pac-12 Conference.
Previous season The Buffaloes finished the season 22–9, 9–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. As the fifth seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they defeated Washington in the first round, Arizona in the quarterfinals before losing to Stanford in the semifinals. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a 7th seed in the Greensboro Region, where they were upset by 10th seed Creighton in the first round.
The Buffaloes were the last undefeated DI women's college basketball in the 2021-22 season, losing their first game to #2 Stanford on January 14, 2022.
Offseason Departures Colorado departuresNameNumPos.HeightYearHometownReason for departure Leslia Finau 4 G 5'10" Senior Dublin, CA Graduated Kennedy Taylor 5 F 6'3" Freshman Shawnee Mission, KS Transferred to Missouri State Kylee Blacksten 13 G 6'3" Sophomore Colorado Springs, CO Transferred to West Virginia Maura Singer 20 C 6'4" Freshman Littleton, CO Retired from basketball due to a knee injury Mya Hollingshed 21 G/F 6'3" Senior Houston, TX Graduated/2022 WNBA draft; selected 8th overall by Las Vegas Aces Aubrey Knight 24 G 6'0" Senior Ventura, CA Graduated Sierna Tuitele 33 F 6'1" Senior Chico, CA Graduated
Incoming Colorado incoming transfersNameNumPos.HeightYearHometownPrevious school Aaronette Vonleh 21 C 6'3 Sophomore West Linn, OR Arizona
Recruiting There was no recruiting class of 2022.
Recruiting class of 2023
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=12 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.
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