2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season

2022–23 Pac–12 women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	12
TV partner(s)	ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU, Pac-12 Network
Regular season
Pac-12 tournament
Champions	Washington State
Runners-up	UCLA
Tournament MVP	Charlisse Leger-Walker

2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Utah	15	–	3		.833			27	–	5		.844
No. 5 Stanford	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 21 Colorado	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
No. 14 UCLA	11	–	7		.611			27	–	10		.730
No. 25 Arizona	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
USC	11	–	7		.611			21	–	10		.677
No. 23 Washington State †	9	–	9		.500			23	–	11		.676
Oregon	7	–	11		.389			20	–	15		.571
Washington	7	–	11		.389			19	–	15		.559
California	4	–	14		.222			13	–	17		.433
Oregon State	4	–	14		.222			13	–	18		.419
Arizona State	1	–	17		.056			8	–	20		.286
† 2023 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of December 19, 2024 Rankings from AP poll

The 2022–23 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball season will begin with practices in October followed by the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season which will start in November 2022. Conference play will begin in December 2022. This will be 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 will take place in March 2023 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, Nevada.

Pre-season

Recruiting classes

Rankings

Team	ESPN[1]	Signees
Arizona	No. 6	4
Arizona State	No. 73	1
California	No. 38	1
Colorado	No. 58	4
Oregon	No. 4	4
Oregon State	No. 5	2
Stanford	No. 2	3
UCLA	No. 3	4
USC	No. 26	1
Utah	No. 56	3
Washington	No. 15	3
Washington State	No. 81	1

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden[2]	Naismith[3]	Lieberman[4]	Drysdale[5]	Miller[6]	McClain[7]	Leslie[8]	Wade [9]
Francesca Belibi							Y
Lauren Betts							Y
Cameron Brink	Y	Y				Y		Y
Gina Conti			Y
Jayda Curry		Y
Emma Grothaus							Y
Haley Jones	Y	Y			Y			Y
Gianna Kneepkens		Y			Y
Jade Loville		Y		Y
Esmery Martinez						Y
Bella Murekatete							Y
Charisma Osborne	Y	Y		Y
Te-Hina Paopao	Y	Y	Y
Alissa Pili						Y
Sedona Prince							Y
Cate Reese	Y	Y				Y
Charlisse Leger-Walker	Y			Y
Quay Walker							Y

Preseason polls

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season § Pre-season polls

AP Ranking Team 2 Stanford 19 Arizona 20 Oregon

USA Today Coaches Ranking Team 2 Stanford 19 Arizona 20 Oregon

Pac-12 Media days

The Pac-12 will conduct its 2022 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 25, 2022 (Pac-12 Network).[10]

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:[11]

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

Further information: List of All-Pac-12 Conference women's basketball teams

Name	School	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.[12]

Source:[13]

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden	Naismith	Liberman	Drysdale	Miller	McClain	Leslie	Wade
Cameron Brink	Y
Haley Jones	Y
Charisma Osborne	Y

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Wooden	Naismith	Liberman	Drysdale	Miller	McClain	Leslie	Wade

Regular season

The Schedule will be 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 ESPN Inc. family of networks including ABC, ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNU, and the Pac-12 Network.

Early season tournaments

Team	Tournament	Finish
Arizona	USD Thanksgiving Classic	1st
Arizona State	Goombay Spalsh	2nd
California	LMU Thanksgiving Tournament	1st
Colorado	Preseason WNIT	3rd
Oregon	Phil Knight Invitational	3rd
Oregon State	Phil Knight Legacy	4th
Stanford	Rainbow Wahine Showdown	1st
UCLA	Battle 4 Atlantis	1st
USC	None	None
Utah	BahMar Hoops Pink Flamingo	1st
Washington	Las Vegas Tournament	2nd
Washington State	Northshore 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 Conferences Record ACC 0–3 Big East 3–0 Big Ten 2–2 Big 12 2–3 SEC 4–4 Power Conferences Total 11–12 Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences Record American 0–0 America East 0–0 A-10 0–0 ASUN 0–0 Big Sky 0–0 Big South 0–0 Big West 0–0 CAA 0–0 C-USA 0–0 Horizon 0–0 Ivy League 0–0 MAAC 0–0 MAC 0–0 MEAC 0–0 MVC 0–0 Mountain West 0–0 NEC 0–0 OVC 0–0 Patriot League 0–0 SoCon 0–0 Southland 0–0 SWAC 0–0 The Summit 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 WAC 0–0 WCC 0–0 Other Division I Total 0–0 NCAA Division I Total 0–0

Post Season Power Conferences Record ACC 0–0 Big East 0–0 Big Ten 0–0 Big 12 0–0 SEC 0–0 Power Conferences Total 0–0 Other NCAA Division 1 Conferences Record American 0–0 America East 0–0 A-10 0–0 ASUN 0–0 Big Sky 0–0 Big South 0–0 Big West 0–0 CAA 0–0 C-USA 0–0 Horizon 0–0 Ivy League 0–0 MAAC 0–0 MAC 0–0 MEAC 0–0 MVC 0–0 Mountain West 0–0 NEC 0–0 OVC 0–0 Patriot League 0–0 SoCon 0–0 Southland 0–0 SWAC 0–0 The Summit 0–0 Sun Belt 0–0 WAC 0–0 WCC 0–0 Other 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 will debut 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 will incorporate 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.[14] 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.

	Arizona	Arizona State	California	Colorado	Oregon	Oregon State	Stanford	UCLA	USC	Utah	Washington	Washington State
vs. Arizona	–	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	1–0
vs. Arizona State	2–0	–	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0	2–0	1–0	1–0
vs. California	2–0	0–2	–	2–0	1–0	0–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–0	1–0
vs. Colorado	1–1	0–2	0–2	–	0–1	0–1	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–1	0–2	0–2
vs. 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	0–1
vs. 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	0–2
vs. Utah	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–1	0–1	1–1	0–1	0–1	–	0–2	0–2
vs. 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

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

Through February 27, 2023[15]

Rankings

See also: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

		Improvement in ranking
		Drop in ranking
RV		Received votes but were not ranked in Top 25
NV		No votes received

Team	Poll	Pre	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Wk 17	Wk 18	Wk 19	Final
Arizona	AP	19	18	15	14	12	20	18	18	15	14	19	19	22	17	18	14	21
	C	19	18	14	13	12	17	16	15	13	10	15	14	20	15	18	14	20
Arizona State	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
California	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Colorado	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	24	25	RV	25	21	21	20
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	21	22	21
Oregon	AP	20	21	18	19	17	16	16	17	18	21	23	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	20	19	18	19	17	15	15	16	17	18	21	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Oregon State	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	RV	RV	NV	RV	NV	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Stanford	AP	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	4	3	2	6	3	3	6
	C	2 (1)	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	2	2	5	3	3	5
UCLA	AP	RV	RV	20	15	13	10	11	10	12	8	9	9	14	18	16	17	19
	C	RV	RV	21	17	15	14	14	13	15	14	13	13	16	17	16	16	16
USC	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	NV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV
Utah	AP	RV	25	17	16	15	13	12	11	8	10	8	9	7	7	4	8	3
	C	RV	24	19	16	14	13	12	11	8	8	9	9	7	7	5	7	4
Washington	AP	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
Washington State	AP	NV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV
	C	RV	RV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV	NV

Head coaches

Coaching changes

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Pac-12 records are from time at current school.

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Seasons at school	Record at school	Pac-12 record	Pac-12 titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Arizona	Adia Barnes	Washington (assistant)	7th	110–74 (.598)	49–56 (.467)	0	2	1	0
Arizona State	Natasha Adair	Delaware	1st	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	0	0	0	0
California	Charmin Smith	New York Liberty (assistant)	4th	24–47 (.338)	6–37 (.140)	0	0	0	0
Colorado	JR Payne	Santa Clara	7th	92–83 (.526)	38–66 (.365)	0	1	0	0
Oregon	Kelly Graves	Gonzaga	9th	191–73 (.723)	93–49 (.655)	3	5	1	0
Oregon State	Scott Rueck	George Fox	13th	256–126 (.665)	127–79 (.617)	3	7	1	0
Stanford	Tara VanDerveer	Ohio State	37th	1,005–208 (.829)	548–91 (.858)	25	33	13	3
UCLA	Cori Close	Florida State (AHC)	12th	231–122 (.673)	123–71 (.634)	0	6	0	0
USC	Lindsay Gottlieb	Cleveland Cavaliers (assistant)	2nd	12–16 (.429)	5–12 (.294)	0	8	0	0
Utah	Lynne Roberts	Pacific	8th	112–99 (.531)	48–76 (.387)	0	1	0	0
Washington	Tina Langley	Rice	2nd	7–16 (.304)	2–12 (.143)	0	0	0	0
Washington State	Kamie Ethridge	Northern Colorado	5th	51–64 (.443)	28–44 (.389)	0	2	0	0

Notes:

• Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2022–23 season.
• NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
• NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Post season

Pac-12 tournament

Main article: 2023 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament

The conference tournament will be played in March 2023 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, NV. The top four teams will have a bye on the first day. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

	First round Wednesday, March 1 P12N					Quarterfinals Thursday, March 2 P12N					Semifinals Friday, March 3 P12N					Championship Game Sunday, March 5 ESPN2
						4	#21 Arizona	59
						5	#19 UCLA	73
	5	#19 UCLA	81*
	12	Arizona State	70
											5	#19 UCLA	69
											1	#6 Stanford	65
						1	#6 Stanford	76
						9	Oregon	65
	8	Washington	50
	9	Oregon	52
																5	#19 UCLA	61
																7	Washington State	65
						2	#3 Utah	58
						7	Washington State	66
	7	Washington State	61
	10	California	49
											7	Washington State	61
											3	#20 Colorado	49
						3	#20 Colorado	62
						11	Oregon State	54
	6	USC	48
	11	Oregon State	56

Note: * denotes overtime

Pac-12 All-Tournament team

• MVP: Charlisse Leger-Walker, Washington State
• Bella Murekatete, Washington State
• Cameron Brink, Stanford
• Emily Bessoir (11 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast), UCLA
• Charisma Osborne (19 pts, 6-7 FT, 3 ast), UCLA
• Kiki Rice (13 pts, 3 reb), UCLA

Hall of Honor

The 2023 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor was honored on March 3 during the 2023 Women's Tournament during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. The 2023 class was the first ever all-female class inducted into the Hall of Honor in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. The class includes:[16]

• Susie Parra (Arizona Softball)
• Jackie Johnson-Powell (Arizona State Women's Track & Field)
• Dr. Luella Lilly (California Athletic Director)
• Ceal Barry (Colorado Women's Basketball Coach & Administrator)
• Janie Takeda Reed (Oregon Softball)
• Dr. Mary Budke (Oregon State Women's Golf)
• Jessica Mendoza (Stanford Softball)
• Natalie Williams (UCLA Women's Basketball & Volleyball)
• Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (USC Women's Tennis)
• Kim Gaucher (Utah Women's Basketball)
• Danielle Lawrie (Washington Softball)
• Sarah Silvernail (Washington State Women's Volleyball)

NCAA tournament

Main article: 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament

Teams from the conference that will be selected to participate:

Seed	Region	School	First round	Second round	Sweet Sixteen	Elite Eight	Final Four	Championship
No. 1	Seattle Regional 4	Stanford	No. 16 Sacred Heart 92−49	No. 8 Ole Miss 49−53	-	-	-	-
No. 2	Greenville Regional 2	Utah	No. 15 Gardner–Webb 103−77	No. 10 Princeton 63−56	No. 3 LSU 63−66	-	-	-
No. 4	Greenville Regional 1	UCLA	No. 13 Sacramento State 67–45	No. 5 Oklahoma 82–73	No. 1 South Carolina 43–59
No. 5	Greenville Regional 2	Washington State	No. 12 Florida Gulf Coast 63–74	-	-	-	-	-
No. 6	Seattle Regional 4	Colorado	No. 11 Middle Tennessee 82−60	No. 3 Duke 61−53^OT	No. 2 Iowa 77−87	-	-	-
No. 7	Greensville Regional 1	Arizona	No. 10 West Virginia 75–62	No. 2 Maryland 64–77	-	-	-	-
No. 8	Seattle Regional 3	USC	No. 9 South Dakota State 57−62^OT	-	-	-	-	-
	Bids 7	W-L (%):	5–2 (.714)	3–2 (.600)	0–3 (.000)	0–0 (–)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 8–7 (.533)

Women's National Invitation Tournament

Members from the conference that will be selected to participate:

Main article: 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament

Seed	Bracket	School	First round	Second round	Third round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals
		Oregon	North Dakota State 96–57	Rice 78–53	San Diego 81–61	Washington 59–63	-	-
		Washington	San Francisco 61−46	New Mexico 67−56	Kansas State 55–48	Oregon 63–59	Kansas
	Bid	W-L (%):	2–0 (1.000)	2–0 (1.000)	2–0 (1.000)	1–1 (.500)	0–0 (–)	TOTAL: 7–1 (.875)

Index to colors and formatting
Pac-12 member won
Pac-12 member lost

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the regular season, the Pac-12 offices will honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.[17]

Week	Player of the Week	School	Freshman of the Week	School	Ref.
Nov. 14	Charlisse Leger-Walker	Washington State	Grace VanSlooten	Oregon	[18]
Nov. 21	Charisma Osborne	UCLA	Raegan Beers	Oregon State	[19]
Nov. 28	Alissa Pili	Utah	Kailyn Gilbert	Arizona	[20]
Dec. 5	Charisma Osborne (2)	UCLA	Kiki Rice	UCLA	[21]
Dec. 12	Endyia Rogers	Oregon	Christeen Iwuala	UCLA	[22]
Dec. 19	Cameron Brink	Stanford	Grace VanSlooten (2)	Oregon	[23]
Dec. 26	Grace VanSlooten	Oregon	Grace VanSlooten (3)	Oregon	[24]
Jan. 2	Rayah Marshall	USC	Raegan Beers (2)	Oregon State	[25]
Jan. 9	Cameron Brink (2)	Stanford	Raegan Beers (3)	Oregon State	[26]
Jan. 16	Destiny Littleton	USC	Chance Gray	Oregon	[27]
Jan. 23	Haley Jones	Stanford	Timea Gardiner	Oregon State	[28]
Jan. 30	Cameron Brink (3)	Stanford	Grace VanSlooten (4)	Oregon	[29]
Feb. 6	Alissa Pili (2)	Utah	Elle Ladine	Washington	[30]
Feb. 13	Jaylyn Sherrod	Colorado	Lauren Betts	Stanford	[31]
Feb. 20	Shaina Pellington	Arizona	Londynn Jones	UCLA	[32]
Feb. 27	Te-Hina Paopao	Oregon	Raegan Beers (4)	Oregon State	[33]

Totals per School

School	Total
Oregon	8
UCLA	6
Oregon State	5
Stanford	5
Arizona	2
USC	2
Colorado	1
Utah	1
Washington	1
Washington State	1
Arizona State	0
California	0

All-Americans

Main article: 2023 NCAA Women's Basketball All-Americans

All-District

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:

District VIII

All-District Team

District IX

Player of the Year

All-District Team

Conference awards

The Pac-12 presents two separate sets of major awards—one voted on by conference coaches and the other by media.

Individual awards

Sources:[34]

Coaches

2023 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Alissa Pili Jr., Utah
Coach of the Year	Lynne Roberts, Utah
Defensive Player of the Year	Cameron Brink Jr., Stanford
Freshman of the Year	Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State
Scholar-Athlete of the Year	Hannah Jump Sr., Stanford
Most Improved Player of the Year	Shaina Pellington, G-Sr., Arizona & Aaronette Vonleh, So., Colorado
Sixth Player of the Year	Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State

Media Sources:[35]

2023 Pac-12 Women's Basketball Individual Awards
Award	Recipient(s)
Player of the Year	Alissa Pili Jr., Utah
Coach of the Year	Lynne Roberts, Utah
Defensive Player of the Year	Cameron Brink Jr., Stanford
Freshman of the Year	Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State
Most Improved Player of the Year	Alissa Pili Jr., Utah
Sixth Player of the Year	Raegan Beers, Fr., Oregon State

All-Pac-12

Further information: List of All-Pac-12 Conference women's basketball teams

First Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.	Hometown (Last School)
Raegan Beers	Oregon State	F	Fr.	Littleton, Colo. (Valor Christian)
Cameron Brink††	Stanford	F	Jr.	Beaverton, Ore. (Mountainside HS)
Haley Jones†††	Stanford	G	Sr.	Santa Cruz, Calif. (Archbishop Mitty)
Hannah Jump	Stanford	G	Sr.	San Jose, Calif. (Pinewood HS)
Gianna Kneepkens††	Utah	G	So.	Duluth, Minn. (Duluth Marshall HS)
Charlisse Leger-Walker†††	Washington State	G	Jr.	Waikato, New Zealand (St. Peter's School Cambridge)
Destiny Littleton	USC	G	Gr.	San Diego, Calif. (The Bishop's School)
Rayah Marshall	USC	G/F	So.	Los Angeles, Calif. (Lynwood HS)
Quay Miller	Colorado	C	Sr.	Renton, Wash. (Kentridge HS)
Charisma Osborne†††	UCLA	G	Sr.	Moreno Valley, Calif. (Windward School)
Shaina Pellington	Arizona	G	5th	Pickering, Ontario (Dunbarton)
Alissa Pili††‡	Utah	F	Jr.	Anchorage, Alaska (USC)
Cate Reese††††	Arizona	F	5th	Cypress, Texas (Cypress Woods HS)
Endyia Rogers†††	Oregon	G	Sr.	Dallas, Texas (Bishop Lynch HS)
Jaylyn Sherrod	Colorado	G	Sr.	Birmingham, Ala. (Ramsay HS)
Kadi Sissoko	USC	F	Gr.	Paris, France (Marcelin Berthelot)

• ‡ Pac-12 Player of the Year
• †††† four-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
• ††† three-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
• †† two-time All-Pac-12 First Team honoree
• † two-time All-Pac-12 honoree

Honorable Mention

Jayda Curry, CAL; Dalayah Daniels; WASH; Frida Formann, COLO; Jenna Johnson, UTAH; Esmery Martinez, ARIZ; Leilani McIntosh, CAL; Kennady McQueen, UTAH; Bella Murekatete, WSU; Te-Hina Paopao, ORE; Lauren Schwartz, WASH; Tyi Skinner, ASU; Haley Van Dyke, WASH; Grace VanSlooten, ORE; Aaronette Vonleh, COLO; Talia von Oelhoffen, OSU

All-Freshman Team

Name	School	Pos.	Hometown
Raegan Beers	Oregon State	F	Littleton, Colo.
Chance Gray	Oregon	G	Cincinnati, Ohio
Londynn Jones	UCLA	G	Riverside, Calif.
Kiki Rice	UCLA	G	Bethesda, Md.
Grace VanSlooten	Oregon	F	Toledo, Ohio

† Pac-12 Player of the Year ‡ Pac-12 Freshman of the Year

Honorable Mention

Lauren Betts, STAN; Timea Gardiner, OSU; Elle Ladine, WASH; Talana Lepolo, STAN; Astera Tuhina, WSU

All-Defensive Team

Name	School	Pos.	Yr.
Cameron Brink††	Stanford	F	Jr.
Rayah Marshall	USC	G/F	So.
Shaina Pellington	Arizona	G	5th
Helena Pueyo	Arizona	G	Sr.
Jaylyn Sherrod††	Colorado	G	Sr.

• † Pac-12 Player of the Year
• ‡Pac-12 Defensive Player of the Year
• †† two-time Pac-12 All-Defensive Team honoree

Honorable Mention

Okako Adika, USC; Chance Gray, ORE; Charlisse Leger-Walker, WSU; Jelena Mitrovic, OSU; Jayda Noble, WASH; Charisma Osborne, UCLA; Jaddan Simmons, ASU; Kayla Williams, USC

Scholar Athlete of the year

The Pac-12 moved to seasonal Academic Honor Rolls, discontinuing sport-by-sport teams, starting in 2019–20

Name	School	Pos.	Ht.	GPA	Major
Hannah Jump	Stanford	G	6−0	3.75	Psychology

National awards

2022–23 Season statistic leaders

Scoring leaders Rk Player PTS PPG 1 Alissa Pili 557 20.6 2 Charlisse Leger-Walker 513 19.0 3 Tyi Skinner 449 18.0 4 Charisma Osborne 467 16.1 5 Talia Von oelhoffen 375 15.6

Rebound leaders Rk Player REB RPG 1 Rayah Marshall 298 11.5 2 Phillipina Kyei 320 11.0 3 Cameron Brink 291 9.4 4 Haley Jones 277 8.9 5 Quay Miller 253 8.7

Field goal leaders (avg 5 fga/gm) Rk Player FG FGA PCT 1 Alissa Pili 223 372 59.9% 2 Raegan Beers 137 237 57.8% 3 Aaronette Vonleh 153 265 57.7% 4 Shaina Pellington 142 262 54.2% 5 Phillipina Kyei 90 166 54.2%

Assist leaders Rk Player AST APG 1 Jaylyn Sherrod 139 5.0 2 Charlisse Leger-Walker 111 4.4 3 Haley Jones 124 4.0 4 Endyia Rogers 113 3.9 5 Shaina Pellington 100 3.7

Block leaders Rk Player BLK BPG 1 Cameron Brink 109 3.5 2 Rayah Marshall 89 3.4 3 Jelena Mitrovic 42 1.5 4 Tara Wallack 39 1.3 5 Phillipina Kyei 38 1.3

Free throw leaders Rk Player FT FTA PCT 1 Londynn Jones 60 68 88.2% 2 Isabel Palmer 56 64 87.5% 3 Destiny Littleton 118 135 87.4% 4 Charlisse Leger-Walker 77 91 84.2% 5 Talia Von Oelhoffen 64 76 83.0%

Steal leaders Rk Player STL SPG 1 Jaylyn Sherrod 66 2.4 2 Helena Pueyo 67 2.3 3 Shaina Pellington 51 1.9 4 Jaddan Simmons 49 1.9 5 Jayda Noble 47 1.8

Three point leaders Rk Player 3P 3PA % 1 Adlee Blacklock 28 60 46.7% 2 Alissa Pili 27 59 45.8% 3 Hannah Jump 92 207 44.4% 4 Alyson Miura 21 48 43.8% 5 Okako Adika 41 97 42.3%

Team statistic rankings

2023 WNBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	Team	School/club team
−	−				−

Home game attendance

Team	Stadium	Capacity	Game 1	Game 2	Game 3	Game 4	Game 5	Game 6	Game 7	Game 8	Game 9	Game 10	Game 11	Game 12	Game 13	Game 14	Game 15	Game 16	Game 17	Game 18	Total	Average	% of Capacity
Arizona	McKale Center	14,644	6,809	6,653	7,206	6,898	7,381	6,577	9,495	7,182	7,963	7,884	7,494	9,868†	7,268	8,238	8,267				115,183	7,199	50.62%
Arizona State	Desert Financial Arena	14,100	6,304†	2,565	1,762	3,221	1,577	1,876	1,486	3,508	2,349	1,851	2,185	1,759	2,793	2,393					35,629	2,545	18.04%
California	Haas Pavilion	11,858	724	1,023	894	894	678	655	671	605	842	3,442†	2,394	1,332	1,005	1,017	1,606	1,932			19,714	1,232	10.39%
Colorado	Coors Events Center	11,064	479	1,115	1,248	511	573	546	1,575	1,974	2,227	2,377	2,055	2,148	2,963	3,452†					23,243	1,660	15.00%
Oregon	Matthew Knight Arena	12,364	5,661	6,175	6,128	5,892	6,990†	5,584	5,827	6,726	6,031	6,497	6,900	5,919	6,289	6,173	6,757				93,549	6,237	50.44%
Oregon State	Gill Coliseum	9,604	3,663	3,512	3,310	3,339	9,604†	3,429	3,477	3,769	3,546	4,039	4,122	5,975	4,557	4,338	3,711	4,357			68,748	4,297	44.73%
Stanford	Maples Pavilion	7,233	3,012	2,421	2,469	7,287†	2,603	3,731	4,480	2,988	3,970	2,810	3,824	3,442	3,730	4,122	3,890	5,133	6,343	5,813	72,068	4,004	55.35%
UCLA	Pauley Pavilion	13,800	0	3,918	2,248	2,455	2,480	2,473	2,163	0	6,855†	4,317	3,482	3,462	2,935	3,629	2,825	4,375			47,617	2,976	21.56%
USC	Galen Center	10,258	818	561	689	316	228	258	259	3,109†	304	1,031	2,418	801	1,356	1,126	674	842	2,832		17,622	1,037	10.10%
Utah	Jon M. Huntsman Center	15,000	1,058	1,483	1,386	2,521	1,894	2,162	2,109	2,915	3,251	3,211	3,725	3,268	3,755	9,611†					42,349	3,025	20.16%
Washington	Alaska Airlines Arena	10,000	1,513	1,943	1,362	3,859	1,686	1,660	2,753	1,493	1,291	2,318	2,286	2,265	2,543	3,496	4,317†	2,192	3,475		40,452	2,380	23.80%
Washington State	Beasley Coliseum	11,671	321	730	630	792	553	887	680	1,057	956	986	1,128	1,345	1,061	1,500					12,626	902	7.72%
Total		11,835																			555,159	3,017	25.49%

Bold – At or exceed capacity
†Season high

See also

• 2022–23 Pac-12 Conference men's basketball season

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