| 2022–23NC State Wolfpack women's basketball | |
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NCAA tournament, First Round | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Record | 20–12 (9–9 ACC) |
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| Home arena | Reynolds Coliseum |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 10тNotre Dame | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 27 | – | 6 | .818 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 13Duke | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4Virginia Tech † | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 31 | – | 4 | .886 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Louisville | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 26 | – | 12 | .684 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida State | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 13 | .629 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20North Carolina | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NC State | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 19 | – | 16 | .543 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 16 | – | 17 | .485 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 17 | – | 17 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2023 ACC tournament winner As of March 27, 2023 Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2022–23 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team representedNorth Carolina State University during the2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack were led by tenth-year head coachWes Moore and played their home games atReynolds Coliseum as members of theAtlantic Coast Conference.
The Wolfpack finished the season 20–12 overall and 9–9 inACC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As the eighth seed in theACC tournament, they earned a bye to the Second round where they defeated ninth seedSyracuse, then lost to first seedNotre Dame in the Quarterfinals. They earned an at-large bid to theNCAA tournament where they were the seventh seed in theGreenville 2 Region. They were upset by ten-seedPrinceton in the First round to end their season.
The Wolfpack finished the season 32–4 overall and 17–1 inACC play to finish as regular season champions. As the first seed in theACC tournament, they earned a bye to the Quarterfinals where they defeated ninth seedFlorida State, then they defeated fifth seedVirginia Tech in the Semifinals, and they won the Final versus seven seedMiami to win their third straight tournament title. As champions, they earned the ACC's automatic bid to theNCAA tournament where they were the first seed in theBridgeport Region. They defeated sixteen seedLongwood in the First Round, ninth seedKansas State in the Second Round, and fifth seedNotre Dame in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to second seedUConn in the Elite Eight to end their season.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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| Genesis Bryant | 1 | G | 5'6" | Sophomore | Jonesboro, Georgia | Transferred toIllinois[1] |
| Raina Perez | 2 | G | 5'4" | Graduate Student | Goodyear, Arizona | Graduated |
| Kai Crutchfield | 3 | G | 5'9" | Graduate Student | Raleigh, North Carolina | Graduated |
| Kendal Moore | 15 | G | 5'6" | Junior | Fayetteville, North Carolina | Entered Transfer Portal[2] |
| Kayla Jones | 25 | F | 6'1" | Graduate Student | Jamesville, North Carolina | Graduated; Selected 22nd overall in the2022 WNBA draft[3] |
| Elissa Cunane | 33 | C | 6'5" | Senior | Summerfield, North Carolina | Graduated; Selected 17th overall in the2022 WNBA draft[3] |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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| River Baldwin | 1 | C | 6'5" | Graduate Student | Andalusia, Alabama | Florida State[4] |
| Mimi Collins | 2 | F | 6'3" | Graduate Student | Waldorf, Maryland | Maryland[5] |
| Saniya Rivers | 22 | G | 6'1" | Sophomore | Wilmington, North Carolina | South Carolina[6] |
NC State did not have any Freshman join the team in the 2022–23 season.[7]
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| November 3, 2022* 7:00 p.m. | No. 10 | UNC Pembroke | W 81–22 | – | Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| Non-Conference Regular season | |||||||||||
| November 7, 2022* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 10 | Quinnipiac | W 82–45 | 1–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (4,264) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| November 10, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 10 | Elon | W 89–55 | 2–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (4,083) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| November 13, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 10 | Mount St. Mary's | W 86–38 | 3–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (4,373) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| November 16, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 10 | Charlotte | W 96–48 | 4–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (4,428) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| November 20, 2022* 1:00 p.m., FS1 | No. 10 | at No. 5 Connecticut | L 69–91 | 4–1 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,359) Storrs, CT | ||||||
| November 24, 2022* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops | No. 13 | vs. Vanderbilt Cancún Challenge | W 82–73 | 5–1 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (161) Cancún, Mexico | ||||||
| November 25, 2022* 4:00 p.m., FloHoops | No. 13 | vs. West Virginia Cancún Challenge | W 78–40 | 6–1 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (107) Cancún, Mexico | ||||||
| December 1, 2022* 8:30 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 12 | at No. 10 Iowa ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 94–81 | 7–1 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,250) Iowa City, IA | ||||||
| December 5, 2022* 8:00 p.m., SECN | No. 8 | at Georgia | W 65–54 | 8–1 | Stegeman Coliseum (2,048) Athens, GA | ||||||
| December 11, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 8 | South Florida | W 65–57 | 9–1 | Reynolds Coliseum (5,269) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| December 15, 2022* 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 8 | Davidson | W 81–47 | 10–1 | Reynolds Coliseum (4,023) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| ACC Regular season | |||||||||||
| December 18, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 8 | Clemson | W 77–59 | 11–1 (1–0) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| December 29, 2022 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 6 | Duke | L 58–72 | 11–2 (1–1) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| January 1, 2023 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 6 | at Syracuse | W 56–54 | 12–2 (2–1) | Carrier Dome (1,994) Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| January 5, 2023 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | No. 10 | Boston College | L 71–79 | 12–3 (2–2) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,145) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| January 8, 2023 7:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 10 | Virginia | W 87–62 | 13–3 (3–2) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| January 12, 2023 6:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 11 | at Florida State | L 72–91 | 13–4 (3–3) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,014) Tallahassee, FL | ||||||
| January 15, 2023 3:30 p.m., ESPN | No. 11 | at No. 22 North Carolina Rivalry | L 47–56 | 13–5 (3–4) | Carmichael Arena (6,319) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| January 19, 2023 6:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 20 | Miami (FL) | W 71–61 | 14–5 (4–4) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| January 22, 2023 1:00 p.m., ABC | No. 20 | at Louisville | W 63–51 | 15–5 (5–4) | KFC Yum! Center (11,175) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| January 29, 2023 3:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 20 | No. 7 Notre Dame | W 69–65 | 16–5 (6–4) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| February 2, 2023 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 15 | at Georgia Tech | L 62–68 | 16–6 (6–5) | McCamish Pavilion (1,653) Atlanta, GA | ||||||
| February 6, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 22 | No. 11 Virginia Tech Play4Kay | L 61–73 | 16–7 (6–6) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| February 9, 2023 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 22 | at Wake Forest | W 51–42 | 17–7 (7–6) | LJVM Coliseum (957) Winston-Salem, NC | ||||||
| February 12, 2023 12:00 p.m., ACCRSN | No. 22 | at Virginia | L 59–71 | 17–8 (7–7) | John Paul Jones Arena (3,700) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
| February 16, 2023 8:00 p.m., ACCN | No. 19 North Carolina | W 77–66 OT | 18–8 (8–7) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC | |||||||
| February 19, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPN2 | at No. 11 Virginia Tech | L 62–75 | 18–9 (8–8) | Cassell Coliseum (6,413) Blacksburg, VA | |||||||
| February 23, 2023 8:00 p.m., ACCN | at No. 11 Duke | L 62–77 | 18–10 (8–9) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,139) Durham, NC | |||||||
| February 26, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | Pittsburgh | W 68–63 | 19–10 (9–9) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC | |||||||
| ACC Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 2, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCN | (8) | vs. (9) Syracuse Second round | W 83–58 | 20–10 | Greensboro Coliseum (4,177) Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| March 3, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCN | (8) | vs. (1) No. 10 Notre Dame Quarterfinals | L 60–66 | 20–11 | Greensboro Coliseum (6,151) Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 17, 2023* 10:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (7 G2) | vs. (10 G2) Princeton First round | L 63–64 | 20–12 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (7,130) Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||
| Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
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| AP | 10 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 8т | 8 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 22 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | N/A |
| Coaches | 8 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
Note: The AP does not release a final poll.
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| (NR) | Not Ranked |