| 2022–23LSU Tigers women's basketball | |
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| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 1 |
| AP | No. 9 |
| Record | 34–2 (15–1 SEC) |
| Head coach |
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| Associate head coach | Bob Starkey |
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| Home arena | Pete Maravich Assembly Center |
Seasons | |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 1South Carolina† | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 36 | – | 1 | .973 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 9LSU | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 34 | – | 2 | .944 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24Tennessee | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 25 | – | 12 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 25 | – | 9 | .735 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Mississippi State | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 22 | – | 11 | .667 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 22 | – | 12 | .647 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 20 | – | 11 | .645 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 24 | – | 13 | .649 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Missouri | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 18 | – | 14 | .563 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Texas A&M | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 9 | – | 20 | .310 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2023 SEC tournament winner As of April 2, 2023 Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2022–23 LSU Tigers women's basketball team representedLouisiana State University in the2022–23college basketball season. Led by second year head coachKim Mulkey, the team played their games atPete Maravich Assembly Center and are members of theSoutheastern Conference.[1][2] This team achieved numerous milestones for LSU women's basketball, including the team's first ever national championship and Final Four wins.[3][4]
TheTigers finished the season 26–6 (13–3 SEC) to finish second in the conference. They lost in the quarterfinals ofSEC women's tournament. They received an at-large bid to theNCAA women's tournament as a 3rd seed in the Spokane regional where they defeatedJackson State in the first round before losing toOhio State in the second round.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for departure |
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| Autumn Newby | 0 | F | 6'2" | Lawrenceville, GA | Graduated | |
| Jailin Cherry | 1 | G | 5'8" | Pascagoula, MS | Graduated | |
| Khayla Pointer | 3 | G | 5'7" | Marietta, GA | Graduated/2022 WNBA draft; selected 13th overall byLas Vegas Aces | |
| Ryann Payne | 10 | G | 5'7" | Senior | Valencia, CA | Quit the team to focus on academics[5] |
| Logyn McNeil | 13 | F | 6'3" | Freshman | Rockwall, TX | Transferred toHouston |
| Sarah Shematsi | 14 | G/F | 6'2" | Senior | Annecy, France | Graduate transferred toKansas State |
| Ajae Petty | 15 | F | 6'3" | Sophomore | Baltimore, MD | Transferred toKentucky |
| Timia Ware | 21 | G | 5'6" | Freshman | Chicago, IL | TBD |
| Faustine Aifuwa | 24 | C | 6'5" | Dacula, GA | Graduated/2022 WNBA draft; selected 35th overall byLas Vegas Aces | |
| Grace Hall | 30 | F | 6'1" | Freshman | Homewood, IL | Transferred toWabash Valley College |
| Awa Trasi | 32 | F | 6'1" | Toulouse, France | Graduated |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school |
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| LaDazhia Williams | 0 | F | 6'4" | GS Senior | Bradenton, FL | Missouri |
| Jasmine Carson | 2 | G | 5'10" | GS Senior | Memphis, TN | West Virginia |
| Angel Reese | 10 | F | 6'3" | Sophomore | Baltimore, MD | Maryland |
| Last-Tear Poa | 13 | G | 5'11" | Sophomore | Melbourne, Australia | Northwest Florida State College |
| Kateri Poole | 55 | G | 5'8" | Sophomore | Bronx, NY | Ohio State |
| Name | Hometown | School | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
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| Flau'jae Johnson G | Marietta, GA | Sprayberry HS | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A | ||
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| Sa'Myah Smith F | DeSoto, TX | DeSoto HS | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A | ||
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| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| October 27, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 16 | Mississippi College | W 88–35 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,385) Baton Rouge, LA | |||||||
| November 3, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 16 | Langston | W 121–46 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (1,254) Baton Rouge, LA | |||||||
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| November 7, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 16 | Bellarmine | W 125–50 | 1–0 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,109) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| November 11, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 16 | Mississippi Valley State | W 111–41 | 2–0 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,009) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| November 13, 2022* 3:00 p.m., SECN | No. 16 | Western Carolina | W 107–34 | 3–0 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,618) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| November 16, 2022* 11:00 a.m., SECN+ | No. 15 | Houston Christian | W 101–47 | 4–0 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (12,498) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| November 20, 2022* 2:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 15 | Northwestern State | W 100–45 | 5–0 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (5,318) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| November 24, 2022* 1:00 p.m. | No. 12 | vs. George Mason Goombay Splash | W 80–52 | 6–0 | Gateway Christian Academy (255) Bimini, Bahamas | ||||||
| November 26, 2022* 1:00 p.m., FloSports | No. 12 | vs. UAB Goombay Splash | W 99–64 | 7–0 | Gateway Christian Academy (259) Bimini, Bahamas | ||||||
| November 29, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 11 | Southeastern Louisiana | W 63–55 | 8–0 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,592) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| December 4, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 11 | at Tulane | W 85–72 | 9–0 | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,592) New Orleans, LA | ||||||
| December 14, 2022* 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 11 | Lamar | W 88–42 | 10–0 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (5,654) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| December 17, 2022* 10:00 p.m. | No. 11 | vs. Montana State Maui Classic | W 91–52 | 11–0 | South Maui Gymnasium Maui, HI | ||||||
| December 18, 2022* 10:00 p.m. | No. 11 | vs. Oregon State Maui Classic | W 87–55 | 12–0 | South Maui Gymnasium Maui, HI | ||||||
| SEC regular season | |||||||||||
| December 29, 2022 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 9 | at No. 24Arkansas | W 69–45 | 13–0 (1–0) | Bud Walton Arena (5,285) Fayetteville, AR | ||||||
| January 1, 2023 2:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 9 | Vanderbilt | W 88–63 | 14–0 (2–0) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (7,285) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| January 5, 2023 8:00 p.m., SECN | No. 7 | Texas A&M | W 74–34 | 15–0 (3–0) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (6,549) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| January 8, 2023 1:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 7 | at Kentucky | W 67–48 | 16–0 (4–0) | Memorial Coliseum (3,410) Lexington, KY | ||||||
| January 12, 2023 6:00 p.m., SECN | No. 5 | at Missouri | W 77–57 | 17–0 (5–0) | Mizzou Arena (2,791) Columbia, MO | ||||||
| January 15, 2023 2:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 5 | Auburn | W 84–54 | 18–0 (6–0) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (11,475) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| January 19, 2023 8:00 p.m., SECN | No. 3 | Arkansas | W 79–76 | 19–0 (7–0) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (7,293) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| January 23, 2023 6:00 p.m., SEC | No. 4 | at Alabama | W 89–51 | 20–0 (8–0) | Coleman Coliseum (2,586) Tuscaloosa, AL | ||||||
| January 30, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 3 | Tennessee | W 76–68 | 21–0 (9–0) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (15,157) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| February 2, 2023 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | No. 3 | Georgia | W 82–77 OT | 22–0 (10–0) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (8,716) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| February 5, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 3 | at Texas A&M | W 72–66 | 23–0 (11–0) | Reed Arena (6,482) College Station, TX | ||||||
| February 12, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN | No. 3 | at No. 1South Carolina | L 64–88 | 23–1 (11–1) | Colonial Life Arena (18,000) Columbia, SC | ||||||
| February 16, 2023 8:00 p.m., SECN | No. 5 | Ole Miss | W 69–60 | 24–1 (12–1) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (8,753) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| February 19, 2023 1:00 p.m., SECN | No. 5 | at Florida | W 90–79 | 25–1 (13–1) | O'Connell Center (3,498) Gainesville, FL | ||||||
| February 23, 2023 6:30 p.m., SECN+ | No. 5 | at Vanderbilt | W 82–63 | 26–1 (14–1) | Memorial Gymnasium (3,274) Nashville, TN | ||||||
| February 26, 2023 5:00 p.m., SECN | No. 5 | Mississippi State | W 74–59 | 27–1 (15–1) | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (15,721) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| SEC Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 3, 2023 5:00 p.m., SECN | (2)No. 4 | vs. (7) Georgia Quarterfinals | W 83–66 | 28–1 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC | ||||||
| March 4, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPNU | (2)No. 4 | vs. (3) Tennessee Semifinals | L 67–69 | 28–2 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena (10,471) Greenville, SC | ||||||
| NCAA Tournament | |||||||||||
| March 17, 2023* 4:30 p.m., ESPN2 | (3 G2)No. 9 | (14 G2) Hawaiʻi First round | W 73–50 | 29–2 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (8,608) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| March 19, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN | (3 G2)No. 9 | (6 G2) No. 18 Michigan Second round | W 66–42 | 30–2 | Pete Maravich Assembly Center (10,108) Baton Rouge, LA | ||||||
| March 24, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN | (3 G2)No. 9 | vs. (2 G2) No. 8 Utah Sweet Sixteen | W 66–63 | 31–2 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC | ||||||
| March 26, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN | (3 G2)No. 9 | vs. (9 G2) Miami (FL) Elite Eight | W 54–42 | 32–2 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena (7,988) Greenville, SC | ||||||
| March 31, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN | (3 G2)No. 9 | vs. (1 S3) No. 4 Virginia Tech Final Four | W 79–72 | 33–2 | American Airlines Center Dallas, TX | ||||||
| April 2, 2023* 3:30 p.m., ABC | (3 G2)No. 9 | vs. (2 S4) No. 3 Iowa Championship | W 102–85 | 34–2 | American Airlines Center (19,482) Dallas, TX | ||||||
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| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 9 | Not released |
| Coaches | 14 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4т | 6 | 1(30) |