2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season

The 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season will begin on November 8, 2022. The regular season will end on March 12, 2023, with the 2023 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament beginning on March 14 and ending with the championship game at American Airlines Center in Dallas on April 2.

Rule changes

The following rule changes will be recommended by the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee to the Playing Rules Oversight Panel for 2022−23 season:

TBD

Season headlines

TBD

Milestones and records

TBD

Conference membership changes

Twenty-four schools will join new conferences, including three schools from Division II that will start transitions to Division I this season.

School Former Conference New Conference
Austin Peay Ohio Valley Conference ASUN Conference
Belmont Ohio Valley Conference Missouri Valley Conference
Bryant Northeast Conference America East Conference
Chicago State Western Athletic Conference TBD
Hampton Big South Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Incarnate Word Southland Conference Western Athletic Conference
James Madison Colonial Athletic Association Sun Belt Conference
Lindenwood Great Lakes Valley Conference (D-II) Ohio Valley Conference
Little Rock Sun Belt Conference Ohio Valley Conference
Loyola Chicago Missouri Valley Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
Marshall Conference USA Sun Belt Conference
Monmouth Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Mount St. Mary's Northeast Conference Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Murray State Ohio Valley Conference Missouri Valley Conference
North Carolina A&T Big South Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Old Dominion Conference USA Sun Belt Conference
Southern Indiana Great Lakes Valley Conference (D-II) Ohio Valley Conference
Southern Miss Conference USA Sun Belt Conference
Southern Utah Big Sky Conference Western Athletic Conference
Stonehill Northeast-10 Conference (D-II) Northeast Conference
Stony Brook America East Conference Colonial Athletic Association
Texas A&M–Commerce Lone Star Conference (D-II) Southland Conference
UIC Horizon League Missouri Valley Conference
UT Arlington Sun Belt Conference Western Athletic Conference

The 2022−23 season will be the last for at least some Division I schools in their current conferences.

School Former conference New conference
BYUWCCBig 12
CharlotteC-USAAmerican
CincinnatiAmericanBig 12
Florida AtlanticC-USAAmerican
HoustonAmericanBig 12
Jacksonville StateASUNC-USA
LamarWACSouthland
LibertyASUNC-USA
New Mexico StateWACC-USA
North TexasC-USAAmerican
RiceC-USAAmerican
Sam HoustonWACC-USA
UABC-USAAmerican
UCFAmericanBig 12
UTSAC-USAAmerican

Arenas

New arenas

  • This is the first season for Alabama A&M at the new Alabama A&M Events Center. A&M is expected to play its first game in the new arena in November.
  • This will also be the first season for Austin Peay at the new F&M Bank Arena in downtown Clarksville, Tennessee, following 48 seasons on campus at Winfield Dunn Center. Peay is also expected to play its first game in the new arena in November.
  • Georgia State will leave GSU Sports Arena and play its first season at a facility tentatively named Georgia State Arena. The team is expected to play its first game there in November.
  • Texas will move from the Frank Erwin Center to the Moody Center. The Longhorns are expected to play their first game there in November.
  • This will be also the first season for Vermont at the new Tarrant Event Center, replacing their old arena Patrick Gym. The team is expected to play its first game there in November.
  • This will also be the first season for Fairfield at the new Fairfield University Convocation Center, replacing Alumni Hall. Completion is expected in November 2022.

Arenas of new D-I teams

All three new D-I members in 2022–23 play on their respective campuses.

Arenas closing

The following D-I programs plan to open new arenas for the 2023−24 season. All will move within their current campuses otherwise indicated.

Seasonal outlook

The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching Polls

Pre-season polls

AP
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USA Today Coaches
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Regular season Top 10 matchups

Rankings reflect the AP Poll Top 25.

Regular season

Early season tournaments

Tournament/event name Dates Location Date No. Teams Champions Notes

Upsets

An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of NCAA Division I women's basketball, this generally constitutes an unranked team defeating a team currently ranked in the top 25. This list will highlight those upsets of ranked teams by unranked teams as well as upsets of No. 1 teams. Rankings are from the AP poll. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponents home . court (including secondary homes).

Winner Score Loser Date Tournament/event Notes

In addition to the upsets in which a unranked team defeated a ranked team, non–Division I teams to defeat ranked Division I teams. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponents home court (including secondary homes).

Winner Score Loser Date Tournament/event Notes


Coaching changes

Many teams will change coaches during the season and after it ends.

Team Former
coach
Interim
coach
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coach
Reason
Marist Brian Giorgis Erin Doughty Giorgis announced his retirement on February 28, 2022, effective after the 2022–23 season. Going into his 22nd and final season at Marist, Giorgis had led the Red Foxes to 13 MAAC regular-season and 11 tournament titles, most recently for both in 2021, and also had coached the program to five NCAA tournament victories, the most for any coach in MAAC history. Top assistant Doughty, who had also played under Giorgis at Marist, was designated as his successor.[4]

See also

References

  1. "Joan Perry Brock Center Underway At Longwood University To Feature 3020 Seat Arena". Consupt.com. November 16, 2021. Retrieved November 16, 2021.
  2. "Baylors New Arena Designed As Comtemporary Fieldhouse". Venuesnow.com. January 13, 2022. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  3. "New Georgia Southern Building To Be Named After Jack Hill And Ruth Ann Hill". WTOC.com. February 13, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2021.
  4. "Giorgis Announces Retirement Following 2022-23 Season" (Press release). Marist Red Foxes. February 28, 2022. Retrieved February 28, 2022.
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