2022–23 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season

The 2022–23 Big Ten women's basketball season began with practices in October 2022, followed by the start of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November 2022. The regular season ended in March 2022.

2022–23 Big Ten Conference women's basketball season
League	NCAA Division I
Sport	Basketball
Number of teams	14
TV partner(s)	Big Ten Network, ESPN, Fox, FS1
2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Season champions	Indiana
Season MVP	Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Tournament
Champions	Iowa
Runners-up	Ohio State
Finals MVP	Caitlin Clark, Iowa

2022–23 Big Ten women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 2 Indiana	16	–	2		.889			28	–	4		.875
No. 3 Iowa †	15	–	3		.833			31	–	7		.816
No. 7 Maryland	15	–	3		.833			28	–	7		.800
No. 12 Ohio State	12	–	6		.667			28	–	8		.778
No. 18 Michigan	11	–	7		.611			23	–	10		.697
Illinois	11	–	7		.611			22	–	10		.688
Purdue	9	–	8		.529			19	–	11		.633
Nebraska	8	–	10		.444			18	–	15		.545
Michigan State	7	–	10		.412			16	–	14		.533
Wisconsin	6	–	12		.333			11	–	20		.355
Rutgers	5	–	13		.278			12	–	20		.375
Minnesota	4	–	14		.222			11	–	19		.367
Penn State	4	–	14		.222			14	–	17		.452
Northwestern	2	–	16		.111			9	–	21		.300
† 2023 Big Ten tournament winner As of April 2, 2023 Rankings from AP poll

Head coaches

Coaching changes prior to the season

Illinois

On March 21, 2022, Shauna Green was named the tenth head coach of Illinois.^[1]

Rutgers

On May 23, 2022, Coquese Washington was named the third full time head coach of Rutgers, following the retirement of longtime head coach C. Vivian Stringer.^[2]

Coaches

Team	Head coach	Previous job	Years at school	Overall record	Big Ten record	Big Ten titles	Big Ten Tournament titles	NCAA tournaments	NCAA Final Fours	NCAA Championships
Illinois	Shauna Green	Dayton	1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0
Indiana	Teri Moren	Indiana State	9	172–89	83–55	0	0	4	0	0
Iowa	Lisa Bluder	Drake	23	463–233	232–139	2	3	16	0	0
Maryland	Brenda Frese	Minnesota	21	535–139	122–17*	6	5	18	3	1
Michigan	Kim Barnes Arico	St. John's (Asst.)	11	218–109	98–68	0	0	5	0	0
Michigan State	Suzy Merchant	Eastern Michigan	16	311–173	152–102	2	0	10	0	0
Minnesota	Lindsay Whalen	Minnesota Lynx (Player)	5	60–57	28–44	0	0	0	0	0
Nebraska	Amy Williams	South Dakota	7	94–82	50–55	0	0	2	0	0
Northwestern	Joe McKeown	George Washington	15	241–198	102–136	0	0	2	0	0
Ohio State	Kevin McGuff	Washington	10	193–91	105–49	3	1	5	0	0
Penn State	Carolyn Kieger	Marquette	2	27–56	12–43	0	0	0	0	0
Purdue	Katie Gearlds	Marian	2	16–14	7–11	0	0	0	0	0
Rutgers	Coquese Washington	Notre Dame (Assoc.)	1	0–0	0–0	0	0	0	0	0
Wisconsin	Marisa Moseley	Boston University	2	8–21	5–13	0	0	0	0	0

Notes:

• All records, appearances, titles, etc. are from time with current school only.
• Year at school includes 2022–23 season.
• Overall and Big Ten records are from time at current school and are through the beginning of the season.
• Frese's ACC conference record excluded since Maryland began Big Ten Conference play in 2014–15.

Regular season

Rankings

Main article: 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular season

The 2022–23 Big Ten Network television schedule was released on September 21, 2022.^[3]

Records against other conferences

2022–23 records against non-conference opponents, as of December 22, 2022:

Regular season Power 7 conferences Record American 3–0 ACC 10–11 Big East 3–6 Big 12 6–4 Pac-12 2–2 SEC 6–4 Power 7 conferences total 30–27 Other NCAA Division 1 conferences Record America East 6–0 A-10 3–1 ASUN 3–0 Big Sky 0–0 Big South 1–0 Big West 0–0 CAA 3–2 C-USA 2–0 Horizon 9–1 Independent 1–0 Ivy League 5–1 MAAC 4–0 MAC 6–1 MEAC 4–0 MVC 12–2 Mountain West 4–0 NEC 2–0 OVC 3–0 Patriot League 1–0 SoCon 1–0 Southland 5–0 SWAC 4–0 Summit League 3–2 Sun Belt 2–0 WAC 1–0 WCC 0–0 Other Division I total 85–10 NCAA Division I total 115–37

Post season Power 7 conferences Record American 0–0 ACC 0–0 Big East 0–0 Big 12 0–0 Pac-12 0–0 SEC 0–0 Power 7 conferences total 0–0 Other NCAA Division 1 conferences Record 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 Summit League 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 7	Northwestern	No. 20 Oregon	Matthew Knight Arena ● Eugene, OR	—	L 57–100	0–1
Nov 8	No. 5 Tennessee	No. 14 Ohio State	Value City Arena ● Columbus, OH	—	W 87–75	1–1
Nov 11	No. 1 South Carolina	No. 17 Maryland	Xfinity Center ● College Park, MD	—	L 56–81	1–2
Nov 14	No. 12 Indiana	No. 11 Tennessee	Thompson–Boling Arena ● Knoxville, TN	—	W 79–67	2–2
Nov 15	No. 22 Nebraska	No. 20 Creighton	D. J. Sokol Arena ● Omaha, NE	—	L 51–77	2–3
Nov 16	No. 9 Notre Dame	Northwestern	Welsh–Ryan Arena ● Evanston, IL	—	L 58–92	2–4
Nov 19	No. 11 Tennessee	Rutgers †	Imperial Arena ● Paradise Island, Bahamas	Battle 4 Atlantis	L 54–94	2–5
Nov 20	No. 19 Maryland	No. 17 Baylor	Ferrell Center ● Waco, TX	—	W 73–68	3–5
Nov 21	No. 19 Texas	Rutgers †	Imperial Arena ● Paradise Island, Bahamas	Battle 4 Atlantis	L 44–82	3–6
Nov 24	Michigan State	No. 5 Iowa State †	Chiles Center ● Portland, OR	Phil Knight Invitational	L 49–80	3–7
Nov 27	Michigan State	No. 18 Oregon †	Veterans Memorial Coliseum ● Portland, OR	Phil Knight Invitational	L 78–86	3–8
Nov 27	No. 9 Iowa	No. 3 Connecticut †	Moda Center ● Portland, OR	Phil Knight Legacy	L 79–86	3–9
Nov 27	No. 22 Michigan	No. 21 Baylor †	Hertz Arena ● Estero, FL	Gulf Coast Showcase	W 84–75	4–9
Nov 30	No. 4 Ohio State	No. 18 Louisville	KFC Yum! Center ● Louisville, KY	ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 96–77	5–9
Dec 1	No. 6 North Carolina	No. 5 Indiana	Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall ● Bloomington, IN	ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 87–63	6–9
Dec 1	No. 20 Maryland	No. 7 Notre Dame	Joyce Center ● Notre Dame, IN	ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	W 74–72	7–9
Dec 1	Nebraska	No. 9 Virginia Tech	Cassell Coliseum ● Blacksburg, VA	ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 54–85	7–10
Dec 1	No. 12 NC State	No. 10 Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena ● Iowa City, IA	ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 81–94	7–11
Dec 7	No. 10 Iowa State	No. 16 Iowa	Carver–Hawkeye Arena ● Iowa City, IA	Iowa Corn Cy-Hawk Series	W 70–57	8–11
Dec 11	No. 6 Connecticut	No. 20 Maryland	Xfinity Center ● College Park, MD	—	W 85–78	9–11
Dec 20	No. 6 North Carolina	No. 19 Michigan †	Spectrum Center ● Charlotte, NC	Jumpman Invitational	W 76–68	10–11
Dec 21	No. 16 Oregon	No. 3 Ohio State †	Pechanga Arena ● San Diego, CA	San Diego Invitational	W 84–67	11–11
Dec 21	No. 20 Kansas	Nebraska	Pinnacle Bank Arena ● Lincoln, NE	—	W 85–79 (3OT)	12–11

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Rankings

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
		First Place votes shown in ()

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

		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
Illinois	AP									RV	24	21	22	RV	RV	RV	25т	RV	NV
	C								RV	RV	24	23	22	24	RV	RV	RV	NV
Indiana	AP	11	12	6	5	4	4	4	4	6	6	6	6	4	2	2	2	2	3	2
	C	11	9	5	4	3	3	3	3	7	6	6	6	5	3	2	2	2	2	2
Iowa	AP	4	4	9	10	16	12	13	12	16	12	10	10т	6	5	7	6	7	2	3
	C	6т	6	8	10	13	11	11	10	12	9	9	8	6	6	7	6	7	3	3
Maryland	AP	17	19	14	20	20	15	15	16	13	9	11	10т	8	8	8	7	5	6	7
	C	18	21	17	21	21	19	17	17	14	11	11	11	9	8	8	8	6	7	7
Michigan	AP	25	23	22	17	14	19	19	14	14	17	14	13	18	12	12	12	17	18	18
	C	23	23	23	20	16	21	21	19	19	20	16	17	19	14	13	17	18	18	18
Michigan State	AP
	C
Minnesota	AP
	C
Nebraska	AP	22	22	RV	NV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV
	C	22	22	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NV
Northwestern	AP
	C
Ohio State	AP	14	8	4	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	10	13	13	16	14	12	12
	C	15	10	6	5	4	4	4	4	3	3	2	5	10	12	14	13	14	13	12
Penn State	AP
	C
Purdue	AP					RV	NV							RV	RV	NV
	C													RV	NV	RV
Rutgers	AP
	C
Wisconsin	AP
	C

Awards and honors

Players of the Week

Throughout the conference regular season, Big Ten Conference offices named two players (Player and Freshman) of the week each Monday.

Week Player of the Week School Ref. Freshman of the Week School Ref. Nov. 14 Monika Czinano Iowa [4] Mara Braun Minnesota [5] Nov. 21 Diamond Miller Maryland [6] Mallory Heyer Serah Williams Minnesota Wisconsin [7][8] Nov. 28 Mackenzie Holmes Indiana [9] Yarden Garzon Indiana [9] Dec. 5 Caitlin Clark Iowa [10] Mara Braun (2) Minnesota [10] Dec. 12 Caitlin Clark (2) Iowa [11] Cotie McMahon Ohio State [11] Dec. 19 Alexis Markowski Nebraska [12] Cotie McMahon (2) Kaylene Smikle Ohio State Rutgers [12] Dec. 26 Genesis Bryant Leigha Brown Illinois Michigan [13] Cotie McMahon (3) Ohio State [13] Jan. 2 Genesis Bryant (2) Mackenzie Holmes (2) Illinois Indiana [14] Cotie McMahon (4) Ohio State [14] Jan. 9 Taylor Mikesell Ohio State [15] Kaylene Smikle (2) Rutgers [15] Jan. 16 Caitlin Clark (3) Iowa [16] Yarden Garzon (2) Indiana [16] Jan. 23 Shyanne Sellers Maryland [17] Kaylene Smikle (3) Rutgers [17] Jan. 30 Mackenzie Holmes (3) Caitlin Clark (4) Indiana Iowa [18] Yarden Garzon (3) Indiana [18] Feb. 6 Caitlin Clark (5) Iowa [19] Serah Williams (2) Wisconsin [19] Feb. 13 Diamond Miller (2) Maryland [20] Cotie McMahon (5) Ohio State [20] Feb. 20 Mackenzie Holmes (4) Indiana [21] Cotie McMahon (6) Ohio State [21] Feb. 27 Caitlin Clark (6) Iowa [22] Serah Williams (3) Wisconsin [22]

School PoW FoW Total Iowa 7 — 7 Indiana 4 3 7 Ohio State 1 6 7 Maryland 3 — 3 Wisconsin — 3 3 Rutgers — 3 3 Minnesota — 3 3 Illinois 2 — 2 Michigan 1 — 1 Nebraska 1 — 1

All-Big Ten awards and teams

On February 28, 2023, the Big Ten announced most of its conference awards.^[23][24]

Honor	Coaches	Media
Player of the Year	Caitlin Clark, Iowa	Caitlin Clark, Iowa
Coach of the Year	Teri Moren, Indiana	Teri Moren, Indiana
Freshman of the Year	Cotie McMahon, Ohio State	Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
Defensive Player of the Year	Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana	Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
Sixth Player of the Year	Hannah Stuelke, Iowa	Hannah Stuelke, Iowa
All-Big Ten First Team	Grace Berger, Indiana	Grace Berger, Indiana
	Leigha Brown, Michigan	Leigha Brown, Michigan
	Caitlin Clark, Iowa	Caitlin Clark, Iowa
	Makira Cook, Illinois	Makira Cook, Illinois
	Monika Czinano, Iowa	Monika Czinano, Iowa
	Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana	Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
	Emily Kiser, Michigan	Makenna Marisa, Penn State
	Taylor Mikesell, Ohio State	Taylor Mikesell, Ohio State
	Diamond Miller, Maryland	Diamond Miller, Maryland
	Jaz Shelley, Nebraska	Shyanne Sellers, Maryland
All-Big Ten Second Team	Kendall Bostic, Illinois	Kendall Bostic, Illinois
	Genesis Bryant, Illinois	Genesis Bryant, Illinois
	Abby Meyers, Maryland	Chloe Moore-McNeil, Indiana
	Shyanne Sellers, Maryland	Abby Meyers, Maryland
	Laila Phelia, Michigan	Emily Kiser, Michigan
	Alexis Markowski, Nebraska	Laila Phelia, Michigan
	Cotie McMahon, Ohio State	Alexis Markowski, Nebraska
	Taylor Thierry, Ohio State	Jaz Shelley, Nebraska
	Makenna Marisa, Penn State	Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
	Jeanea Terry, Purdue	Taylor Thierry, Ohio State
	Kaylene Smikle, Rutgers	Kaylene Smikle, Rutgers
All-Big Ten Honorable Mention	Adalia McKenzie, Illinois	Adalia McKenzie, Illinois
	Yarden Garzon, Indiana	Yarden Garzon, Indiana
	Chloe Moore-McNeil, Indiana	Sydney Parrish, Indiana
	Sydney Parrish, Indiana	Sara Scalia, Indiana
	McKenna Warnock, Iowa	McKenna Warnock, Iowa
	Matilda Ekh, Michigan State	Matilda Ekh, Michigan State
	DeeDee Hagemann, Michigan State	DeeDee Hagemann, Michigan State
	Alanna Micheaux, Minnesota	Kamaria McDaniel, Michigan State
	Isabelle Bourne, Nebraska	Alanna Micheaux, Minnesota
	Abbey Ellis, Purdue	Isabelle Bourne, Nebraska
	Julie Pospíšilová, Wisconsin	Sam Haiby, Nebraska
	Not Selected	Sydney Wood, Northwestern
		Rikki Harris, Ohio State
		Rebeka Mikulášiková, Ohio State
		Leilani Kapinus, Penn State
		Abbey Ellis, Purdue
		Jeanae Terry, Purdue
		Chyna Cornwell, Rutgers
		Julie Pospíšilová, Wisconsin
All-Freshman Team	Mara Braun, Minnesota	Mara Braun, Minnesota
	Yarden Garzon, Indiana	Yarden Garzon, Indiana
	Cotie McMahon, Ohio State	Cotie McMahon, Ohio State
	Kaylene Smikle, Rutgers	Kaylene Smikle, Rutgers
	Serah Williams, Wisconsin	Serah Williams, Wisconsin
All-Defensive Team	Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana	Mackenzie Holmes, Indiana
	Leilani Kapinus, Penn State	Leilani Kapinus, Penn State
	Chloe Moore-McNeil, Indiana	Shyanne Sellers, Maryland
	Shyanne Sellers, Maryland	Jeanae Terry, Purdue
	Taylor Thierry, Ohio State	Sydney Wood, Northwestern
	Sydney Wood, Northwestern	Not Selected[a]

1. The coaches' All-Defensive Team had 6 members due to a tie in voting.

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