2022–23 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball represented Northwestern University in the 2022–23 college basketball season. Led by fifteenth year head coach Joe McKeown, the team played their games at the Welsh–Ryan Arena and are members of the Big Ten Conference.^[1][2]

2022–23 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
Conference	Big Ten Conference
Record	9–21 (2–16 Big Ten)
Head coach	Joe McKeown (15th season)
Associate head coach	Tangela Smith
Assistant coaches	Maggie Lyon Brittany Johnson
Home arena	Welsh–Ryan Arena
Seasons ← 2021–22 2023–24 →

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
Penn State	4	–	14		.222			14	–	17		.452
Minnesota	4	–	14		.222			11	–	19		.367
Northwestern	2	–	16		.111			9	–	21		.300
† 2023 Big Ten Tournament winner As of April 2, 2023 Rankings from AP Poll

Schedule and results

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 1, 2022* 7:00 p.m., BTN+		Parkside	W 88–72		Welsh–Ryan Arena (278) Evanston, IL
Regular season
November 7, 2022* 5:00 p.m.		at No. 20 Oregon	L 57–100	0–1	Matthew Knight Arena (5,661) Eugene, OR
November 13, 2022* 12:00 p.m.		Penn	W 63–55	1–1	Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
November 16, 2022* 8:00 p.m., BTN		No. 9 Notre Dame	L 58–92	1–2	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,176) Evanston, IL
November 19, 2022* 2:00 p.m.		Southern Illinois	W 84–69	2–2	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,042) Evanston, IL
November 22, 2022* 7:00 p.m.		Niagara	W 76–38	3–2	Welsh–Ryan Arena (836) Evanston, IL
November 27, 2022* 2:00 p.m.		Valparaiso	W 81–47	4–2	Welsh–Ryan Arena (976) Evanston, IL
December 1, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ACCN		at Duke ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 50–66	4–3	Cameron Indoor Stadium (1,089) Durham, NC
December 4, 2022 1:00 p.m.		at No. 17 Michigan	L 66–77	4–4 (0–1)	Crisler Center (2,835) Ann Arbor, MI
December 10, 2022* 2:00 p.m.		DePaul	L 63–81	4–5	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,263) Evanston, IL
December 14, 2022* 7:00 p.m.		at UIC	W 66–62	5–5	Credit Union 1 Arena (880) Chicago, IL
December 17, 2022* 6:00 p.m.		Air Force	W 64–58	6–5	Welsh–Ryan Arena (891) Evanston, IL
December 22, 2022* 12:00 p.m.		Chicago State	Postponed		Welsh–Ryan Arena  Evanston, IL
December 28, 2022 8:00 p.m.		No. 3 Ohio State	L 48–81	6–6 (0–2)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,372) Evanston, IL
January 2, 2023 7:00 p.m.		Michigan State	L 64–71	6–7 (0–3)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,282) Evanston, IL
January 5, 2023 8:00 p.m., BTN		at Illinois	L 79–85	6–8 (0–4)	State Farm Center (1,904) Champaign, IL
January 8, 2023 2:00 p.m.		No. 6 Indiana	L 50–72	6–9 (0–5)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,923) Evanston, IL
January 11, 2023 6:30 p.m.		at No. 12 Iowa	L 64–93	6–10 (0–6)	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,384) Iowa City, IA
January 14, 2023 2:00 p.m.		Purdue	L 54–65	6–11 (0–7)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,566) Evanston, IL
January 19, 2023 5:30 p.m., BTN		at No. 2 Ohio State	L 54–84	6–12 (0–8)	Value City Arena (4,698) Columbus, OH
January 22, 2023 2:00 p.m.		No. 21 Illinois	L 64–67	6–13 (0–9)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,276) Evanston, IL
January 25, 2023* 7:00 p.m.		Chicago State	W 87–64	7–13	Welsh–Ryan Arena (766) Evanston, IL
January 29, 2023 1:00 p.m.		at Wisconsin	W 70–67	8–13 (1–9)	Kohl Center (8,217) Madison, WI
February 2, 2023 6:00 p.m.		at Penn State	L 64–74	8–14 (1–10)	Bryce Jordan Center (1,977) University Park, PA
February 6, 2023 6:00 p.m., BTN		Nebraska	L 66–78	8–15 (1–11)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,459) Evanston, IL
February 9, 2023 7:30 p.m., BTN		No. 8 Maryland	L 54–79	8–16 (1–12)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,085) Evanston, IL
February 12, 2023 1:00 p.m.		at Purdue	L 61–76	8–17 (1–13)	Mackey Arena (3,831) West Lafayette, IN
February 15, 2023 6:00 p.m.		at Rutgers	L 48–62	8–18 (1–14)	Jersey Mike's Arena (1,258) Piscataway, NJ
February 18, 2023 2:00 p.m.		Minnesota	W 76–62	9–18 (2–14)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (1,582) Evanston, IL
February 23, 2023 6:00 p.m., BTN		Wisconsin	L 57–64	9–19 (2–15)	Welsh–Ryan Arena (2,077) Evanston, IL
February 26, 2023 6:00 p.m., BTN+		at Nebraska	L 64–80	9–20 (2–16)	Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,232) Lincoln, NE
Big Ten Tournament
March 1, 2023 3:30 p.m., BTN	(14)	vs. (11) Rutgers	L 59–63	9–21	Target Center (4,890) Minneapolis, MN
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central.

See also

• 2022–23 Northwestern Wildcats men's basketball team

References

1. Carroll, Gabriela (May 4, 2022). "Women's Basketball: Northwestern hires Maggie Lyon as assistant coach". The Dailey Northwestern. Retrieved November 20, 2022.
2. Anderson, AJ (October 27, 2022). "2022 Women's Basketball Season Preview". North by Northwestern. Retrieved November 20, 2022.