2022–23 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2022–23 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season . The Hurricanes were led by eighteenth-year head coach Katie Meier and played their home games at the Watsco Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference .
They finished the season 22–13 overall and 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament , they defeated eleventh seed Boston College in the Second Round before losing to third seeded Virginia Tech in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the ninth seed in the Greenville 2 Regional . They defeated eighth seed Oklahoma State in the First Round, first seed Indiana in the Second Round, and fourth seed Villanova in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to eventual champions third seed LSU in the Elite Eight to end their season. The Elite Eight appearance was the first in program history.[ 1]
Previous season
The Hurricanes finished the season 21–13 overall and 10–8 in ACC play to finish in a tie for seventh place. As the seventh seed in the ACC tournament , they defeated tenth seed Duke in the Second Round, second seeded Louisville in the Quarterfinals, and third seed Notre Dame in the Semifinals before losing to NC State in the Final. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the eighth seed in the Greensboro Regional . They defeated ninth seed South Florida in the First Round before losing to top seed South Carolina in the Second Round to end their season.
Off-season
Departures
Departures
Name
Number
Pos.
Height
Year
Hometown
Reason for Departure
Mykea Gray
5
G
5'4"
Senior
Upper Marlboro, Maryland
Graduated
Kelsey Marshall
20
G
5'9"
Graduate Student
Davie, Florida
Graduated
Paula Fraile Ruiz
23
F
6'4"
Sophomore
Barcelona , Spain
—
Maeva Djaldi-Tabdi
33
F
6'4"
Graduate Student
Paris , France
Graduated
Naomi Mbandu
35
F
6'2"
Senior
Amiens , France
Graduated
Incoming Transfers
Recruiting Class
Source:[ 2]
Roster
2022–23 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team
Players
Coaches
Pos.
#
Name
Height
Year
Previous school
Hometown
G
0
Kenza Salgues
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Sr
INSEP
Montpellier, FR
G/F
1
Moulayna Sidi Baba
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Sr
Solna Gymnasium
Stockholm, Sweden
F
3
Destiny Harden
6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
GS
Morgan Park West Virginia
Chicago, IL
G
4
Jasmyne Roberts
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
So
Bishop Kenny
Jacksonville, FL
G
5
Karla Erjavec
5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
GS
Sport GymnasiumWyoming
Zagreb, Croatia
G
12
Ja'Leah Williams
5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
So
Blanche Ely
Pompano Beach, FL
G
13
Lashae Dwyer
5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
So
Webb School
Toronto, Canada
G
14
Haley Cavinder
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sr
Gilbert Fresno State
Gilbert, AZ
G
15
Hanna Cavinder
5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)
Sr
Gilbert Fresno State
Gilbert, AZ
F
21
Lola Pendande
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Sr
Ribét Academy Utah
Almeria, Spain
F
22
Chiso Okafor
6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
So
IES Llavaneres
Mataró, Spain
F
32
Lazaria Spearman
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Fr
Dacula
Dacula, GA
F
35
Latasha Lattimore
6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
So
Royal Crown Academic SchoolTexas
Toronto, Canada
F
44
Kyla Oldcare
6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)
Fr
William Mason
Mason, OH
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on
Roster Last update: October 21, 2022
Schedule
Source[ 3]
Date time, TV
Rank#
Opponent#
Result
Record
Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2022 *6:00 p.m.
Barry
W 88–28
–
Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
Non-Conference Regular season
November 7, 2022 *4:00 p.m., ACCNX
Maryland Eastern Shore
W 83–51
1–0
Watsco Center (1,548)Coral Gables, FL
November 10, 2022 *11:00 a.m., ACCNX
Stetson
W 80–56
2–0
Watsco Center (3,068)Coral Gables, FL
November 13, 2022 *1:00 p.m., ACCNX
Boston University
W 81–46
3–0
Watsco Center (1,708)Coral Gables, FL
November 16, 2022 *6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Florida Atlantic
W 75–42
4–0
Watsco Center (1,585)Coral Gables, FL
November 20, 2022 *5:00 p.m., FloSports
at DePaul
L 83–98
4–1
Wintrust Arena (1,237)Chicago, IL
November 22, 2022 *7:00 p.m., ESPN+
at Loyola Chicago
W 63–45
5–1
Joseph J. Gentile Arena (391)Chicago, IL
November 25, 2022 *3:00 p.m., ACCNX
North Carolina A&T Miami Thanksgiving Tournament
W 97–54
6–1
Watsco Center (1,605)Coral Gables, FL
November 27, 2022 *2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Columbia Miami Thanksgiving Tournament
L 71–78
6–2
Watsco Center (1,658)Coral Gables, FL
December 1, 2022 *9:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 17 Michigan ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 64–76
6–3
Watsco Center (1,830)Coral Gables, FL
December 4, 2022 *2:00 p.m., ACCNX
North Florida
W 85–45
7–3
Watsco Center (1,591)Coral Gables, FL
December 11, 2022 *4:00 p.m., ACCN
Florida Rivalry
L 73–76 OT
7–4
Watsco Center (3,251)Coral Gables, FL
ACC Regular season
December 21, 2022 12:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Florida State Rivalry
L 85–92
7–5 (0–1)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,022)Tallahassee, FL
December 29, 2022 6:00 p.m., ACCN
No. 5 Notre Dame
L 63–66
7–6 (0–2)
Watsco Center (2,153)Coral Gables, FL
January 1, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Pittsburgh
W 74–67
8–6 (1–2)
Peterson Events Center (636)Pittsburgh, PA
January 5, 2023 6:00 p.m., ACCNX
No. 22 North Carolina
W 62–58
9–6 (2–2)
Watsco Center (2,044)Coral Gables, FL
January 8, 2023 1:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 9 Virginia Tech
W 77–66
10–6 (3–2)
Watsco Center (1,639)Coral Gables, FL
January 12, 2023 8:00 p.m., ACCN
at Georgia Tech
W 69–60
11–6 (4–2)
McCamish Pavilion (1,434)Atlanta, GA
January 15, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCNX
Wake Forest
W 55–43
12–6 (5–2)
Watsco Center (1,892)Coral Gables, FL
January 19, 2023 6:00 p.m., ACCN
at No. 20 NC State
L 61–71
12–7 (5–3)
Reynolds Coliseum (5,500)Raleigh, NC
January 26, 2023 6:00 p.m., ACCRSN
Boston College
W 86–65
13–7 (6–3)
Watsco Center (2,111)Coral Gables, FL
January 29, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCNX
at Wake Forest
L 52–55
13–8 (6–4)
LJVM Coliseum (1,225)Winston–Salem, NC
February 2, 2023 8:00 p.m., ACCRSN
at Clemson
W 69–66 OT
14–8 (7–4)
Littlejohn Coliseum (1,001)Clemson, SC
February 5, 2023 12:00 p.m., ACCN
Georgia Tech
W 64–58
15–8 (8–4)
Watsco Center (3,686)Coral Gables, FL
February 9, 2023 6:00 p.m., ACCRSN
No. 19 Florida State Rivalry
W 86–82
16–8 (9–4)
Watsco Center Coral Gables, FL
February 12, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCRSN
at No. 9 Duke
L 40–50
16–9 (9–5)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (2,449)Durham, NC
February 16, 2023 6:00 p.m., ACCNX
Clemson
W 59–54
17–9 (10–5)
Watsco Center (1,923)Coral Gables, FL
February 19, 2023 1:00 p.m., ACCRSN
at Syracuse
L 68–77
17–10 (10–6)
Carrier Dome (4,566)Syracuse, NY
February 23, 2023 6:00 p.m., ACCN
at Louisville
L 57–71
17–11 (10–7)
KFC Yum! Center (8,211)Louisville, KY
February 26, 2023 12:00 p.m., ACCN
Virginia
W 85–74
18–11 (11–7)
Watsco Center (2,453)Coral Gables, FL
ACC Women's Tournament
March 2, 2023 8:00 p.m., ACCN
(6)
vs. (11) Boston College Second round
W 84–69
19–11
Greensboro Coliseum (4,578)Greensboro, NC
March 3, 2023 8:00 p.m., ACCN
(6)
vs. (3) No. 8 Virginia Tech Quarterfinals
L 42–68
19–12
Greensboro Coliseum (7,823)Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 18, 2023 *2:00 p.m., ESPN
(9 G2)
vs. (8 G2) Oklahoma State First round
W 62–61
20–12
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (13,607)Bloomington, IN
March 20, 2023 *8:00 p.m., ESPN2
(9 G2)
at (1 G2) No. 2 Indiana Second round
W 70–68
21–12
Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (14,480)Bloomington, IN
March 24, 2023 *2:30 p.m., ESPN
(9 G2)
vs. (4 G2) No. 10т Villanova Sweet Sixteen
W 70–65
22–12
Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC
March 26, 2023 *7:00 p.m., ESPN
(9 G2)
vs. (3 G2) No. 9 LSU Elite Eight
L 42–54
22–13
Bon Secours Wellness Arena (7,988)Greenville, SC
*Non-conference game.
# Rankings from
AP Poll . (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
G2=Greenville 2.
All times are in
Eastern .
Rankings
Regular Season Polls
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
Final
AP
RV
RV
RV
RV
RV
N/A
Coaches
RV
RV
RV
RV
18
Note: The AP does not release a final poll.
Legend
Increase in ranking
Decrease in ranking
Not ranked previous week
(RV)
Received Votes
See also
References