2022–23 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team

2022–23 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball
Big Ten tournament champions
NCAA Tournament, Runner-up
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 2
APNo. 3
Record31–7 (15–3 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaCarver–Hawkeye Arena
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2022–23 Big Ten women's basketball standings
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

The 2022–23 Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team represented the University of Iowa during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hawkeyes were led by head coach Lisa Bluder in her twenty-third season, and played their home games at Carver–Hawkeye Arena as a member of the Big Ten Conference.

After finishing second in the conference regular season standings, the Hawkeyes won the Big Ten tournament and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament. The team was named the top number 2 seed and competed in the Seattle regional. During the NCAA tournament they defeated Southeastern Louisiana, Georgia, Colorado and Louisville to advance to their second Final Four in program history (their first was back in since 1993). During the Final Four they stunned defending national champion South Carolina, ending the Gamecocks' 42-game win streak. Iowa advanced to their first championship game in program history. During the championship game they lost to LSU 102–85. They finished the season with a record of 31–7.

Junior Caitlin Clark was named Big Ten Player of the Year and a unanimous First-team All-American for the second time, became the first women's player in Big Ten history to sweep the National Player of the Year awards, and was selected Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year.

Big Ten Quarterfinals vs. Purdue
Big Ten Championship vs. Ohio State