2022–23 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

2022–23 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record9–21 (2–16 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachTangela Smith
Assistant coaches
  • Maggie Lyon
  • Brittany Johnson
Home arenaWelsh–Ryan Arena
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 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represented Northwestern University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Led by 15th-year head coach Joe McKeown, the team played their games at the Welsh–Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference.

The Wildcats finished the season 9–21, 2–16 in Big Ten play, to finish in 14th (last) place. As the #14 seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by #11 seed Rutgers in the first round.