Recruiting classes

Preseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden[2]	Naismith[3]	Lieberman[4]	Drysdale[5]	Miller[6]	McClain[7]	Leslie[8]	Wade [9]
Francesca Belibi							Y
Lauren Betts							Y
Cameron Brink	Y	Y				Y		Y
Gina Conti			Y
Jayda Curry		Y
Emma Grothaus							Y
Haley Jones	Y	Y			Y			Y
Gianna Kneepkens		Y			Y
Jade Loville		Y		Y
Esmery Martinez						Y
Bella Murekatete							Y
Charisma Osborne	Y	Y		Y
Te-Hina Paopao	Y	Y	Y
Alissa Pili						Y
Sedona Prince							Y
Cate Reese	Y	Y				Y
Charlisse Leger-Walker	Y			Y
Quay Walker							Y

Preseason polls

Pac-12 Media days

The Pac-12 will conduct its 2022 Pac-12 media days at the Pac-12 Studio, in San Francisco, California, on October 25, 2022 (Pac-12 Network).^[10]

The teams and representatives in respective order were as follows:

• Pac-12 Commissioner – George Kliavkoff
• Deputy Commissioner and Chief Operating Officer (WBB) – Jamie Zaninovich
• Arizona – Adia Barnes (HC), Shaina Pellington & Helena Pueyo
• Arizona State – Natasha Adair (HC), Sydney Erikstrup & Jaddan Simmons
• California – Charmin Smith (HC), Jayda Curry & Kemery Martín
• Colorado – JR Payne (HC), Quay Miller & Jaylyn Sherrod
• Oregon – Kelly Graves (HC), Te-Hina Paopao & Endyia Rogers
• Oregon State – Scott Rueck (HC), Talia von Oelhoffen & Bendu Yeaney
• Stanford – Tara VanDerveer (HC), Cameron Brink & Haley Jones
• UCLA – Cori Close (HC), Charisma Osborne & Kiki Rice
• USC – Lindsay Gottlieb (HC), Rayah Marshall & Kadi Sissoko
• Utah – Lynne Roberts (HC), Gianna Kneepkens & Kennady McQueen
• Washington – Tina Langley (HC), Lauren Schwartz & Haley Van Dyke
• Washington State – Kamie Ethridge (HC), Charlisse Leger-Walker & Bella Murekatete

Source:^[11]

Pac-12 Preseason All-Conference

Honorable Mention

Treasure Hunt (ASU); Evelien Lutje Schipholt (CAL); Rayah Marshall (USC); Leilani McIntosh (CAL); Kennady McQueen (UTAH); Quay Miller (COLO); Bella Murekatete (WSU); Kiki Rice (UCLA); Jaddan Simmons (ASU); Haley Van Dyke (WASH); Kindyll Wetta (COLO).

†Sedona Prince suffered a season ending elbow injury on October 28th and chose to exhaust her remaining NCAA eligibility and pursue a professional basketball career.^[12]

Source:^[13]

Midseason watchlists

Below is a table of notable midseason watch lists.

Player	Wooden	Naismith	Liberman	Drysdale	Miller	McClain	Leslie	Wade
Cameron Brink	Y
Haley Jones	Y
Charisma Osborne	Y

Final watchlists

Below is a table of notable year end watch lists.

Early season tournaments

Records against other conferences

2022–23 records against non-conference foes for the 2022–23 season. Records shown for regular season only.

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll):

Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series

On September 20, 2021, the Pac-12 and Southwestern Athletic Conference will debut the Pac-12/SWAC Legacy Series, an educational and basketball scheduling partnership between the two collegiate athletics conferences, to tip off the 2022–23 season. The Legacy Series will incorporate an array of educational opportunities for competing teams and student-athletes featuring expert speakers and prominent alumni, community engagement, campus traditions, historic site visits, and book/film discussions.^[14] The Pac-12 won every game in the series, finishing with a 6−0 record against the SWAC schools.

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

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference schedule

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play.

Points scored

Through February 27, 2023^[15]

Rankings

Coaching changes

Coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Pac-12 records are from time at current school.

Notes:

• Pac-12 records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2022–23 season.
• NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
• NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Pac-12 tournament

The conference tournament will be played in March 2023 at the Michelob Ultra Arena in Paradise, NV. The top four teams will have a bye on the first day. Teams will be seeded by conference record, with ties broken by record between the tied teams followed by record against the regular-season champion, if necessary.

Note: * denotes overtime

Pac-12 All-Tournament team

• MVP: Charlisse Leger-Walker, Washington State
• Bella Murekatete, Washington State
• Cameron Brink, Stanford
• Emily Bessoir (11 pts, 5 reb, 3 ast), UCLA
• Charisma Osborne (19 pts, 6-7 FT, 3 ast), UCLA
• Kiki Rice (13 pts, 3 reb), UCLA

Hall of Honor

The 2023 class of the Pac-12 Hall of Honor was honored on March 3 during the 2023 Women's Tournament during a ceremony prior to the tournament semifinals. The 2023 class was the first ever all-female class inducted into the Hall of Honor in recognition of the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX. The class includes:^[16]

• Susie Parra (Arizona Softball)
• Jackie Johnson-Powell (Arizona State Women's Track & Field)
• Dr. Luella Lilly (California Athletic Director)
• Ceal Barry (Colorado Women's Basketball Coach & Administrator)
• Janie Takeda Reed (Oregon Softball)
• Dr. Mary Budke (Oregon State Women's Golf)
• Jessica Mendoza (Stanford Softball)
• Natalie Williams (UCLA Women's Basketball & Volleyball)
• Barbara Hallquist DeGroot (USC Women's Tennis)
• Kim Gaucher (Utah Women's Basketball)
• Danielle Lawrie (Washington Softball)
• Sarah Silvernail (Washington State Women's Volleyball)

NCAA tournament

Teams from the conference that will be selected to participate:

Women's National Invitation Tournament

Members from the conference that will be selected to participate:

Players of the Week

Throughout the regular season, the Pac-12 offices will honor 2 players based on performance by naming them player of the week and freshman of the week.^[17]

All-Americans

All-District

The United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) named the following from the Pac-12 to their All-District Teams:

District VIII

All-District Team

District IX

Player of the Year

All-District Team

Conference awards

The Pac-12 presents two separate sets of major awards—one voted on by conference coaches and the other by media.

Team statistic rankings