# 2022–23 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Harvard Crimson women's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Crimson, led by first-year head coach Carrie Moore, played their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion as members of the Ivy League. The Crimson qualified for the Ivy League women's tournament for the fifth season in a row. They advanced to the championship game for the first time in program history after defeating Columbia but fell to Princeton in the championship game. The Crimson accepted a bid to the 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the Great 8 for the first time in program history, but lost to Columbia 71–77.

## Previous season

They finished the previous season 13–14, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in fourth place. They qualified for the 2022 Ivy League women's basketball tournament but lost to Princeton in the semifinals.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Rhode Island | W 88–74 | 1–0 | Lavietes Pavilion (465) Boston, MA |
| November 10, 2022 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Boston College | W 68–59 | 2–0 | Lavietes Pavilion (541) Boston, MA |
| November 18, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMass | L 67–77 | 2–1 | Lavietes Pavilion (695) Boston, MA |
| November 21, 2022* 7:00 pm, NEC Front Row | | at Merrimack | W 85–43 | 3–1 | Bert Hammel Court (167) North Andover, MA |
| November 24, 2022* 1:30 pm, FloHoops | | vs. Purdue Cancún Challenge | L 63–85 | 3–2 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (200) Cancún, Mexico |
| November 25, 2022* 11:00 am, FloHoops | | vs. Oklahoma State Cancún Challenge | L 62–71 | 3–3 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (113) Cancún, Mexico |
| November 26, 2022* 11:00 am, FloHoops | | vs. Florida State Cancún Challenge | L 57–88 | 3–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (107) Cancún, Mexico |
| November 30, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | UMass Lowell | W 86–66 | 4–4 | Lavietes Pavilion (100) Boston, MA |
| December 3, 2022* 3:00 pm, NESN/ESPN+ | | Colgate | W 62–48 | 5–4 | Lavietes Pavilion (588) Boston, MA |
| December 5, 2022* 5:00 pm, NESN/FloHoops | | at Northeastern | L 64–73 | 5–5 | Cabot Center (187) Boston, MA |
| December 18, 2022* 3:00 pm, NESN/ESPN+ | | Maine | W 84–56 | 6–5 | Lavietes Pavilion (679) Boston, MA |
| December 21, 2022* 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Boston University | W 73–58 | 7–5 | Case Gym Boston, MA |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| December 31, 2022 6:00 pm, ESPNews | | Princeton | W 67–59 | 8–5 (1–0) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,278) Boston, MA |
| January 6, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Brown | W 89–59 | 9–5 (2–0) | Lavietes Pavilion (708) Boston, MA |
| January 7, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Yale | L 70–71 | 9–6 (2–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (867) Boston, MA |
| January 14, 2023 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Columbia | L 56–82 | 9–7 (2–2) | Levien Gymnasium (1,127) New York, NY |
| January 16, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | W 68–52 | 10–7 (3–2) | Leede Arena (335) Hanover, NH |
| January 21, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Cornell | W 66–53 | 11–7 (4–2) | Newman Arena (468) Ithaca, NY |
| January 28, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Penn | W 84–60 | 12–7 (5–2) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,385) Boston, MA |
| February 3, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Yale | W 67–54 | 13–7 (6–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (600) New Haven, CT |
| February 4, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Brown | W 74–61 | 14–7 (7–2) | Pizzitola Sports Center (618) Providence, RI |
| February 11, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Penn | L 64–70 | 14–8 (7–3) | Palestra (1,132) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 17, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Columbia | L 70–75 | 14–9 (7–4) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,065) Boston, MA |
| February 18, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Cornell | W 86–59 | 15–9 (8–4) | Lavietes Pavilion (961) Boston, MA |
| February 24, 2023 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Princeton | L 47–51 | 15–10 (8–5) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,744) Princeton, NJ |
| March 4, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Dartmouth | W 64–40 | 16–10 (9–5) | Lavietes Pavilion (956) Boston, MA |
| Ivy League Tournament ||||||
| March 10, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (2) Columbia Semifinals | W 72–65 $^{OT}$ | 17–10 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ |
| March 11, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPNews/ESPN+ | (3) | vs. (1) Princeton Championship Game | L 48–54 | 17–11 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ |
| WNIT ||||||
| March 16, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Towson First Round | W 103–63 | 18–11 | Lavietes Pavilion (345) Boston, MA |
| March 20, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMass Second Round | W 89–87 | 19–11 | Mullins Center (1,195) Amherst, MA |
| March 23, 2023 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Rhode Island Super 16 | W 74–63 | 20–11 | Lavietes Pavilion (680) Boston, MA |
| March 26, 2023 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Columbia Great 8 | L 71–77 | 20–12 | Levien Gymnasium (1,689) New York, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||