# 2022–23 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by twenty-first year head coach Jim Flanery, played their home games at D. J. Sokol Arena and were members of the Big East Conference.

## Previous season

The Bluejays finished the season at 23–10 and 15–5 in Big East play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament to Seton Hall. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a 10th seed in Greensboro region where they defeated 7th seed Colorado in the first round, upset 2nd seed Iowa in the second round to advance to their first sweet sixteen appearance. They upset 3rd seed Iowa State to advance to their first elite eight. They lost to the National Champion South Carolina.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason left |
| Tatum Rembao | 2 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Loveland, CO | Graduated |
| Chloe Dworak | 24 | G | 5'6" | Senior | Lincoln, NE | Graduated |
| Payton Brotski | 33 | G | 5'11" | Senior | Papillion, NE | Graduated |

#### Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2022.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition |||||||||
| October 26, 2022* 6:00 p.m. | No. 21 | Missouri Western | W 91–34 | | – | – | – | D. J. Sokol Arena Omaha, NE |
| October 29, 2022* 1:00 p.m. | No. 21 | Truman State | W 97–34 | | – | – | – | D. J. Sokol Arena Omaha, NE |
| Regular season |||||||||
| November 7, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 21 | at No. 23 South Dakota State | W 78–69 | 1–0 | 30 – Jensen | 7 – Mogensen | 5 – Jensen | Frost Arena (2,504) Brookings, SD |
| November 10, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 21 | at South Dakota | W 74–51 | 2–0 | 21 – Maly | 10 – Maly | 4 – Mogensen | Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,372) Vermillion, SD |
| November 15, 2022* 7:00 p.m., FloSports | No. 20 | No. 22 Nebraska | W 77–51 | 3–0 | 22 – Mogensen | 8 – Maly | 7 – Jensen | D. J. Sokol Arena (2,306) Omaha, NE |
| November 20, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | No. 20 | at Northern Iowa | W 85–66 | 4–0 | 23 – Ronsiek | 8 – Mogensen | 4 – Tied | McLeod Center (2,110) Cedar Falls, IA |
| November 22, 2022* 7:05 p.m., YurView | No. 16 | at Omaha | W 93–71 | 5–0 | 26 – Ronsiek | 11 – Bachelor | 4 – Tied | Baxter Arena (1,273) Omaha, NE |
| November 25, 2022 11:00 a.m., FloSports | No. 16 | at Xavier | W 57–51 | 6–0 (1–0) | 18 – Jensen | 8 – Mogensen | 5 – Tied | Cintas Center (391) Cincinnati, OH |
| December 2, 2022 6:00 p.m., FloSports | No. 13 | at No. 25 Villanova | W 67–46 | 7–0 (2–0) | 22 – Mogensen | 8 – Jensen | 6 – Bachelor | Finneran Pavilion (2,841) Villanova, PA |
| December 4, 2022 1:00 p.m., FloSports | No. 13 | at St. John's | L 62–66 | 7–1 (2–1) | 21 – Jensen | 6 – Tied | 5 – Mogensen | Carnesecca Arena (394) Queens, NY |
| December 10, 2022* 7:00 p.m., FloSports | No. 18 | Drake | W 75–71 | 8–1 | 24 – Maly | 7 – Mogensen | 5 – Mogensen | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,083) Omaha, NE |
| December 17, 2022* 1:00 p.m., FloSports | No. 17 | No. 21 Arkansas | L 75–83 | 8–2 | 24 – Maly | 11 – Bachelor | 3 – Maly | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,050) Omaha, NE |
| December 20, 2022* 9:00 p.m., P12N | No. 21 | at No. 2 Stanford | L 59–72 | 8–3 | 18 – Jensen | 6 – Maly | 3 – Jensen | Maples Pavilion (2,988) Stanford, CA |
| December 28, 2022 7:30 p.m., SNY | No. 21 | No. 8 UConn | L 47–72 | 8–4 (2–2) | 22 – Ronsiek | 6 – Maly | 2 – Tied | D. J. Sokol Arena (2,236) Omaha, NE |
| December 31, 2022 3:00 p.m., FOX | No. 21 | at DePaul | W 92–82 | 9–4 (3–2) | 22 – Ronsiek | 8 – Maly | 6 – Jensen | Wintrust Arena (1,290) Chicago, IL |
| January 4, 2023 6:00 p.m., FloSports | No. 25 | Providence | L 75–79 | 9–5 (3–3) | 30 – Maly | 7 – Maly | 7 – Mogensen | D. J. Sokol Arena (928) Omaha, NE |
| January 8, 2022 3:00 p.m., CBSSN | No. 25 | Marquette | W 68–42 | 10–5 (4–3) | 19 – Jensen | 7 – Maly | 5 – Jensen | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,087) Omaha, NE |
| January 11, 2023 8:00 p.m., FS1 | | Seton Hall | W 75–53 | 11–5 (5–3) | 23 – Maly | 7 – Jensen | 7 – Jensen | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,236) Omaha, NE |
| January 14, 2023 3:00 p.m., FS1 | | at Butler | W 75–56 | 12–5 (6–3) | 20 – Ronsiek | 7 – Jensen | 5 – Saunders | Hinkle Fieldhouse (920) Indianapolis, IN |
| January 20, 2023 8:00 p.m., FS1 | | No. 22 Villanova | L 57–73 | 12–6 (6–4) | 11 – Tied | 4 – Tied | 4 – Mogensen | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,423) Omaha, NE |
| January 24, 2023 6:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Providence | W 64–46 | 13–6 (7–4) | 20 – Ronsiek | 10 – Bachelor | 7 – Jensen | Alumni Hall (317) Providence, RI |
| January 28, 2023 12:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Georgetown | W 75–67 | 14–6 (8–4) | 20 – Jensen | 11 – Ronsiek | 6 – Saunders | McDonough Gymnasium (785) Washington, D.C. |
| February 1, 2023 6:00 p.m., FloSports | | DePaul | W 83–74 | 15–6 (9–4) | 21 – Maly | 9 – Saunders | 8 – Saunders | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,298) Omaha, NE |
| February 4, 2023 1:00 p.m., FloSports | | St. John's | W 81–65 | 16–6 (10–4) | 22 – Maly | 8 – Bachelor | 8 – Jensen | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,315) Omaha, NE |
| February 7, 2023 6:00 p.m., BEDN | | at Seton Hall | W 77–64 | 17–6 (11–4) | 21 – Ronsiek | 9 – Maly | 7 – Mogensen | Walsh Gymnasium (868) South Orange, NJ |
| February 12, 2023 12:00 p.m., FloSports | | Xavier | W 73–53 | 18–6 (12–4) | 15 – Jensen | 9 – Ronsiek | 5 – Jensen | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,389) Omaha, NE |
| February 15, 2023 7:30 p.m., SNY | | at No. 6 UConn | L 60–62 | 18–7 (12–5) | 15 – Maly | 8 – Maly | 5 – Ronsiek | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT |
| February 18, 2023 1:00 p.m., FloSports | | Georgetown | W 75–34 | 19–7 (13–5) | 16 – Maly | 10 – Brake | 7 – Ronsiek | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,887) Omaha, NE |
| February 22, 2023 7:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Marquette | W 55–44 | 20–7 (14–5) | 15 – Maly | 12 – Ronsiek | 5 – Tied | Al McGuire Center (1,232) Milwaukee, WI |
| February 27, 2023 6:00 p.m., FloSports | | Butler | W 74–46 | 21–7 (15–5) | 16 – Jensen | 6 – Tied | 5 – Mogensen | D. J. Sokol Arena (1,427) Omaha, NE |
| Big East Women's Tournament |||||||||
| March 4, 2023 8:30 p.m., FS2 | (3) | vs. (6) Seton Hall Quarterfinals | W 75–74 $^{OT}$ | 22–7 | 22 – Ronsiek | 10 – Maly | 6 – Ronsiek | Mohegan Sun Arena (5,017) Uncasville, CT |
| March 5, 2023 4:30 p.m., FS1 | (3) | vs. (2) No. 11 Villanova Semifinals | L 61–63 | 22–8 | 22 – Jensen | 7 – Saunders | 5 – Ronsiek | Mohegan Sun Arena (7,712) Uncasville, CT |
| NCAA Women's Tournament |||||||||
| March 17, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPNews | (6 G1) | vs. (11 G1) Mississippi State First Round | L 66–81 | 22–9 | 22 – Jensen | 6 – Bachelor | 5 – Jensen | Edmund P. Joyce Center (3,950) South Bend, IN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G1=Greenville 1. All times are in Central. |||||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | Final |
| AP | 21 | 21* | 20 | 16 | 13 | 18 | 16т | 21 | 21 | 25 | RV | RV | — | | | | | | | | Not released |
| Coaches | 21 | 21* | 20^ | 15 | 14 | 18 | 16 | 20 | 21 | 24 | RV | RV | RV | | | | | | | | |
*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same. ^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.