# 2022–23 Florida Gators women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Florida Gators women's basketball team represented University of Florida in the 2022–23 college basketball season. Led by second year head coach Kelly Rae Finley, the team played their games at O'Connell Center as members of the Southeastern Conference.
The Gators finished the season with a 19–15 overall record, 5–11 in the SEC conference. In the postseason, they were defeated by Kentucky in the first round of the SEC Tournament, but qualified to enter the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they advanced to the quarterfinals before losing to Bowling Green.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 2, 2022* 7:00 p.m. | | Saint Leo | W 110–46 | | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2022* 5:30 p.m., SECN+ | | Florida A&M | W 83–55 | 1–0 | O'Connell Center (1,232) Gainesville, FL |
| November 13, 2022* 2:00 p.m., SECN | | UNC Asheville | W 86–40 | 2–0 | O'Connell Center (1,112) Gainesville, FL |
| November 16, 2022* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Florida State | L 77–92 | 2–1 | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,505) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 18, 2022* 6:00 p.m., SECN+ | | Bethune–Cookman | W 82–73 | 3–1 | O'Connell Center (735) Gainesville, FL |
| November 21, 2022* 6:00 p.m., SECN+ | | Furman | W 77–50 | 4–1 | O'Connell Center Gainesville, FL |
| November 24, 2022* 3:00 p.m., FloSports | | vs. Green Bay St. Pete Showcase | W 61–52 | 5–1 | McArthur Gymnasium (182) St. Petersburg, FL |
| November 26, 2022* 12:00 p.m., FloSports | | vs. Houston St. Pete Showcase | W 77–73 $^{OT}$ | 6–1 | McArthur Gymnasium (158) St. Petersburg, FL |
| November 30, 2022* 5:30 p.m., SECN+ | | Prairie View A&M | W 68–53 | 7–1 | O'Connell Center (915) Gainesville, FL |
| December 4, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Dayton | W 69–65 | 8–1 | UD Arena (2,052) Dayton, OH |
| December 6, 2022* 6:00 p.m., SECN+ | | Presbyterian | W 78–52 | 9–1 | O'Connell Center (615) Gainesville, FL |
| December 11, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Miami (FL) | W 76–73 $^{OT}$ | 10–1 | Watsco Center (3,251) Coral Gables, FL |
| December 18, 2022* 2:00 p.m., SECN+ | | UNC Greensboro | W 79–55 | 11–1 | O'Connell Center (1,010) Gainesville, FL |
| December 21, 2022* 9:30 p.m., ESPN2 | | vs. No. 23 Oklahoma Jumpman Invitational | L 79–95 | 11–2 | Spectrum Center (19,236) Charlotte, NC |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2022 6:00 p.m., SECN+ | | Tennessee | L 67–77 | 11–3 (0–1) | O'Connell Center (2,656) Gainesville, FL |
| January 1, 2023 2:00 p.m., SECN | | at Texas A&M | W 55–48 | 12–3 (1–1) | Reed Arena (3,255) College Station, TX |
| January 5, 2023 8:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at Arkansas | L 74–102 | 12–4 (1–2) | Bud Walton Arena (4,524) Fayetteville, AR |
| January 8, 2023 12:00 p.m., ESPNU | | Georgia | L 77–82 | 12–5 (1–3) | O'Connell Center (1,821) Gainesville, FL |
| January 15, 2023 3:00 p.m., SECN | | Kentucky | L 75–81 | 12–6 (1–4) | O'Connell Center (1,625) Gainesville, FL |
| January 19, 2023 6:30 p.m., SECN+ | | at Tennessee | L 56–74 | 12–7 (1–5) | Thompson–Boling Arena (7,552) Knoxville, TN |
| January 22, 2023 2:00 p.m., SECN+ | | Vanderbilt | W 73–55 | 13–7 (2–5) | O'Connell Center (1,325) Gainesville, FL |
| January 30, 2023 7:00 p.m., SECN | | at Auburn | L 55–66 | 13–8 (2–6) | Neville Arena (2,551) Auburn, AL |
| February 2, 2023 6:00 p.m., SECN+ | | Texas A&M | W 61–54 | 14–8 (3–6) | O'Connell Center (2,099) Gainesville, FL |
| February 5, 2023 4:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at Ole Miss | L 42–68 | 14–9 (3–7) | SJB Pavilion (3,216) Oxford, MS |
| February 9, 2023 7:00 p.m., SECN | | Mississippi State | L 56–73 | 14–10 (3–8) | O'Connell Center (1,170) Gainesville, FL |
| February 12, 2023 1:00 p.m., SECN | | at Georgia | L 55–81 | 14–11 (3–9) | Stegeman Coliseum (3,834) Athens, GA |
| February 16, 2023 7:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at No. 1 South Carolina | L 56–87 | 14–12 (3–10) | Colonial Life Arena (13,943) Columbia, SC |
| February 19, 2023 2:00 p.m., SECN | | No. 5 LSU | L 79–90 | 14–13 (3–11) | O'Connell Center (3,498) Gainesville, FL |
| February 23, 2023 6:00 p.m., SECN+ | | Alabama | W 81–77 | 15–13 (4–11) | O'Connell Center (1,433) Gainesville, FL |
| February 26, 2023 3:00 p.m., SECN+ | | at Missouri | W 61–52 | 16–13 (5–11) | Mizzou Arena (4,556) Columbia, MO |
| SEC Tournament ||||||
| March 1, 2023 1:30 p.m., SECN | (11) | vs. (14) Kentucky First Round | L 57–72 | 16–14 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena (8,125) Greenville, SC |
| WNIT Tournament ||||||
| March 16, 2023 6:00 p.m., SECN+ | | Wofford First Round | W 66–63 | 17–14 | O'Connell Center (512) Gainesville, FL |
| March 20, 2023 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Wake Forest Second Round | W 80–63 | 18–14 | LJVM Coliseum (701) Winston-Salem, NC |
| March 23, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Clemson Super 16 | W 73–63 | 19–14 | Littlejohn Coliseum (1,103) Clemson, SC |
| March 27, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Bowling Green Great 8 | L 52–69 | 19–15 | Stroh Center Bowling Green, OH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes :
| | 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 | RV | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Not released |
| Coaches | — | — | — | — | — | — | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |