# 2022–23 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team represented University of Toledo during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rockets, led by fifteenth-year head coach Tricia Cullop, played their home games at Savage Arena in Toledo, Ohio, as members of the Mid-American Conference (MAC). The Rockets completed MAC play with a 16–2 record to claim the regular season championship for the second straight season. As the top seed they defeated Buffalo, Kent State and Bowling Green to win the MAC tournament. They were placed as the twelfth seed in the Seattle Region 3 of the 2023 NCAA tournament where they defeated Iowa State in the first round. They lost to Tennessee in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 30, 2022* 2:00 p.m. | | Ferris State | W 87–43 | | Savage Arena Toledo, OH |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2022* 11:00 a.m., ESPN3 | | Wright State | W 88–56 | 1–0 | Savage Arena (4,617) Toledo, OH |
| November 11, 2022* 5:30 p.m., ESPN3 | | Canisius | W 93–66 | 2–0 | Savage Arena (3,816) Toledo, OH |
| November 16, 2022* 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | at Cincinnati | W 74–71 $^{OT}$ | 3–0 | Fifth Third Arena (3,786) Cincinnati, OH |
| November 20, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Duke | L 41–58 | 3–1 | Savage Arena (5,427) Toledo, OH |
| November 25, 2022* 1:15 p.m., FloSports | | vs. Penn State Daytona Beach Invitational | L 59–60 | 3–2 | Ocean Center (350) Daytona Beach, FL |
| November 26, 2022* 1:15 p.m., FloSports | | vs. UT Arlington Daytona Beach Invitational | W 80–70 | 4–2 | Ocean Center (275) Daytona Beach, FL |
| November 30, 2022* 11:30 a.m., ESPN+ | | at Loyola (MD) | W 62–40 | 5–2 | Reitz Arena (1,134) Baltimore, MD |
| December 4, 2022* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Missouri State | W 91–63 | 6–2 | Savage Arena (1,134) Toledo, OH |
| December 8, 2022* 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at No. 14 Michigan | W 71–68 | 7–2 | Crisler Center (2,798) Ann Arbor, MI |
| December 11, 2022* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Dayton | W 57–45 | 8–2 | Savage Arena (3,548) Toledo, OH |
| December 21, 2022* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Oakland | W 74–44 | 9–2 | Savage Arena (3,315) Toledo, OH |
| MAC regular season ||||||
| January 4, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Western Michigan | W 71–53 | 10–2 (1–0) | Savage Arena (3,748) Toledo, OH |
| January 7, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Northern Illinois | L 66–67 | 10–3 (1–1) | Convocation Center (613) DeKalb, IL |
| January 11, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Ball State | W 83–76 | 11–3 (2–1) | Savage Arena (613) Toledo, OH |
| January 14, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Kent State | W 77–68 | 12–3 (3–1) | MAC Center (2,740) Kent, OH |
| January 18, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Bowling Green | L 76–88 | 12–4 (3–2) | Stroh Center (2,716) Bowling Green, OH |
| January 21, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Akron | W 76–63 | 13–4 (4–2) | Savage Arena (4,689) Toledo, OH |
| January 25, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Miami (OH) | W 82–63 | 14–4 (5–2) | Savage Arena (3,309) Toledo, OH |
| January 28, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Eastern Michigan | W 79–73 $^{OT}$ | 15–4 (6–2) | Convocation Center (2,015) Ypsilanti, MI |
| February 1, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Central Michigan | W 74–60 | 16–4 (7–2) | McGuirk Arena (1,085) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Ohio | W 66–55 | 17–4 (8–2) | Savage Arena (4,527) Toledo, OH |
| February 8, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Buffalo | W 91–73 | 18–4 (9–2) | Savage Arena (3,610) Toledo, OH |
| February 11, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Miami (OH) | W 71–58 | 19–4 (10–2) | Millett Hall (1,154) Oxford, OH |
| February 15, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Western Michigan | W 75–44 | 20–4 (11–2) | University Arena (628) Kalamazoo, MI |
| February 18, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Eastern Michigan | W 84–64 | 21–4 (12–2) | Savage Arena (4,635) Toledo, OH |
| February 22, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Akron | W 80–76 | 22–4 (13–2) | Rhodes Arena (473) Akron, OH |
| February 25, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Ball State | W 72–70 | 23–4 (14–2) | Worthen Arena (2,150) Muncie, IN |
| March 1, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Kent State | W 64–60 | 24–4 (15–2) | Savage Arena (3,985) Toledo, OH |
| March 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Bowling Green | W 62–56 | 25–4 (16–2) | Savage Arena (6,086) Toledo, OH |
| MAC women's tournament ||||||
| March 8, 2023 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | (1) | vs. (8) Buffalo Quarterfinals | W 75–74 $^{OT}$ | 26–4 | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH |
| March 10, 2023 10:00 a.m., ESPN+ | (1) | vs. (4) Kent State Semifinals | W 68–58 | 27–4 | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, OH |
| March 11, 2023 11:00 a.m., CBSSN | (1) | vs. (2) Bowling Green Championship game | W 73–58 | 28–4 | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse (2,810) Cleveland, OH |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 18, 2023* 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 | (12 S3) | vs. (5 S3) No. 17 Iowa State First round | W 80–73 | 29–4 | Thompson–Boling Arena (6,871) Knoxville, TN |
| March 20, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (12 S3) | at (4 S3) No. 24 Tennessee Second round | L 47–94 | 29–5 | Thompson–Boling Arena (5,486) Knoxville, TN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Seattle 3. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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