# 2022–23 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team

The 2022–23 New Orleans Privateers women's basketball team represented the University of New Orleans during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Privateers were led by twelfth year head coach Keeshawn Davenport and played their home games at the Lakefront Arena located on the UNO campus in New Orleans, Louisiana. They were members of the Southland Conference.

## Previous season

The Privateers finished the 2021–22 season with a 5–18 overall record and a 3–11 Southland Conference record, seventh place in the conference. They participated in the 2022 Southland Conference women's basketball tournament as the No. 7 seeded team. They wont their first round tournament game against No. 6 seeded Northwestern State 57–48. Their season ended with a quarterfinal loss to No. 4 seeded Southeastern 66–80.

## Preseason polls
### Southland Conference Poll

The Southland Conference released its preseason poll on October 25, 2022. Receiving 47 votes overall, the Privateers were picked to finish ninth in the conference.
| Predicted finish | Team | Votes (1st place) |
| 1 | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | 148 (11) |
| 2 | Houston Christian | 131 (5) |
| 3 | Southeastern | 122 (3) |
| 4 | Lamar | 103 |
| 5 | Texas A&M–Commerce Lions | 101(1) |
| 6 | McNeese | 98 |
| 7 | Incarnate Word | 64 |
| 8 | Northwestern State | 61 |
| 9 | New Orleans | 47 |
| 10 | Nicholls | 25 |

### Preseason All Conference

No Privateers were selected as members of the Preseason All Conference first team.

## Schedule

Sources:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov 7, 2022* 8:00 pm, CUSATV | | at UTEP | L 55–83 | 0–1 | Don Haskins Center (758) El Paso, TX |
| Nov 14, 2022* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | | South Alabama | W 71–63 | 1–1 | Lakefront Arena (647) New Orleans, LA |
| Nov 18, 2022* 6:00 pm | | at Grambling | L 59–69 | 1–2 | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (203) Grambling, LA |
| Nov 22, 2022* 6:00 pm | | at Alcorn State | L 56–65 | 1–3 | Davey Whitney Complex Lorman, MS |
| Nov 30, 2022* 6:00 pm | | at Tulane | L 37–90 | 1–4 | Devlin Fieldhouse (445) New Orleans, LA |
| Dec 3, 2022* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Wichita State | L 61–79 | 1–5 | Charles Koch Arena (1,241) Wichita, KS |
| Dec 11, 2022* 2:00 pm | | at No. 11 LSU | Cancelled | Cancelled | Pete Maravich Assembly Center Baton Rouge, LA |
| Dec 14, 2022* 11:00 am, ESPN+ | | Mississippi Valley State | L 63–67 $^{OT}$ | 1–6 | Lakefront Arena (410) New Orleans, LA |
| Dec 18, 2022* 1:00 pm, BTN | | at Rutgers | L 56–64 | 1–7 | Jersey Mike's Arena (1,016) Piscataway, NJ |
| Dec 21, 2022* 6:00 pm, FloHoops | | at Hofstra | L 60–64 | 1–8 | Mack Sports Complex (296) Hempstead, NY |
| Southland regular season ||||||
| Dec 31, 2022 12:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Houston Christian | L 59–68 | 1–9 (0–1) | Sharp Gymnasium (375) Houston, TX |
| Jan 5, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Lamar | W 60–46 | 2–9 (1–1) | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| Jan 7, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Houston Christian | L 54–62 | 2–10 (1–2) | Lakefront Arena New Orleans, LA |
| Jan 12, 2023 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Incarnate Word | L 55–61 | 2–11 (1–3) | McDermott Center (204) San Antonio, TX |
| Jan 14, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 45–58 | 2–12 (1–4) | American Bank Center (1,137) Corpus Christi, TX |
| Jan 19, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Texas A&M–Commerce | L 69–74 | 2–13 (1–5) | Lakefront Arena (381) New Orleans, LA |
| Jan 21, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Northwestern State | W 70–59 | 3–13 (2–5) | Lakefront Arena (213) New Orleans, LA |
| Jan 26, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Southeastern Louisiana | L 51–69 | 3–14 (2–6) | University Center (519) Hammond, LA |
| Jan 28, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 59–42 | 4–14 (3–6) | Lakefront Arena (412) New Orleans, LA |
| Feb 2, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | L 49–68 | 4–15 (3–7) | Lakefront Arena (309) New Orleans, LA |
| Feb 4, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Incarnate Word | L 45–59 | 4–16 (3–8) | Lakefront Arena (284) New Orleans, LA |
| Feb 9, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Nicholls | W 83–68 | 5–16 (4–8) | Stopher Gymnasium (268) Thibodaux, LA |
| Feb 11, 2023 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | | McNeese | W 65–59 | 6–16 (5–8) | Lakefront Arena (613) New Orleans, LA |
| Feb 16, 2023 5:30 pm, ESPN+ | | at Texas A&M–Commerce | L 70–83 | 6–17 (5–9) | The Field House (217) Commerce, TX |
| Feb 18, 2023 1:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Northwestern State | L 81–82 $^{OT}$ | 6–18 (5–10) | Prather Coliseum (501) Natchitoches, LA |
| Feb 23, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | Nicholls | W 88–73 | 7–18 (6–10) | Lakefront Arena (395) New Orleans, LA |
| Feb 25, 2023 3:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at Lamar | W 62–61 | 8–18 (7–10) | Montagne Center (1,458) Beaumont, TX |
| Mar 1, 2023 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | | at McNeese | L 56–68 | 8–19 (7–11) | The Legacy Center (1,566) Lake Charles, LA |
| 2023 Jersey Mike's Subs Southland Basketball Tournament ||||||
| Mar 6, 2023 1:30 pm, ESPN+ | (7) | at (6) McNeese First round | L 82–87 | 8–20 | The Legacy Center (448) Lake Charles, LA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||