# 2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team

The 2022–23 Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball team represented Cleveland State University in the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Vikings, led by fifth-year head coach Chris Kielsmeier, played their home games at the Wolstein Center and were members of the Horizon League. It was the 50th season of Cleveland State women's basketball.

## Previous season

The Vikings finished the 2021–22 season 23–9, 14–6 in Horizon League play to finish in a tied for 4th. As a 4th seed in the Horizon League tournament they defeated IUPUI in the quarterfinals and Oakland in the semifinals before advancing to the championship where they lost to IUPUI. They were invited to the WBI where they defeated Northeastern in the first round and Nevada in the semifinals before losing to Saint Mary's in the championship game.

## Schedule

Source
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 25, 2022* 2:00 p.m. | | Ursuline College | W 76–43 | | Wolstein Center Cleveland, OH |
| Regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2022* 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at No. 8 Iowa State | L 54–87 | 0–1 | Hilton Coliseum (9,556) Ames, IA |
| November 12, 2022* 12:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | Hofstra | W 62–46 | 1–1 | Wolstein Center (189) Cleveland, OH |
| November 15, 2022* 8:00 p.m., FloSports | | at DePaul | W 90–83 $^{OT}$ | 2–1 | Wintrust Arena (1,109) Chicago, IL |
| November 19, 2022* 2:00 p.m. | | at Niagara | Postponed | Postponed | Gallagher Center Lewiston, NY |
| November 23, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Georgia State Viking Invitational | W 57–53 | 3–1 | Wolstein Center (164) Cleveland, OH |
| November 25, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Bellarmine Viking Invitational | W 76–59 | 4–1 | Wolstein Center (222) Cleveland, OH |
| November 26, 2022* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | St. Bonaventure Viking Invitational | W 64–40 | 5–1 | Wolstein Center (163) Cleveland, OH |
| December 2, 2022 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Oakland | W 77–54 | 6–1 (1–0) | Wolstein Center (374) Cleveland, OH |
| December 4, 2022 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Detroit Mercy | W 86–30 | 7–1 (2–0) | Wolstein Center (173) Cleveland, OH |
| December 8, 2022* 11:00 a.m. | | at Central Michigan | W 86–55 | 8–1 | McGuirk Arena (3,826) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| December 11, 2022* 5:00 p.m. | | at Akron | W 76–58 | 9–1 | James A. Rhodes Arena (468) Akron, OH |
| December 19, 2022* 6:30 p.m., BallerTV | | vs. Lindenwood Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic | W 72–45 | 10–1 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| December 20, 2022* 6:30 p.m., BallerTV | | vs. Campbell Las Vegas Holiday Hoops Classic | W 59–47 | 11–1 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| December 29, 2022 5:15 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Youngstown State | W 77–68 | 12–1 (3–0) | Beeghly Center (2,786) Youngstown, OH |
| December 31, 2022 12:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Robert Morris | W 70–52 | 13–1 (4–0) | UPMC Events Center (267) Moon Township, PA |
| January 6, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Purdue Fort Wayne | W 74–56 | 14–1 (5–0) | Wolstein Center (241) Cleveland, OH |
| January 8, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | IUPUI | W 92–58 | 15–1 (6–0) | Wolstein Center (209) Cleveland, OH |
| January 12, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Milwaukee | W 81–50 | 16–1 (7–0) | Wolstein Center (448) Cleveland, OH |
| January 14, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Green Bay | L 65–82 | 16–2 (7–1) | Wolstein Center (393) Cleveland, OH |
| January 20, 2023 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Wright State | W 103–72 | 17–2 (8–1) | Nutter Center (1,029) Dayton, OH |
| January 22, 2023 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Northern Kentucky | L 69–73 | 17–3 (8–2) | Truist Arena (1,010) Highland Heights, KY |
| January 26, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Detroit Mercy | W 107–65 | 18–3 (9–2) | Calihan Hall (189) Detroit, MI |
| January 28, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Oakland | W 72–51 | 19–3 (10–2) | Athletics Center O'rena (400) Rochester, MI |
| February 2, 2023 11:00 a.m., ESPN+ | | Robert Morris | W 61–43 | 20–3 (11–2) | Wolstein Center (2,637) Cleveland, OH |
| February 4, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Youngstown State | W 81–48 | 21–3 (12–2) | Wolstein Center (575) Cleveland, OH |
| February 7, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Chicago State | W 88–49 | 22–3 | Wolstein Center (221) Cleveland, OH |
| February 11, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at IUPUI | W 83–59 | 23–3 (13–2) | The Jungle (425) Indianapolis, IN |
| February 13, 2023 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Purdue Fort Wayne | W 73–63 | 24–3 (14–2) | Hilliard Gates Sports Center (470) Fort Wayne, IN |
| February 18, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Wright State | W 87–49 | 26–3 (16–2) | Wolstein Center (382) Cleveland, OH |
| February 23, 2023 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Green Bay | L 49–64 | 26–4 (16–3) | Kress Events Center (1,964) Green Bay, WI |
| February 25, 2023 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Milwaukee | W 63–56 | 27–4 (17–3) | Klotsche Center (609) Milwaukee, WI |
| Horizon League Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 2, 2023 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) | (7) Milwaukee Quarterfinals | W 65–52 | 28–4 | Wolstein Center (1,276) Cleveland, OH |
| March 6, 2023 2:30 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) | vs. (5) Northern Kentucky Semifinals | W 63–60 $^{OT}$ | 29–4 | Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis, IN |
| March 7, 2023 12:00 p.m., ESPNU | (2) | vs. (1) Green Bay Championship | W 73–61 | 30–4 | Indiana Farmers Coliseum Indianapolis, IN |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 18, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPNU | (13 G2) | at (4 G2) No. 10 Villanova First Round | L 59–76 | 30–5 | Finneran Pavilion (6,871) Villanova, PA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G2=Greenville 2. 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 | — | —* | —^ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | RV | RV | — | — | — | — | RV | — | — | RV | |
*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same. ^Coaches did not release a week 2 poll.