The 2022–23 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represented
Middle Tennessee State University
Middle Tennessee State University (MTSU or MT) is a Public university, public research university in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. Founded in 1911 as a normal school, the university consists of eight Undergraduate education, undergraduate colleges as ...
during the
2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 7, 2022. The regular season ended on March 12, 2023, with the 2023 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning on March 14 and ending with the championship ga ...
. The team was led by eighteenth-year head coach
Rick Insell
Rick Insell (born June 5, 1951) is the current head coach for the Middle Tennessee State University women's basketball team.
Career
He was the head coach of the Shelbyville Central High School girls' basketball team for 28 seasons. Coach Insell ...
, and played their home games at the
Murphy Center
Charles M. Murphy Athletic Center (commonly known as the Murphy Center) is the name of the main athletic department building at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. The building opened December 11, 1972, and is named in ...
in
Murfreesboro, Tennessee
Murfreesboro is a city in Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. Its population was 165,430 according to the 2023 census estimate, up from 108,755 residents certified in 2010 United States census, 2010. Murfreesboro i ...
as a member of
Conference USA
Conference USA (CUSA) is a collegiate athletic conference of member institutions in the Southern and Western United States. The conference participates in the NCAA's Division I in all sports. CUSA's offices are located in Dallas, Texas.
Mem ...
(C-USA).
The Blue Raiders finished the season 28–5, 18–2 in C-USA play, to finish as C-USA regular-season champions. As the #1 seed in the
C-USA tournament, they defeated #9 seed
Charlotte in the quarterfinals, #4 seed
UTEP
The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP) is a public research university in El Paso, Texas, United States. Founded in 1913 as the State School of Mines and Metallurgy, it is the third oldest academic component of the University of Texas Syste ...
in the semifinals, and #2 seed
Western Kentucky
Western Kentucky is the western portion of the U.S. state of Kentucky. It generally includes part or all of several more widely recognized regions of the state.
;Always included
* The Jackson Purchase, the state's westernmost generally recogniz ...
to win the C-USA tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid into the
NCAA tournament. They received the #11 seed in the Seattle Regional 4, where they lost to #6 region seed
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States. It is one of the Mountain states, sharing the Four Corners region with Arizona, New Mexico, and Utah. It is also bordered by Wyoming to the north, Nebraska to the northeast, Kansas ...
in the first round.
Roster
Schedule and results
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NCAA women's tournament
Source:
Rankings
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*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
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See also
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2022–23 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team
The 2022–23 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders men's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2022–23 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The team was led by fifth-year head coach Nick McDevitt, and played th ...
Notes
References
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Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball seasons
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders
The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders are the men's and women's athletic teams at Middle Tennessee State University, in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. MT athletic teams participate in NCAA Division I ( Bowl Subdivision in football) in Conference USA. MT co ...
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball
The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represents Middle Tennessee State University in women's basketball. The school competes in the Conference USA in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Blue R ...
Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball
The Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represents Middle Tennessee State University in women's basketball. The school competes in the Conference USA in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Blue R ...
Middle Tennessee
Middle Tennessee is one of the three Grand Divisions of Tennessee that composes roughly the central portion of the state. It is delineated according to state law as 41 of the state's 95 counties. Middle Tennessee contains the state's capital an ...