It began with practices in October 2022, followed by the start of the 2022–23 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November.

The 2023 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio for the 23rd consecutive season.

[8] MAC Tournament champions: Toledo (9), Ball State (3) The schedule was released in late August.

[3] Toledo was placed as the twelfth seed in the Seattle Region 3 of the 2023 NCAA tournament where they defeated Iowa State in the first round.

[33] Northern Illinois accepted a to the WBI where they lost to Georgia Southern in the first round.