- W&M opens the season at home for the third time in the last six seasons. It marks the second time since the 2019-20 season that the Tribe open against a service academy.
- A perennial rival, Navy and W&M play for the 17th time on Monday evening. Navy leads the all-time series at 9-7, with the Mids' taking last season's tilt 66-54 and three of the last four meetings. This will mark the third consecutive season the schools have squared off, in a series that dates back to 1980.
- The Tribe starts a brand-new era under the leadership of head coach
Erin Dickerson Davis. Dickerson Davis was named the sixth Division I head coach in W&M history on April 12, 2022. She takes the helm after serving as Associate Head Coach at Wake Forest University where she helped lead the Demon Deacons to a pair of postseason appearances, highlighted by the program's first NCAA Tournament berth in 30 seasons.
- The Tribe returns four (
Bre Bellamy,
Riley Casey,
Dani McTeer,
Sydney Wagner) of five starters from last year's home opener—an 83-31 victory over Randolph. Bellamy and Wagner were lineup constants for the Green and Gold in 21-22; both players started every game they played. In the win at Kaplan Arena, Bellamy led the charge with a team-best 15 points and three assists. Casey and McTeer each added their own double-digit performances with 13 and 12 points, respectively. W&M hit a sesason-high 32 field goals in the lopsided victory, which also marked the first of two times last season the Tribe scored 83 points.
- The Green and Gold will not leave the state of Virginia during the nonconference slate, playing six home games in Kaplan Arena and another five contests on the road against Commonwealth rivals (VCU, Old Dominion, George Mason, Longwood, Norfolk State). The Tribe's 11 nonconference foes averaged 15 wins a season ago and seven of them boasted winning records.
- After making an immediate impact in her first season with the Tribe, graduate student
Riley Casey was named to the preseason All-CAA First Team last month. The Brentwood, Tenn. native is a consistent threat from distance, averaging a CAA-leading 37.9% from behind the arc in 21-22. In 25 games last year, Casey hit 67 triples and racked up a conference-best 2.7 3-point buckets per game. Her seven 3-pointers against Charleston (1/6/22) were a season-high.
- Graduate student
Sydney Wagner was also named preseason All-CAA First Team by vote of the league coaches. Last season, she ranked 28th in the nation and first in the CAA, with 36.54 minutes played per game. Wagner topped the 40-minute playing mark eight times in 21-22, including a season-high 43 against George Mason. Another offensive threat for the Tribe, Wagner was ninth in the CAA in scoring (14.6 ppg), fourth in 3-pointers per game (21), and 16th in field goal percentage (.343).
- W&M was a big-time deep-shooting threat last year, leading the CAA in 3-point percentage (.323) and wrapping up the year third in conference in 3-pointers made per game (6.2). When the Tribe wasn't pulling up from distance, it was strong at the stripe, finishing 21-22 second in the CAA in team FT percentage (.756).
- A familiar name will be sitting courtside for Navy on Monday evening. Marlena Tremba, who played for the Tribe from 2014-17 and is the program's third all-time scoring leader with 1,595 points, is set to start her third season as an assistant coach with the Mids.
- Dickerson Davis' coaching staff may be full of fresh faces, but it's also, and more importantly, cock-full experience. Assistant coach
Dane Sparrow joins the staff after seven successful seasons at Wake Forest, where he served multiple roles – assistant coach (2016-22), director of basketball operations (2014-16) and video coordinator (2013). Former WNBA and Georgetown star
Sugar Rodgers arrives in Williamsburg, following time as a coach with the Las Vegas Aces and her alma mater.
Kenia Cole returns for her second season as an assistant coach with the Tribe, while
Jasmine Perkins starts her first season as Director of Basketball Operations. Recent W&M standout
Kate Sramac, who started every game for the Green and Gold last season, rounds out the staff as a graduate assistant.
- As a team, the Tribe was picked seventh in the preseason standings by vote of the league coaches. Drexel was the preseason pick to win the league with 10 first-place votes. Charleston (1), Stony Brook, Elon, Towson (2), and Delaware rounded out the top six.
