2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season | |
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Preseason AP No. 1 | LSU |
Regular season | November 6, 2023 – March 17, 2024 |
NCAA Tournament | 2024 |
Tournament dates | March 20 – April 7 |
National Championship | Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse Cleveland, Ohio |
NCAA Champions | South Carolina |
Other champions | Illinois (WBIT) Saint Louis (WNIT) |
Player of the Year (Naismith, Wooden) | Caitlin Clark, Iowa |
The 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 6, 2023. The regular season ended on March 17, 2024, with the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning on March 20 and ended with the championship game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 7.[1]
This season was the first for the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament, a secondary national tournament operated by the NCAA as a direct parallel to the men's National Invitation Tournament.
Rule changes
[edit]On May 5, 2023, the NCAA Basketball Rules Committee proposed a suite of rule changes for the 2023–24 season. These changes were approved by the Playing Rules Oversight Panel during its June 8 conference call:[2][3]
- Players judged to have flopped are warned on the first offense, with a technical foul to be issued for subsequent offenses. All flop calls after the first are added to the team foul count, but not to the individual players' foul counts.
- Flopping and delay of game were established as a new class of technical fouls assessed to the team and not to individuals.
- The restricted-area arc within the free-throw lane was reduced from an arc 4 feet (1.22 m) from the center of the basket to the area directly under the basket. Defenders can now draw charges at any location other than directly under the basket.
- Prerecorded or live video can be transmitted to the bench area during the game, on an optional basis. This had been an experimental rule since 2021–22, but is now permanent.
- The shot clock resets to 20 seconds for all offensive rebounds when the original shot has touched the rim.
- Red and amber lights can now be placed on the backboard.
- Schools no longer need to apply for a waiver to allow players to use religious headwear that is safe for competition.
- All numbers from 0–99 are now allowed. Previously, player numbers could only include digits from 0 to 5.
Season headlines
[edit]- July 17, 2023
- The NCAA announced the creation of the Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament (WBIT), a secondary 32-team national tournament that directly parallels the men's National Invitation Tournament.[4]
- Triple Crown Sports, which owns and operates the Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT), responded to the WBIT announcement by reducing the WNIT field from 64 to 48 teams, effective immediately.[5]
- October 4 – The Division I Council announced changes to the transfer window for all sports. In men's and women's basketball, the transfer portal now opens on the day after Selection Sunday and remains open for 45 days, down from the previous 60.[6]
- October 15 – Iowa held Crossover at Kinnick, an exhibition game at the school's football home of Kinnick Stadium. The Hawkeyes defeated DePaul 94–72 in front of a crowd of 55,646, the largest documented attendance in history for a women's basketball game.[7]
- October 23 – The Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference announced that Merrimack and Sacred Heart would join from the Northeast Conference (NEC) in July 2024.[8]
- October 24 – The AP released its preseason All-America team. Reigning national player of the year Caitlin Clark of Iowa was the only unanimous choice, joined by forwards Angel Reese of LSU, Cameron Brink of Stanford, and Mackenzie Holmes of Indiana; center Elizabeth Kitley of Virginia Tech; and guard Paige Bueckers of UConn. The team had six players instead of the normal five because Holmes and Kitley tied in voting for the fifth spot.[9]
- October 27 – The NCAA announced that effective immediately, the top overall seed in the Division I tournament would be placed in a regional pod playing on Friday and Sunday. This assures that team of the most possible rest time between the regional final and the Final Four, assuming that it advances to that point.[10]
- November 28 – Conference USA announced that Delaware would join from the Coastal Athletic Association in 2025.[11]
- December 5 – The NEC announced that Chicago State, the only Division I independent, would join the conference in July 2024.[12]
- December 20 – The two schools left behind in the mass exodus from the Pac-12, Oregon State and Washington State, were reported to be nearing a deal with the West Coast Conference (WCC) for affiliate membership in multiple sports, including men's and women's basketball. The arrangement, expected to be voted on by WCC member presidents in the coming days, would run for two years (through 2025–26), during which time the so-called "Pac-2" would be eligible for WCC championships and could represent the conference in NCAA championship events.[13][14]
- December 22 – The reported deal between the "Pac-2" and the WCC became official, with Oregon State and Washington State joining as affiliate members in all non-football sports apart from baseball through 2025–26.[15]
- February 16, 2024 – During UConn's senior night ceremony, Bueckers announced that she would return for the 2024–25 season. She was eligible for the WNBA draft, in which she was projected as a lottery pick, as a redshirt junior.[16]
- February 29
- Clark announced she would declare for the WNBA draft. She was also eligible to return to college in 2024–25.[17]
- The Mid-American Conference (MAC) announced that UMass would leave the Atlantic 10 Conference for the MAC in 2025–26.[18]
- March 25 – The Southland Conference announced that UTRGV would join from the Western Athletic Conference on July 1, 2024.[19]
- April 4 – The NEC announced that Mercyhurst, a member of the Division II Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference, would start a transition to Division I and join the NEC on July 1, 2024.[20]
- April 17 – The United States Basketball Writers Association announced that its annual award for the top D-I women's head coach would be renamed as the Geno Auriemma Award starting in 2024–25.[21]
Milestones and records
[edit]Caitlin Clark
[edit]- November 12 – Clark joined Sabrina Ionescu as the only Division I players to collect a triple-double in four different seasons, recording 24 points, 10 rebounds, and 11 assists in Iowa's 94–53 blowout of Northern Iowa. Clark also surpassed Megan Gustafson as Iowa's all-time scoring leader.[22]
- December 6 – Clark became the 15th Division I women's player with 3,000 career points after a 35-point performance in Iowa's 67–58 win at Iowa State. She also became the first D-I player, male or female, with 3,000 points, 750 rebounds, and 750 assists.[23]
- December 30 – Clark passed Ohio State's Samantha Prahalis as the career assists leader in the Big Ten Conference during Iowa's 94–71 win against Minnesota.[24]
- January 31, 2024 – Clark became the all-time scoring leader in Big Ten history, passing Ohio State's Kelsey Mitchell, during Iowa's 110–74 win at Northwestern. This also put Clark in second place on the Division I women's career scoring list, behind Kelsey Plum of Washington.[25]
- February 11 – Clark became the sixth Division I player with 1,000 career assists, reaching the milestone during Iowa's 82–79 loss at Nebraska.[26]
- February 15 – Clark surpassed Plum as the D-I career scoring leader with a long three-pointer less than 3 minutes into Iowa's home game against Michigan. She finished with a program-record 49 points, with Iowa winning 106–89.[27]
- February 28 – In Iowa's 108–60 blowout of Minnesota, Clark reached three major milestones:[28]
- She passed Lynette Woodard, whose career at Kansas from 1977–81 predated NCAA sponsorship of women's sports, as the career scoring leader in major-college women's basketball.
- Clark became the all-time Division I women's leader for three-pointers in a season. Her 156 threes at this point in the season put her past Taylor Pierce, who had 154 for Idaho in the 2018–19 season.[29]
- She became the second Division I women's player with 500 career three-pointers, after Taylor Robertson of Oklahoma from 2018–2023, and also passed Mitchell as the Big Ten career leader.[30]
- March 3 – In Iowa's last regular-season game, and also the last regular-season game of Clark's college career, she surpassed the career total of D-I men's scoring leader Pete Maravich shortly before halftime of the Hawkeyes' 93–83 win over Ohio State.[31]
- March 8 – In the quarterfinals of the Big Ten tournament, Clark, who in her previous game had drawn level with Stephen Curry and Darius McGhee for the most three-pointers by any Division I player in a single season, surpassed both in Iowa's 95–62 win over Penn State, finishing the game with 164 this season.[32]
- March 9 – In Iowa's 95–68 win over Michigan in the Big Ten semifinals, Clark became the first player in D-I women's history to score at least 1,000 points in two different seasons, having done so in 2022–23. She also passed Mitchell as the all-time leading scorer in Big Ten tournament history.[33]
- March 25 – Clark's 32 points in Iowa's 64–54 win over West Virginia in the second round of the NCAA tournament put her past Plum for the most points in a single season in D-I women's history.[34]
- April 1 – In a rematch of the 2023 championship game, Clark's 41 points, including nine three-pointers, led Iowa to a 94–87 win over LSU in the Region 2 final, giving the Hawkeyes a second straight Final Four berth. In the process, Clark tied the record for most threes in an NCAA tournament game and became the D-I women's career leader in threes, passing the aforementioned Taylor Robertson.[35] Clark also set NCAA women's tournament records for career assists and threes.[36]
- April 7 – Following Clark's final college game, Iowa's 87–75 loss to South Carolina in the 2024 national championship game, she reached the following season or career milestones:[37]
- Division I women's record career scoring average of 28.42 points per game, fractionally ahead of the previous record by Mississippi Valley State's Patricia Hoskins (28.38).
- First D-I player, male or female, with 200 three-pointers in a season (201).
- First D-I women's player to average 5 threes in a season (5.15), passing Pierce's previous record.
- Career leader in points (491) in D-I women's tournament history.
Other milestones and records
[edit]- January 14, 2024 – Syracuse's Dyaisha Fair became the 16th D-I women's player with 3,000 career points, reaching the milestone in the Orange's 83–82 win over Clemson. Fair played three seasons at Buffalo before transferring to Syracuse in 2022.[38]
- January 21 – Tara VanDerveer became the winningest head coach in Division I history, recording her 1,203rd career win in Stanford's 65–56 win over Oregon State. The win put her ahead of retired Duke men's coach Mike Krzyzewski on the D-I career wins list.[39]
- April 1 – In UConn's 80–73 win over USC in the Region 3 final of the NCAA tournament, USC's JuJu Watkins set a new Division I single-season freshman scoring record. Her 29 points gave her 920 for the season, passing previous leader Tina Hutchinson of San Diego State, who had set the record in 1983–84.[40]
Conference membership changes
[edit]Nineteen schools joined new conferences, became independents, or dropped athletics.[41]
School | Former conference | New conference |
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BYU | WCC | Big 12 |
Campbell | Big South | CAA |
Charlotte | CUSA | American |
Cincinnati | American | Big 12 |
Florida Atlantic | CUSA | American |
Hartford | Independent | CCC[a] (D-III) |
Houston | American | Big 12 |
Jacksonville State | ASUN | CUSA |
Le Moyne | NE-10 (D-II) | NEC |
Liberty | ASUN | CUSA |
New Mexico State | WAC | CUSA |
North Texas | CUSA | American |
Rice | CUSA | American |
St. Francis Brooklyn | NEC | None (dropped athletics) |
Sam Houston | WAC | CUSA |
UAB | CUSA | American |
UCF | American | Big 12 |
UTSA | CUSA | American |
Western Illinois | Summit | OVC |
The 2023−24 season was the last for 20 Division I schools in their current conferences and at least two Division II schools in their current conferences before reclassification to Division I. It was also the last season for Chicago State as the only Division I independent.[41][42]
School | 2023−24 conference | Future conference |
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Arizona | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
Arizona State | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
California | Pac-12 | ACC |
Chicago State | Independent | NEC |
Colorado | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
Kennesaw State | ASUN | CUSA |
Mercyhurst | PSAC (D-II) | NEC |
Merrimack | NEC | MAAC |
Oklahoma | Big 12 | SEC |
Oregon | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
Oregon State | Pac-12[b] | WCC |
Sacred Heart | NEC | MAAC |
SMU | American | ACC |
Stanford | Pac-12 | ACC |
Stephen F. Austin | WAC | Southland |
Texas | Big 12 | SEC |
UCLA | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
USC | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
Utah | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
UTRGV | WAC | Southland |
Washington | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
Washington State | Pac-12[b] | WCC |
West Georgia | Gulf South (D-II) | ASUN |
Arenas
[edit]New arenas
[edit]- Austin Peay left the on-campus Winfield Dunn Center for the new F&M Bank Arena in downtown Clarksville, Tennessee after 49 seasons. The new arena opened on July 15, 2023. The first basketball event was a joint practice by the men's and women's teams on October 26.[43][44] The first official games consisted of a men's and women's doubleheader on November 6, with the women losing 75–59 to Division II Trevecca Nazarene in the first game.[45]
- Baylor left the Ferrell Center for the new Foster Pavilion. The Bears' first game in the new arena was a 71–50 win over TCU on January 3, 2024,[46] a day after the arena opened with the Baylor men defeating Cornell 98–79.[47]
- Georgia Southern will leave the Hanner Fieldhouse for the new Jack and Ruth Ann Hill Convocation Center. The venue was scheduled to open in the early fall of 2023, but was delayed until 2024–25 season.[48]
- Longwood left Willett Hall for the new Joan Perry Brock Center; the venue opened on August 25, 2023. The team played its first game there on November 11, 2023, against St. Mary's of Maryland.[49][50]
- Vermont was originally slated to open the new Tarrant Event Center, the replacement for Patrick Gym, in 2021. However, the new arena has since been placed on indefinite hold. Construction was initially halted by COVID-19. With the Tarrant Center being part of a much larger upgrade of UVM's athletic and recreation facilities, UVM chose to prioritize a new student recreation center. Construction of the Tarrant Center is now being hampered by increased borrowing costs.[51]
Seasonal outlook
[edit]The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching polls.[52][53]
Pre-season polls
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Final polls
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Top 10 matchups
[edit]Rankings reflect the AP poll Top 25.
Regular season
[edit]- November 6, 2023
- No. 6 South Carolina defeated No. 10 Notre Dame, 100–71 (Aflac Oui-Play – Halle Georges Carpentier, Paris, France)
- November 9
- No. 3 Iowa defeated No. 8 Virginia Tech, 80–76 (Ally Tipoff – Spectrum Center, Charlotte, NC)
- November 24
- No. 2 UCLA defeated No. 6 UConn, 78–67 (Cayman Islands Classic – John Gray Gymnasium, George Town, Cayman Islands)
- November 25
- No. 10 NC State defeated No. 3 Colorado, 78–60 (Paradise Jam – UVI Sports & Fitness Center, Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands)
- November 30
- No. 7 LSU defeated No. 9 Virginia Tech, 82–64 (ACC–SEC Challenge – Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA)
- December 30
- No. 10 Baylor defeated No. 5 Texas, 85–79 (Moody Center, Austin, TX)
- No. 2 UCLA defeated No. 6 USC, 71–64 (Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA)
- January 14, 2024
- No. 5 Colorado defeated No. 8 Stanford, 71–59 (CU Events Center, Boulder, CO)
- No. 9 USC defeated No. 2 UCLA, 73–65 (Galen Center, Los Angeles, CA)
- January 19
- No. 5 UCLA defeated No. 3 Colorado, 76–68 (CU Events Center, Boulder, CO)
- January 21
- No. 3 Colorado defeated No. 6 USC, 63–59 (CU Events Center, Boulder, CO)
- January 25
- No. 1 South Carolina defeated No. 9 LSU, 76–70 (Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, LA)
- February 4
- No. 8 Ohio State defeated No. 10 Indiana, 74–69 (Value City Arena, Columbus, OH)
- No. 4 Stanford defeated No. 7 UCLA, 80–60 (Maples Pavilion, Stanford, CA)
- March 3
- No. 6 Iowa defeated No. 2 Ohio State, 93–83 (Carver-Hawkeye Arena, Iowa City, IA)
- March 8
- No. 5 USC defeated No. 7 UCLA, 80–702OT (Pac-12 tournament, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, NV)
- March 10
- No. 1 South Carolina defeated No. 8 LSU, 79–72 (SEC tournament, Bon Secours Wellness Arena, Greenville, SC)
- No. 5 USC defeated No. 2 Stanford, 74–61 (Pac-12 tournament, MGM Grand Garden Arena, Paradise, NV)
Postseason
[edit]- March 30
- No. 8 LSU defeated No. 6 UCLA, 78–69 (Sweet Sixteen, MVP Arena, Albany, NY)
- April 1
- No. 2 Iowa defeated No. 8 LSU, 94–87 (Elite Eight, MVP Arena, Albany, NY)
- No. 10 UConn defeated No. 3 USC, 80–73 (Elite Eight, Moda Center, Portland, OR)
- April 5
- No. 2 Iowa defeated No. 10 UConn, 71–69 (Final Four, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH)
- April 7
- No. 1 South Carolina defeated No. 2 Iowa, 87–75 (national championship game, Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH)
Regular season
[edit]Early-season tournaments
[edit]Upsets
[edit]An upset is a victory by an underdog team. In the context of NCAA Division I women's basketball, this generally constitutes an unranked team defeating a team currently ranked in the top 25. This list will highlight those upsets of ranked teams by unranked teams as well as upsets of No. 1 teams. Rankings are from the AP poll. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes). Italics type indicates winning teams in an early-season tournament (or event). Early-season tournaments are tournaments played in the early season. Events are the tournaments with the same teams in it every year (even rivalry games).
Winner | Score | Loser | Date | Tournament/event | Notes |
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No. 20 Colorado | 92–78 | No. 1 LSU | November 6, 2023 | Naismith Hall of Fame Series | LSU was the first reigning Division I women's champion to lose its season opener since UConn in 1995.[54] The game was played in Las Vegas. |
Oklahoma | 80–70 | No. 12 Ole Miss | November 9, 2023 | ||
Marquette | 71–67 | No. 23 Illinois | November 11, 2023 | ||
NC State | 92–81 | No. 2 UConn | November 12, 2023 | ||
Kansas State | 65–58 | No. 2 Iowa | November 16, 2023 | ||
Green Bay | 65–53 | No. 22 Creighton | |||
Princeton | 77–63 | No. 22 Oklahoma | November 23, 2023 | Fort Myers Tip-Off | |
Alabama | 78–73 | No. 20 Louisville | November 24, 2023 | Betty Chancellor Classic | Game played in Katy, TX |
Green Bay | 59–48 | No. 23 Washington State | November 25, 2023 | Cancún Challenge | |
Florida Gulf Coast | 65–64 | No. 18 North Carolina | November 26, 2023 | Gulf Coast Showcase | |
Miami (FL) | 74–68 | No. 21 Mississippi State | November 29, 2023 | ACC–SEC Challenge | |
Arkansas | 71–58 | No. 15 Florida State | November 30, 2023 | ||
Southern Miss | 61–59 | No. 19 Ole Miss | December 2, 2023 | ||
Rhode Island | 60–58 | No. 25 Princeton | December 3, 2023 | ||
Chattanooga | 59–53 | No. 21 Mississippi State | |||
Gonzaga | 96–78 | No. 3 Stanford | |||
West Virginia | 83–65 | No. 25 Penn State | December 4, 2023 | ||
Washington | 60–55 | No. 21 Washington State | December 10, 2023 | ||
Seton Hall | 84–54 | No. 23 UNLV | December 16, 2023 | ||
Michigan | 69–60 | No. 17 Ohio State | December 30, 2023 | Rivalry | |
Syracuse | 86–81 | No. 13 Notre Dame | December 31, 2023 | ||
St. John's | 57–56 | No. 19 Marquette | January 3, 2024 | ||
North Carolina | 75–51 | No. 25 Syracuse | January 4, 2024 | ||
Oklahoma State | 67–59 | No. 23 TCU | January 6, 2024 | ||
Arizona | 71–70OT | No. 15 Utah | January 7, 2024 | ||
North Carolina | 61–57 | No. 16 Notre Dame | |||
Kansas | 87–66 | No. 4 Baylor | January 10, 2024 | ||
Iowa State | 74–64 | No. 24 West Virginia | |||
66–63 | No. 4 Baylor | January 13, 2024 | |||
Auburn | 67–62 | No. 7 LSU | January 14, 2024 | ||
Villanova | 66–63 | No. 22 Marquette | January 17, 2024 | ||
Texas Tech | 71–63 | No. 24 Iowa State | |||
Miami (FL) | 73–59 | No. 4 NC State | January 18, 2024 | ||
Syracuse | 79–73 | No. 15 Florida State | |||
Duke | 63–46 | No. 14 Virginia Tech | |||
New Mexico | 69–66 | No. 25 UNLV | January 20, 2024 | ||
Virginia | 91–87 | No. 15 Florida State | January 21, 2024 | ||
Oklahoma | 91–87 | No. 10 Texas | January 24, 2024 | ||
Duke | 88–46 | No. 23 Florida State | January 25, 2024 | ||
Virginia | 81–66 | No. 20 North Carolina | January 28, 2024 | ||
Washington | 62–59 | No. 11 USC | |||
Washington State | 85–82 | No. 2 UCLA | |||
Mississippi State | 77–73 | No. 9 LSU | January 29, 2024 | ||
Oklahoma | 66–63 | No. 2 Kansas State | January 31, 2024 | ||
BYU | 78–66 | No. 18 Baylor | February 7, 2024 | ||
Nebraska | 82–79 | No. 2 Iowa | February 11, 2024 | ||
Iowa State | 96–932OT | No. 7 Kansas State | February 14, 2024 | ||
Illinois | 86–66 | No. 14 Indiana | February 19, 2024 | ||
Duke | 58–45 | No. 17 Syracuse | February 22, 2024 | ||
North Carolina | 80–70 | No. 6 NC State | Rivalry | ||
Arizona | 68–61 | No. 3 Stanford | February 23, 2024 | ||
Columbia | 67–65 | No. 25 Princeton | February 24, 2024 | ||
Virginia | 73–68 | No. 20 Louisville | February 25, 2024 | ||
Kansas | 59–55 | No. 10 Kansas State | Sunflower Showdown | ||
Washington | 61–51 | No. 9 Oregon State | |||
Duke | 69–58 | No. 6 NC State | Tobacco Road | ||
Oklahoma State | 68–61 | No. 24 West Virginia | February 27, 2024 | ||
Iowa State | 82–76 | No. 15 Kansas State | February 28, 2024 | ||
Washington | 62–47 | No. 19 Utah | March 2, 2024 | ||
Washington State | 72–63 | No. 13 Colorado | |||
Kansas | 83–74 | No. 20 Oklahoma | |||
Virginia | 80–75 | No. 5 Virginia Tech | March 3, 2024 | Rivalry | |
Maryland | 82–61 | No. 4 Ohio State | March 8, 2024 | Big Ten tournament | |
Florida State | 78–65 | No. 20 Syracuse | ACC tournament | ||
Michigan | 69–56 | No. 12 Indiana | Big Ten Tournament | ||
Iowa State | 67–62 | No. 17 Baylor | March 9, 2024 | Big 12 tournament | |
Georgetown | 55–46 | No. 21 Creighton | March 10, 2024 | Big East tournament | |
Iowa State | 85–68 | No. 17 Oklahoma | March 11, 2024 | Big 12 Tournament | |
Portland | 67–66 | No. 14 Gonzaga | March 12, 2024 | WCC tournament |
In addition to the above listed upsets in which an unranked team defeated a ranked team, there have been six non-Division I teams to defeat a Division I team so far this season. Bold type indicates winning teams in "true road games"—i.e., those played on an opponent's home court (including secondary homes).
Winner | Score | Loser | Date | Tournament/event | Notes |
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Trevecca Nazarene (Division II) | 75–59[55] | Austin Peay | November 6, 2023 | First official game at Austin Peay's new home of F&M Bank Arena | |
Illinois–Springfield (Division II) | 71–69[56] | Indiana State | November 15, 2023 | ||
Hope International (NAIA) | 64–60[57] | Cal State Northridge | November 18, 2023 | ||
Wingate (Division II) | 72–53[58] | Elon | December 2, 2023 | ||
Mayville State (NAIA) | 75–68[59] | North Dakota | December 15, 2023 | ||
Western Colorado (Division II) | 51–49[60] | Utah State | December 18, 2023 |
Conference winners and tournaments
[edit]Each of the 32 Division I athletic conferences ends its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference receives the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. Unless otherwise noted, the winners of these tournaments received automatic invitations to the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament.
Postseason
[edit]Tournament upsets
[edit]Per the NCAA, "Upsets are defined as when the winner of the game was seeded two or more places lower than the team it defeated."[94]
Round | Albany 1 | Portland 4 | Albany 2 | Portland 3 |
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First round | None | None | No. 11 Middle Tennessee defeated No. 6 Louisville, 71–69. | None |
Second Round | None | None | None | No. 7 Duke defeated No. 2 Ohio State, 75–63. |
Sweet 16 | None | None | None | None |
Elite 8 | None | No. 3 NC State defeated No. 1 Texas, 76–66. | None | No. 3 UConn defeated No. 1 USC, 80–73. |
Final 4 | None |
Final Four – Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse, Cleveland, OH
[edit]National semifinals Final Four Friday, April 5 | National Championship Sunday, April 7 | ||||||||
A1(1) | South Carolina | 78 | |||||||
P4(3) | NC State | 59 | |||||||
A1(1) | South Carolina | 87 | |||||||
A2(1) | Iowa | 75 | |||||||
A2(1) | Iowa | 71 | |||||||
P3(3) | UConn | 69 |
Women's Basketball Invitation Tournament
[edit]The 2023–24 season was the first for the WBIT, created by the NCAA as a direct parallel to the men's National Invitation Tournament. Like the NIT, the WBIT features 32 teams. The NCAA extends WBIT bids to all regular-season conference champions that fail to reach the NCAA tournament (if eligible), a practice that it abandoned for the NIT after that tournament's 2023 edition. All games before the semifinals are at campus sites, with the semifinals and final at Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
Semifinals and finals
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4 | Illinois | 81 | |||||||
1 | Washington State | 58 | |||||||
4 | Illinois | 71 | |||||||
1 | Villanova | 57 | |||||||
1 | Villanova | 58 | |||||||
1 | Penn State | 53 |
Women's National Invitation Tournament
[edit]The 2023–24 season was the 26th for the WNIT, which featured 48 teams that were not selected for either the NCAA Tournament or the WBIT.
Semifinals and finals
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Vermont | 54 | ||||||||
Saint Louis | 69 | ||||||||
Minnesota | 50 | ||||||||
Minnesota | 74 | ||||||||
Troy | 69 |
Conference standings
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Award winners
[edit]All-America teams
[edit]The NCAA has never recognized a consensus All-America team in women's basketball. This differs from the practice in men's basketball, in which the NCAA uses a combination of selections by the Associated Press (AP), the National Association of Basketball Coaches (NABC), The Sporting News, and the United States Basketball Writers Association (USBWA) to determine a consensus All-America team. The selection of a consensus team is possible because all four organizations select at least a first and second team, with only the USBWA not selecting a third team.
Before the 2017–18 season, it was impossible for a consensus women's All-America team to be determined because the AP had been the only body that divided its women's selections into separate teams. The USBWA first named separate teams in 2017–18. The women's counterpart to the NABC, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA), continues the USBWA's former practice of selecting a single 10-member (plus ties) team. The NCAA does not recognize The Sporting News as an All-America selector in women's basketball.
Major player of the year awards
[edit]- Wooden Award: Caitlin Clark, Iowa[95]
- Naismith Award: Caitlin Clark, Iowa[96]
- Associated Press Player of the Year: Caitlin Clark, Iowa[97]
- Wade Trophy: Caitlin Clark, Iowa[98]
- Ann Meyers Drysdale Women's Player of the Year (USBWA): Caitlin Clark, Iowa[99]
Major freshman of the year awards
[edit]- Tamika Catchings Award (USBWA): JuJu Watkins, USC[100]
- WBCA Freshman of the Year: JuJu Watkins, USC[101]
Major coach of the year awards
[edit]- Associated Press Coach of the Year: Dawn Staley, South Carolina[102]
- Naismith College Coach of the Year: Dawn Staley, South Carolina[96]
- USBWA National Coach of the Year: Dawn Staley, South Carolina[103]
- WBCA National Coach of the Year: Dawn Staley, South Carolina[104]
- WBCA Assistant Coach of the Year: Kate Paye, Stanford[105]
Other major awards
[edit]- Naismith Starting Five:[106]
- Nancy Lieberman Award (top point guard): Caitlin Clark, Iowa
- Ann Meyers Drysdale Award (top shooting guard): JuJu Watkins, USC
- Cheryl Miller Award (top small forward): Madison Booker, Texas
- Katrina McClain Award (top power forward): Kiki Iriafen, Stanford
- Lisa Leslie Award (top center): Cameron Brink, Stanford
- WBCA Defensive Player of the Year: Kamilla Cardoso, South Carolina[107]
- Naismith Women's Defensive Player of the Year: Cameron Brink, Stanford[96]
- Becky Hammon Mid-Major Player of the Year Award: Yvonne Ejim, Gonzaga[108]
- Kathy Delaney-Smith Mid-Major Coach of the Year Award: Lisa Fortier, Gonzaga[109]
- Maggie Dixon Award (top rookie head coach): Kim Caldwell, Marshall[110]
- Academic All-American of the Year (top scholar-athlete): Caitlin Clark, Iowa[111]
- Elite 90 Award (top GPA among upperclass players at Final Four): Sharon Goodman, Iowa[112]
- Pat Summitt Most Courageous Award: Joye Lee-McNelis, head coach, Southern Miss[113]
Coaching changes
[edit]Many teams will change coaches during the season and after it ends.
Team | Former coach |
Interim coach |
New coach |
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Air Force | Chris Gobrecht | Stacy McIntyre | Gobrecht announced her retirement on April 1, 2024 after 9 seasons at Air Force and 43 seasons overall.[114] Longtime Falcons associate head coach McIntyre was promoted to the position on April 25.[115] | |
Alabama A&M | Margaret Richards | Dawn Thornton | Richards stepped down from her head coaching position on March 19, 2024 after 8 seasons at Alabama A&M.[116] The Lady Bulldogs stayed in-conference for their next hire, naming Arkansas-Pine Bluff head coach Thornton as her replacement on April 6.[117] | |
Appalachian State | Angel Elderkin | Alaura Sharp | Elderkin, citing personal reasons, resigned from Appalachian State on March 18, 2024 after ten seasons.[118] The Mountaineers hired Presbyterian head coach Sharp on April 5.[119] | |
Arkansas-Pine Bluff | Dawn Thornton | Erica Leak | Thornton left UAPB on April 6, 2024 after 5 seasons for the head coaching position at SWAC rival Alabama A&M.[117] Erica Leak, who had been head coach at West Memphis HS in West Memphis, Arkansas the past year, was hired by the Golden Lions on April 25.[120] | |
Binghamton | Bethann Shapiro Ord | Mary Grimes | Binghamton parted ways with Ord on March 29, 2024 after a 75–92 record in 6 seasons.[121] Le Moyne head coach Grimes was hired by the Bearcats on April 24.[122] | |
Cal State Bakersfield | Greg McCall | Ari Wideman | McCall's contract with CSUB was not renewed on March 12, 2024, ending his 13-season tenure at his alma mater.[123] Toledo assistant coach Wideman was hired as the new head coach of the Roadrunners on May 3.[124] | |
Cal State Northridge | Carlene Mitchell | Angie Ned | CSUN's athletic director announced on March 15, 2024, that Mitchell will not return to the program after 3 seasons.[125] California Baptist associate head coach Ned was hired by the Matadors on April 29.[126] | |
Canisius | Sahar Nusseibeh | Tiffany Swoffard | Nusseibeh left Canisius on March 28, 2024 after 3 seasons for the Eastern Michigan head coaching position.[127] Penn State assistant coach Swoffard was hired by the Golden Griffins on April 17.[128] | |
Charlotte | Cara Consuegra | Tomekia Reed | Consuegra left Charlotte on April 17, 2024 after 13 seasons for the Marquette head coaching job.[129] Jackson State head coach Reed was hired by the 49ers on April 25.[130] | |
Chattanooga | Shawn Poppie | Deandra Schirmer | Poppie left Chattanooga on March 26, 2024 after 2 seasons for the head coaching job at Clemson.[131] The Mocs hired D2 Valdosta State head coach Schrimer on April 4.[132] | |
Chicago State | Andrea Williams | Corry Irvin | For the 4th time in 6 years, Chicago State announced a coaching change, parting ways with Williams on February 23, 2024 after a 7–48 record in 2 seasons.[133] Mississippi State assistant Irvin was hired by the Cougars on April 10.[134] | |
Clemson | Amanda Butler | Shawn Poppie | Clemson parted ways with Butler on March 12, 2024, after 6 seasons and an 81–106 record.[135] Chattanooga head coach Poppie was hired by the Tigers on March 26.[131] | |
Cornell | Dayna Smith | Emily Garner | Cornell announced on March 11, 2024 that they had parted ways with Smith after 22 seasons.[136] After a month-long search, the Big Red hired NCAA D3 Trinity (CT) head coach Emily Garner on April 11.[137] | |
Delaware State | E.C. Hill | Jazmone Turner | Delaware State parted ways with Hill on or around June 23, 2023 after 2 seasons and named assistant Turner interim head coach for the 2023–24 season.[138] On March 23, 2024, the Hornets removed the interim tag from Turner and officially named her head coach.[139] | |
Eastern Illinois | Matt Bollant | Marqus McGlothan | Bollant left EIU on May 20, 2024 after 7 seasons to become head coach at NAIA Bryan College, where he previously was head coach from 2002–2007.[140] The following day, Panthers associate head coach McGlothan was named interim head coach of the team for the 2024–25 season.[141] | |
Eastern Michigan | Fred Castro | Ke'Sha Blanton | Sahar Nusseibeh | EMU announced on December 11, 2023 that it had parted ways with Castro after 7-plus seasons and an 80–129 record overall. Eagles assistant coach Blanton was named interim head coach for the rest of the season.[142] After the season, the school hired Canisius head coach Nusseibeh on March 28, 2024.[127] |
Georgetown | Tasha Butts | Darnell Haney | Butts died on October 23, 2023, 2 weeks before her first game as Georgetown head coach, at the age of 41 following a two-year battle with breast cancer. She had been hired by the university in April from Georgia Tech and had stepped away from the program last month to focus on her health. Hoyas associate head coach Haney was named interim head coach for the season, continuing the role he was in during Butts' initial leave.[143] On March 20, 2024, Georgetown removed Haney's interim tag and named him head coach.[144] | |
Georgia Southern | Anita Howard | Hana Haden | Howard and Georgia Southern mutually agreed on a change in leadership of the program on March 12, 2024 after 5 seasons.[145] Hana Haden, head coach at D2 Georgia Southwestern State this past season, was hired by the Eagles on March 29.[146] | |
Green Bay | Kevin Borseth | Kayla Karius | Borseth announced his retirement on April 10, 2024 after 21 seasons at Green Bay and 37 overall.[147] South Dakota head coach Karius, who played for the Phoenix from 2007–2011, was hired as his replacement on April 23.[148] | |
Hampton | David Six | Tamisha Augustin | Six, the winningest head coach of the program, announced his retirement on March 18, 2024 after 15 seasons at Hampton. Under Six, the Lady Pirates won 264 games, 5 MEAC regular season and 6 conference tournament titles.[149] On March 26, the school hired Florida associate head coach and Hampton, VA native Augustin as his replacement.[150] | |
Idaho | Carrie Eighmey | Arthur Moreira | Eighmey left Idaho on April 30, 2024 after a single season for the South Dakota head coaching job.[151] Vandals assistant Moriera was promoted to the position on June 24.[152] | |
Indiana State | Chad Killinger | Marc Mitchell | Killinger stepped down from his head coaching position on April 24, 2024 after a 33–60 record in 3 seasons at Indiana State.[153] Former Saint Peter's head coach Mitchell, who had been the head coach at D2 University of Indianapolis the past 2 years, was hired by the Sycamores on May 10.[154] | |
Iowa | Lisa Bluder | Jan Jensen | Bluder announced her retirement on May 13, 2024 after 24 seasons at Iowa and 40 years overall. During her tenure at Iowa, she won 528 games, the most in program history, and led the Hawkeyes to back-to-back appearances in the national championship game in her final two seasons there. Longtime associate head coach Jansen, who played for Bluder at Drake University from 1990-91 and has been an assistant under her since 1993, was named as her successor.[155] | |
Jackson State | Tomekia Reed | Margaret Richards | Reed left Jackson State on April 25, 2024 after 6 seasons for the head coaching job at Charlotte.[130] Former Alabama A&M head coach Richards was hired as the Lady Tigers' new head coach on May 1, less than a month after being named assistant coach at Mercer.[156] | |
Kentucky | Kyra Elzy | Kenny Brooks | Kentucky relieved Elzy from her duties on March 11, 2024, after 4 seasons and a 61–60 record, including a 24–39 record in her final two seasons after making the NCAA tournament her first two seasons.[157] Virginia Tech head coach Brooks was hired by the Wildcats on March 26.[158] | |
Le Moyne | Mary Grimes | Nick DiPillo | Grimes departed from Le Moyne on April 24, 2024 after 3 seasons for the Binghamton head coaching job.[122] The Dolphins hired Bowling Green assistant DiPillo as the new head coach on May 23.[159] | |
Little Rock | Joe Foley | Steve Wiedower | After 21 seasons at Little Rock and 37 overall as head coach, Foley announced his retirement on July 18, 2024 with longtime Trojans assistant Wiedower being named his successor.[160] | |
Marquette | Megan Duffy | Cara Consuegra | Duffy left Marquette on April 3, 2024 after 5 seasons for the Virginia Tech job.[161] Charlotte head coach Consuegra, who was an assistant with the Golden Eagles from 2004–2011, was hired as her replacement on April 17.[129] | |
Marshall | Kim Caldwell | Juli Fulks | Caldwell left Marshall on April 7, 2024 after 1 season for the Tennessee head coaching job.[162]Juli Fulks, a successful Division III head coach who had been at Transylvania University for the last 10 years, was hired by the Thundering Herd on April 12.[163] | |
Maryland Eastern Shore | Fred Batchelor | Malikah Willis | UMES announced a coaching search on March 22, 2024 to replace Batchelor after 19 seasons.[164] Kennesaw State assistant coach Willis was named the new head coach of the Hawks on April 26.[165] | |
Mercer | Susie Gardner | Michelle Clark-Heard | Gardner, Mercer's winningest head coach with 246 wins, resigned on March 9, 2024 after 14 seasons with the program.[166] Michelle Clark-Heard, a former head coach at Western Kentucky and Cincinnati who was serving as the assistant athletic director for the Mississippi State women's team this season, was hired by the Bears on March 22.[167] | |
Miami (FL) | Katie Meier | Tricia Cullop | Meier announced her retirement on March 21, 2024 after 19 seasons at Miami and 23 overall as head coach. Under Meier, the Hurricanes went 362–208 and appeared in the NCAA tournament 10 times.[168] Toledo head coach Cullop was hired by the school on April 5.[169] | |
Monmouth | Ginny Boggess | Cait Wetmore | Boggess left Monmouth on April 9, 2024 after 3 seasons for the Toledo head coaching position.[170] Charlotte associate head coach Whitmore was hired by the Hawks on April 22.[171] | |
New Hampshire | Kelsey Hogan | Megan Shoniker | Hogan resigned from New Hampshire on March 27, 2024 after a 28–77 record in 4 seasons.[172] The Wildcats hired Rhode Island associate head coach Shoniker on April 24.[173] | |
North Alabama | Missy Tiber | Candi Whitaker | North Alabama announced on March 11, 2024 that Tiber's contract will not be renewed after 11 seasons.[174] Candi Whitaker, a former head coach at Kansas City and Texas Tech who was at Division II Missouri Western for the past 5 years, was hired by the Lions on March 25.[175] | |
North Carolina Central | Trisha Stafford-Odom | Terrence Baxter | North Carolina Central released Stafford-Odom from her contract on September 13, 2023, after 6 seasons. Eagles assistant coach Baxter was named interim head coach of the team for the season.[176] | |
Northern Kentucky | Camryn Whitaker | Jeff Hans | Following an investigation into possible coaching policy violations for which she was eventually cleared of, NKU parted ways with Whitaker on April 5, 2024 after 8 seasons and a 95–106 record.[177] Hans, a former assistant with the Norse who had been the head coach at Division II Thomas More for the last 13 seasons, was hired as her replacement on April 22.[178] | |
Pepperdine | Tim Hays | Kelsey Keizer | Katie Faulkner | Hays, who was hired by Pepperdine back in April, announced his resignation on August 14, 2023, citing a desire to be closer to his family. Waves assistant coach Keizer served as the team's interim head coach for the season.[179] Washington assistant Faulkner was hired after the season on April 12, 2024.[180] |
Presbyterian | Alaura Sharp | Tiffany Sardin | Sharp left Presbyterian on April 5, 2024 after 6 seasons for the Appalachian State job.[119] Former Chicago State head coach Sardin was hired by the Blue Hose on April 19.[181] | |
Robert Morris | Charlie Buscaglia | Scott Schneider | Chandler McCabe | Buscaglia announced his resignation from RMU on February 12, 2024 after 7½ seasons and a 127–102 record. Colonials associate head coach Schneider served as the interim head coach for the rest of the season.[182] On March 18, UCF assistant coach McCabe was hired by the university.[183] |
Siena | Jim Jabir | Terry Primm | Jabir announced his retirement on March 26, 2024 after 6 overall seasons at Siena (1st stint from 1987–1990) and 35 years as head coach.[184] Saints top assistant coach Primm was promoted to fill the position on April 5.[185] | |
South Dakota | Kayla Karius | Carrie Eighmey | Karius left South Dakota on April 23, 2024 after 2 seasons to take the head coaching job at her alma mater Green Bay.[148] Idaho head coach Eighmey was hired by the Coyotes as her replacement on April 30.[151] | |
Southeast Missouri State | Rekha Patterson | Briley Palmer | Patterson resigned from SEMO on May 3, 2024 after 9 seasons to become an assistant coach at UCF.[186] Palmer, head coach at NJCAA Mineral Area College the last 4 years, was hired by the Redhawks on April 15.[187] | |
Stanford | Tara VanDerveer | Kate Paye | VanDerveer, the all-time winningest head coach in all of college basketball, announced her retirement on April 9, 2024 after 38 seasons at Stanford and 45 years overall. During her illustrious career, she won 1,216 games, made the NCAA tournament 39 times, including 3 national championships and making the Final Four 13 times along with many other accolades.[188] Longtime Cardinal associate head coach Kate Paye, who played for VanDerveer at Stanford from 1991–1995, was officially announced as her successor on April 16.[189] | |
Stony Brook | Ashley Langford | Joy McCorvey | Langford left Stony Brook on April 2, 2024 after 3 seasons for the head coaching position at her alma mater Tulane.[190] Tennessee assistant coach McCorvey was hired by the Seawolves on April 15.[191] | |
Tennessee | Kellie Harper | Kim Caldwell | Tennessee parted ways with Harper on April 1, 2024 after 5 seasons and a 108–52 record.[192] Marshall head coach Caldwell was hired by the Lady Vols on April 7, making her the first non-Tennessee alum since the late great Pat Summitt to lead the program.[162] | |
Tennessee State | Ty Evans | Candice Dupree | Evans resigned on April 3, 2024 after a 34–78 record in 4 seasons at TSU.[193] Former WNBA star Candice Dupree, who had been working for the San Antonio Spurs as a player development assistant coach, was hired by the Lady Tigers on May 9.[194] | |
Toledo | Tricia Cullop | Ginny Boggess | Cullop left Toledo on April 5, 2024 after 16 seasons for the Miami (FL) head coaching job.[169] Monmouth head coach Ginny Boggess was hired by the Rockets on April 9.[170] | |
Tulane | Lisa Stockton | Ashley Langford | Stockton announced her retirement on March 18, 2024, after 30 seasons at Tulane. She left as the program's winningest head coach and as the all-time winningest women's basketball coach in the state of Louisiana with 591 wins.[195] Stony Brook head coach and Tulane alum Langford was hired by the Green Wave on April 2.[190] | |
UC Santa Barbara | Bonnie Henrickson | Renee Jimenez | Henrickson announced her retirement on March 20, 2024, after 9 seasons at UCSB and 27 years overall as a head coach.[196] Jimenez, head coach at Cal State San Marcos of the NCAA D2, was hired by the Gauchos on April 17.[197] | |
UMBC | Johnetta Hayes | Candice Hill | UMBC declined to renew the contract of Hayes on March 11, 2024 after 5 seasons and a 39–81 record.[198] St. John's associate head coach and recruiting coordinator Hill, a Baltimore native, was hired by the Retrievers on April 15.[199] | |
UNC Asheville | Honey Brown | Tynesha Lewis | Brown's contract with UNC Asheville was not renewed on March 19, 2024 after a 43–76 record in 4 seasons.[200] Tynesha Lewis, head coach at Division II Elizabeth City State the past 3 seasons, was hired by the Bulldogs on April 12.[201] | |
Utah State | Kayla Ard | Wesley Brooks | Moments after losing to Boise State in the first round of the Mountain West tournament on March 10, 2024, Utah State fired Ard after a 24–90 record in 4 seasons.[202] Ohio State assistant coach Brooks was hired by the Aggies on April 1.[203] | |
Virginia Tech | Kenny Brooks | Megan Duffy | Brooks left Virginia Tech on March 26, 2024 after 8 seasons for the Kentucky job.[158] The Hokies hired Marquette head coach Duffy as his replacement on April 3.[161] | |
Western Carolina | Kiley Hill | Jonathan Tsipis | After a 33–111 record in 5 seasons, Western Carolina opted not to renew Hill's contract on March 8, 2024.[204] Former George Washington and Wisconsin head coach Tsipis was hired by the Catamounts on April 5.[205] | |
Youngstown State | John Barnes | John Nicolais | Melissa Jackson | Barnes announced his resignation from Youngstown State on January 19, 2024, after 10 seasons. He had been on a leave of absence from the program since October for family reasons. Penguins assistant coach Nicolais, who had been serving as the interim head coach during Barnes' initial leave, continued in that role through the rest of the season.[206][207] On March 14, the school hired Cleveland State assistant and former Akron head coach Melissa Jackson for the job.[208] |
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