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 | TBD |
The 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 6, 2023. The regular season will end on March 17, 2024, with the 2024 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament beginning on March 20 and ending with the championship game at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio, on April 7.[1]
This season is 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 will be warned on the first offense, with a technical foul to be issued for subsequent offenses. All flop calls after the first will be 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 will reset 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 will no longer have to apply for a waiver to allow players to use religious headwear that is safe for competition.
- All numbers from 0–99 will be 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 will be a direct parallel to 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]
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.[17]
- 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.[18]
- January 31, 2024 – Clark became the all-time scoring leader in Big Ten Conference 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.[19]
- 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.[20]
- 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.[21]
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.[22]
- 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.[23]
Conference membership changes[edit]
Nineteen schools joined new conferences, became independents, or dropped athletics.[24]
| 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 (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 is the last for at least 18 Division I schools in their current conferences and at least one Division II school in its current conference before reclassification to Division I. It is also the last season for Chicago State as the only Division I independent.[25][26]
| 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 |
| Merrimack | NEC | MAAC |
| Oklahoma | Big 12 | SEC |
| Oregon | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
| Oregon State | Pac-12[a] | WCC |
| Sacred Heart | NEC | MAAC |
| SMU | American | ACC |
| Stanford | Pac-12 | ACC |
| Texas | Big 12 | SEC |
| UCLA | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
| USC | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
| Utah | Pac-12 | Big 12 |
| Washington | Pac-12 | Big Ten |
| Washington State | Pac-12[a] | 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.[27][28] 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.[29]
- 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,[30] a day after the arena opened with the Baylor men defeating Cornell 98–79.[31]
- 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.[32]
- 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.[33][34]
- 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.[35]
Seasonal outlook[edit]
The Top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaching Polls.[36][37]
Pre-season polls[edit]
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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, North Carolina)
- 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, Louisiana)
- December 30
- No. 10 Baylor defeated No. 5 Texas, 85–79 (Moody Center, Austin, Texas)
- No. 2 UCLA defeated No. 6 USC, 71–64 (Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, California)
- January 14, 2024
- No. 5 Colorado defeated No. 8 Stanford, 71–59 (CU Events Center, Boulder, Colorado)
- No. 9 USC defeated No. 2 UCLA, 73–65 (Galen Center, Los Angeles, California)
- January 19
- No. 5 UCLA defeated No. 3 Colorado, 76–68 (CU Events Center, Boulder, Colorado)
- January 21
- No. 3 Colorado defeated No. 6 USC, 63–59 (CU Events Center, Boulder, Colorado)
- January 25
- No. 1 South Carolina defeated No. 9 LSU, 76–70 (Pete Maravich Assembly Center, Baton Rouge, Louisiana)
- February 4
- No. 8 Ohio State defeated No. 10 Indiana, 74–69 (Value City Arena, Columbus, Ohio)
- No. 4 Stanford defeated No. 7 UCLA, 80–60 (Maples Pavilion, Stanford, California)
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.[38] 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 |
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[39] | 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[40] | Indiana State | November 15, 2023 | ||
| Hope International (NAIA) | 64–60[41] | Cal State Northridge | November 18, 2023 | ||
| Wingate (Division II) | 72–53[42] | Elon | December 2, 2023 | ||
| Mayville State (NAIA) | 75–68[43] | North Dakota | December 15, 2023 | ||
| Western Colorado (Division II) | 51–49[44] | Utah State | December 18, 2023 |
Conference standings[edit]
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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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| Delaware State | E.C. Hill | Jazmone Turner | Delaware State parted ways with Hill on or around June 23, 2023 after 2 seasons and named Hornets assistant Turner interim head coach for the 2023–24 season.[45] | |
| Eastern Michigan | Fred Castro | Ke'Sha Blanton | EMU announced on December 11, 2023 that they 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.[46] | |
| Georgetown | Tasha Butts | Darnell Haney | Butts died on October 24, 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.[47] | |
| 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.[48] | |
| Pepperdine | Tim Hays | Kelsey Keizer | Hays, who was hired by Pepperdine in April, announced his resignation on August 14, 2023, citing a desire to be closer to his family. Waves assistant coach Keizer will serve as the team's interim head coach for the season.[49] | |
| Robert Morris | Charlie Buscaglia | Scott Schneider | Buscaglia announced his resignation from RMU on February 12, 2024 after 7½ seasons and a 127–102 record. Colonials associate head coach Schneider will serve as the interim head coach for the rest of the season.[50] | |
| Youngstown State | John Barnes | John Nicolais | 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, will continue in that role through the rest of the season.[51][52] |
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