The 2023–24 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team represented the
University of Miami during the
2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
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 ending with the 2024 NCAA Division ...
. The Hurricanes were led by nineteenth-year head coach
Katie Meier and played their home games at the
Watsco Center
The Watsco Center (originally named the University of Miami Convocation Center) is an 8,000-seat multi-purpose arena on the campus of the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Florida. The venue hosts concerts, family shows, trade shows, lecture s ...
as members of the
Atlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) is a collegiate athletic conference located in the eastern United States. Headquartered in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC's fifteen member universities compete in the National Collegiate Athletic Associa ...
.
The Hurricanes started the season with eight straight wins. During the win streak, they won their early season tournament, the Miami Thanksgiving Tournament, and defeated a ranked
Mississippi State team on the road in the
ACC–SEC Challenge
The ACC–SEC Challenge is an in-season NCAA Division I college basketball series that matches up men's and women's teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC) and the Southeastern Conference (SEC). It replaced the ACC–Big Ten Challenge and ...
. Miami was ranked 24th for their match up with number 10
Baylor, but they lost 57–75. That would be Miami's only loss of their non-conference schedule as they finished 10–1. The team could not carry their momentum from non-conference play into the ACC schedule as they lost four of their first five games. They followed that with a win over number 4
NC State. They would go on from there to win four of their next six games, including an overtime victory over
Clemson. The Hurricanes then went on a three game losing streak before winning two of their last three games. Their one loss in that stretch was in overtime to
Georgia Tech.
The Hurricanes finished the season 19–12 overall and 8–10 in
ACC play to finish in ninth place. As the ninth seed in the
ACC tournament, they defeated eighth seed
North Carolina in the Second Round before losing to first seeded
Virginia Tech in the Quarterfinals. On Selection Sunday, the Hurricanes were not picked to be a part of the field for the 2024 NCAA Tournament, and were left out by the selection committee. The team declined an invite to the inaugural
WBIT, ending their season.
On March 22, 2024, Meier announced her retirement from coaching.
Previous season
They finished the season 22–13 overall and 11–7 in
ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the sixth seed in the
ACC tournament, they defeated eleventh seed
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...
in the Second Round before losing to third seeded
Virginia Tech in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the
NCAA tournament where they were the ninth seed in the
Greenville 2 Regional. They defeated eighth seed
Oklahoma State in the First Round, first seed
Indiana in the Second Round, and fourth seed
Villanova in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to eventual champions third seed
LSU
Louisiana State University (officially Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, commonly referred to as LSU) is a public land-grant research university in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The university was founded in 1860 near ...
in the Elite Eight to end their season. The Elite Eight appearance was the first in program history.
Off-season
Departures
Incoming Transfers
Recruiting Class
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Roster
Schedule
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Rankings
References
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