The 2023–24 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University 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 Owls, led by third-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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as first year members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Owls finished the 2022–23 season 23–9, 13–7 in C-USA play to finish in third place. As the #3 seed in the C-USA tournament and receiving a first-round bye, they were upset by #6 seed UTSA in the quarterfinals. They reieved an at-large bid into the WNIT, where they defeated BYU in the first round, before falling to Oregon in the second round. This was the Owls' final season as members of

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, as they moved to the American Athletic Conference effective July 1, 2023.

Roster

Schedule and results

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References

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