The 2023–24 Sacramento State Hornets women's basketball team represented
California State University, Sacramento 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 Hornets, led by first-year head coach Aaron Kallhoff, played their home games at the
Hornets Nest in
Sacramento, California as members of the
Big Sky Conference.
Previous season
The
Hornets
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finished the
2022–23 season 25–8, 13–5 in Big Sky play, to finish in a three-way tie for first place. Due to tiebreakers, they received the #3 seed in the
Big Sky tournament, where they defeated #6 seed
Idaho in the quarterfinals, #7 seed
Portland State in the semifinals, and top-seeded
Northern Arizona to win the Big Sky tournament championship for the first time in program and earned the Big Sky's automatic bid into the
NCAA tournament. They received the #13 seed in the Greenville 1 Region. They were defeated by #4 region seed
UCLA in the first round.
On March 21, 2023, head coach
Mark Campbell announced that he would be stepping down, in order to take the head coaching position at
TCU TCU may stand for:
Education
* Tanzania Commission for Universities, regulatory body for Universities in Tanzania
* Texas Christian University, a private university in Fort Worth, Texas
** TCU Horned Frogs, the athletic programs of the school
* Tok ...
. On April 19, the school announced the hiring of
BYU assistant coach Aaron Kallhoff as the team's next head coach.
Roster
Schedule and results
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Big Sky tournament
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Sources:
References
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