The 2023–24 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the

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. The Cavaliers were led by second-year head coach Amaka Agugua-Hamilton, and played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena as members of the

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. Virginia started the season by winning three straight games before losing to twenty-fifth ranked

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. They split a pair of games in the

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, including a three point loss to seventh ranked

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. They won four of their last five non-conference games, including an overtime win in the

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against Missouri and a loss to

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. They finished their non-conference schedule 8–3. The Cavaliers lost their first six ACC regular season games. They lost one of their next three and their two wins were over fifteenth ranked Florida State and twentieth ranked North Carolina. They would lose their next two games. However from there they won four of five, including a win over twentieth ranked Louisville and the only loss coming to nineteenth ranked

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. In the penultimate game of the season, they lost to Duke, but they finished the season with their biggest win of the year, a rivalry victory over Virginia Tech. The Cavaliers finished the season 16–16 overall and 7–11 in ACC play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament, they lost to fourteenth seed Wake Forest in the first round. They received an at-large invitation to the inaugural WBIT. As a fourth seed they defeated High Point in the first round before losing to first seed Villanova to end their season. A highlight of the season was freshman G. Kymora Johnson being selected to the All-ACC Second Team.

Previous season

After firing

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after the previous season, Virginia announced that Amaka Agugua-Hamilton would be the new head coach of the program. The Cavaliers finished the season 15–15 and 4–14 in ACC play to finish in a tie for thirteenth place. As the thirteenth seed in the ACC tournament they lost their First round matchup with Wake Forest. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament and declined an invitation to the WNIT.

Offseason

Departures

Incoming transfers

Recruiting Class

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Roster

Schedule

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Rankings

References

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