The 2023–24 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the

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during the

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. The Golden Gophers, led by first-year head coach

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, played their home games at

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and compete as members of the

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. Plitzuweit was hired in March 2023 after she spent one year at

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Previous season

The Golden Gophers finished the 2022–2023 season with a 11–19 record and 4–14 in Big Ten play to finish in twelfth place. As the twelfth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Penn State in the First Round. They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament or chosen for the WNIT. Alanna Micheaux was named to the Big Ten Conference Honorable Mention Team, while Mara Braun was named to the All-Freshman Team by both the coaches and media. Following their loss to Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament, the Gophers announced that head coach

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had resigned and stepped down as head coach.

was hired 2 weeks later as the new head coach for the Gophers.

Offseason

Departures

Arrivals

2023 Recruiting class

On November 16, 2023, the Gophers announced the signing of 4 players Kennedy Klick, MyKynnlie Dalan, Ajok Madol and Dominika Paurová to scholarships, while also Brynn Senden signed an Acceptance of Admission to be a walk-on for the 2023–24 season. Following the resignation of

after the 2022–23 season, Paurová asked and granted her release from the Gophers, and then committed to

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. After the hiring of Plitzuweit, she signed two players that she got to commit to West Virginia when she was there in - Grace Grocholski and Ayianna Johnson.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

References

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