Sport: | women's basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | Drake Bulldogs |
Conference: | Missouri Valley Conference |
Short Conf: | MVC |
Record: | 29–6 |
Conf Record: | 19–1 |
Head Coach: | Allison Pohlman |
Hc Year: | 3rd |
Asst Coach1: | Nicci Hays Fort |
Asst Coach2: | Whitney Moia |
Asst Coach3: | Kelli Greenway |
Arena: | Knapp Center |
Champion: | MVC regular season and tournament champions |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
Tourney Result: | first round |
The 2023–24 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Drake University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third-year head coach Allison Pohlman, played their home games at the Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).
The Bulldogs finished the 2022–23 season 22–10, 14–6 in MVC play, to finish in a tie for fourth place.[1] In the MVC tournament, they defeated Missouri State in the quarterfinals,[2] upset top-seeded Illinois State Redbirds women's basketball in the semifinals[3] and Belmont to win the MVC tournament championship and earn the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament.[4] They received the #12 seed in the Seattle Regional 4,[5] where they would lose to #5 region seed Louisville in the first round.[6]
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