Sport: | Women's Basketball |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Kansas State Wildcats |
Conference: | Big 12 Conference |
Short Conf: | Big 12 |
Aprank: | 19 |
Coachrank: | 18 |
Record: | 26–8 |
Conf Record: | 13–5 |
Head Coach: | Jeff Mittie |
Hc Year: | 10th |
Asst Coach1: | Ebony Gilliam |
Asst Coach2: | Ebony Haliburton |
Asst Coach3: | Staci Gregorio |
Stadium: | Bramlage Coliseum |
Tourney: | NCAA tournament |
Tourney Result: | Second Round |
The 2023–24 Kansas State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Kansas State University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by tenth-year head coach Jeff Mittie. They played their home games at Bramlage Coliseum in Manhattan, Kansas, and were members of the Big 12 Conference.
The Wildcats advanced to the NCAA Tournament, hosting the first two rounds at Bramlage Coliseum for the first time since 2017. After defeating 13-seed Portland in the first round, K-State was defeated by 5-seed Colorado in the second round to end their season.
They finished the season 19–17, 5–13 in Big 12 play and finished ninth in the conference. As the ninth seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they played in the first round and beat the eighth seed Texas Tech 79–69, but were defeated by the number one seed Texas in the Quarterfinals by a score of 42–60. The Wildcats earned an at-large bid to the WNIT.[1] The Wildcats first round opponent was against Wichita State and beat them 90–56. In the second round, they played against Wyoming and beat them 71–55 to reach the Super 16 of the WNIT. In the Super 16, the Wildcats would lose to Washington 48–55.[2]
Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure | |
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Sarah Shematsi | 1 | F | 6'2" | GS Senior | Graduated | ||
Mimi Gatewood | 23 | G | 5'6" | Freshman | Transferred to Stephen F. Austin | ||
Emilee Ebert | 24 | G | 6'0" | Senior | Graduated | ||
Taylor Lauterbach | 41 | C | 6'7" | Junior | Transferred to Virginia |
style= | Name | style= | Num | style= | Pos. | style= | Height | style= | Year | style= | Hometown | style= | Previous School |
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Zyanna Walker | 1 | G | 5'8" | Freshman | Louisville | ||||||||
Imani Lester | 32 | F | 6'3" | Sophomore | Louisville |
There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.
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See main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.