Sport: | women's basketball |
Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Next Year: | 2024–25 |
Team: | Memphis Tigers |
Conference: | American Athletic Conference |
Short Conf: | AAC |
Record: | 13–17 |
Conf Record: | 9–9 |
Head Coach: | Alex Simmons |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Harlyn Wyatt |
Asst Coach2: | Josh Cooperwood |
Asst Coach3: | Whitney Bays |
Asst Coach4: | Nadiria Evans |
Asst Coach5: | Keke McKinney |
Arena: | Elma Roane Fieldhouse |
The 2023–24 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team represents the University of Memphis during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by first-year head coach Alex Simmons, play their home games at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse in Memphis, Tennessee as members of the American Athletic Conference.
The Tigers finished the 2022–23 season 22–11, 11–4 in AAC play to finish in second place.[1] As the #2 seed in the AAC tournament, they defeated #10 seed UCF in the quarterfinals,[2] before falling to #3 seed East Carolina in the semifinals.[3] They received an automatic bid into the WNIT, where they would defeat Jackson State in the first round[4] and Ball State in the second round,[5] before falling to Bowling Green in the Super 16.[6]
On March 24, 2023, head coach Katrina Merriweather announced her resignation after two years at the helm, in order to take the head coaching job at her alma mater, Cincinnati.[7] On April 6, Gardner–Webb head coach Alex Simmons was announced as Merriweather's successor.[8]
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