| 2023–24 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season | |
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| League: | NCAA Division I |
| Sport: | Basketball |
| Pixels: | 200px |
| No Of Teams: | 12 |
| Season: | Regular season |
| Season Champ Name: | Champions |
| League Champs: | Toledo |
| Second Place: | Ball State |
| Mvp: | Sophia Wiard |
| Mvp Link: | Mid-American Conference women's Basketball Player of the Year |
| Playoffs: | 2024 MAC tournament |
| Playoffs Link: | 2024 MAC women's basketball tournament |
| Finals: | Tournament |
| Finals Link: | 2024 MAC women's Basketball Tournament |
| Finals Champ: | Kent State |
| Finals Runner-Up: | Buffalo |
| Finals Mvp: | Katie Shumate |
| Finals Mvp Link: | Mid-American Conference women's basketball tournament |
| Seasonslist: | List of Mid-American women's basketball seasons |
| Seasonslistnames: | Mid-American women's basketball |
| Prevseason Year: | 2022–23 |
| Nextseason Year: | 2024–25 |
The 2023–24 Mid-American Conference women's basketball season was the season for Mid-American Conference women's basketball teams. It began with practices in October 2023, followed by the start of the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play began in January 2024 and concluded in March 2024. The 2024 MAC tournament was held at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse in Cleveland, Ohio for the 24th consecutive season.[1]
Toledo won the regular season championship with a 17–1 record[2] Sophia Wiard of Toledo won player of the year. In the 2024 MAC women's basketball tournament, Kent State defeated Northern Illinois, Ball State, and Buffalo to win their fourth MAC tournament title and first since 2002, and advance to the 2024 NCAA tournament. Katie Shumate was the tournament MVP.[3]
On February 21, 2023 Akron announced that Melissa Jackson's contract would not be renewed at the end of the season.[4] On March 29, 2023, Illinois assistant Ryan Gensler was named as the next head coach.[5]
On March 31, 2023, Robyn Fralick left the head coaching position at Bowling Green after a 31 win season to become the head coach at Michigan State[6] On April 8, 2023, South Carolina assistant Fred Chmiel was named as the new head coach.[7]
Central Michigan fired Heather Oesterle on April 6, 2023, after win totals of four and six in her last two seasons.[8] On April 20, 2023, they hired Michigan State assistant coach Kristin Haynie who, like Oesterle, had been an assistant at Central Michigan under head coach Sue Guevara when she retired in 2019.[9]
On April 26, 2023 DeUnna Hendrix resigned after four seasons at Miami having posted a 35–80 record with the RedHawks after text messages led to allegations that she was in a relationship with a player.[10] [11] On May 8, 2023, Indiana associate head coach Glenn Box was announced as the new head coach.[12]
On December 11, 2023 Fred Castro was fired as Eastern Michigan's head coach after a 1–7 start. Assistant coach Ke'Sha Blanton was named as interim coach.[13]
| Team | Head coach | Previous job | Years at school | Overall record | School record | MAC record | MAC titles | MAC Tournament titles | NCAA Tournaments | NCAA Final Fours | NCAA Championships | |
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| style=;" | Akron | Ryan Gensler | Illinois (Asst.) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| style= | Ball State | Brady Sallee |