2023–24 Rice Owls women's basketball team explained

Sport:women's basketball
Prev Year:2022–23
Year:2023–24
Next Year:2024–25
Team:Rice Owls
Conference:American Athletic Conference
Short Conf:AAC
Record:19–15
Conf Record:9–9
Head Coach:Lindsay Edmonds
Hc Year:3rd
Asst Coach1:Lakevia Boykin
Asst Coach2:Nick Grant
Asst Coach3:Danyelle Grant
Arena:Tudor Fieldhouse
Champion:AAC Tournament Champions
Tourney:NCAA tournament
Tourney Result:First Round

The 2023–24 Rice Owls women's basketball team represented Rice University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Owls, led by third-year head coach Lindsay Edmonds, played their home games at Tudor Fieldhouse in Houston, Texas as first year members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Owls finished the 2022–23 season 23–9, 13–7 in C-USA play to finish in third place.[1] As the #3 seed in the C-USA tournament and receiving a first-round bye, they were upset by #6 seed UTSA in the quarterfinals.[2] They reieved an at-large bid into the WNIT, where they defeated BYU in the first round,[3] before falling to Oregon in the second round.[4] This was the Owls' final season as members of Conference USA, as they moved to the American Athletic Conference effective July 1, 2023.[5]

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings. Conference USA. December 15, 2023. en.
  2. News: Owls Fall Late to UTSA in C-USA Quarterfinal. Rice University Athletics. December 15, 2023. en.
  3. News: Slow start spells the end of the season for BYU in WNIT loss to Rice. Yahoo! News. December 15, 2023. en.
  4. News: Oregon women keep rolling with rout of Rice to advance to WNIT Super 16. The Register-Guard. December 15, 2023. en.
  5. News: American Athletic Conference Welcomes Six New Members. American Athletic Conference. December 15, 2023. en.
  6. News: 2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule. Rice University Athletics. December 15, 2023. en.
  7. News: Rice Owls 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule. ESPN. December 15, 2023. en.