| Sport: | women's basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Team: | UC Santa Barbara Gauchos |
| Conference: | Big West Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big West |
| Record: | 16-15 |
| Conf Record: | 10–10 |
| Head Coach: | Bonnie Henrickson |
| Hc Year: | 9th |
| Asst Coach1: | Nate Fripp |
| Asst Coach2: | Krystle Evans |
| Asst Coach3: | DeNesha Stallworth |
| Arena: | The Thunderdome |
The 2023–24 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's basketball team represents the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gauchos, led by ninth-year head coach Bonnie Henrickson, play their home games at The Thunderdome in Santa Barbara, California as members of the Big West Conference.
The Gauchos finished the 2022–23 season 21–12, 12–8 in Big West play to finish in fifth place.[1] As the #5 seed in the Big West tournament, they defeated #4 seed UC Davis in the quarterfinals,[2] and #9 seed Cal State Bakersfield in the semifinals,[3] before falling to #3 seed Hawaii in the championship game.[4]
|-!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Big West regular season|-!colspan=12 style=|Big West tournament|-Sources:[5] [6]