Sport: | women's basketball |
Sex: | none |
Year: | 2023–24 |
Team: | UMass Minutewomen |
Conference: | Atlantic 10 Conference |
Short Conf: | A–10 |
Record: | 5–27 |
Conf Record: | 2–16 |
Head Coach: | Mike Leflar |
Hc Year: | 1st |
Asst Coach1: | Yolanda Cole |
Asst Coach2: | Clare Fitzpatrick |
Asst Coach3: | Samera Marsh |
Arena: | Mullins Center |
The 2023–24 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represents the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by first-year head coach Mike Leflar, play their home games at the Mullins Center in Amherst, Massachusetts as members of the Atlantic 10 Conference.
The Minutewomen finished the 2022–23 season 27–7, 14–2 in A–10 play to finish as Atlantic 10 regular season co-champions, alongside Rhode Island.[1] As the #1 seed in the A–10 tournament, they defeated George Mason[2] and Richmond[3] before falling to #3 seed Saint Louis in the championship game.[4] They received an automatic bid into the WNIT, where they would defeat Albany in the first round,[5] before falling to Harvard in the second round.[6]
On April 6, 2023, head coach Tory Verdi announced that he would be leaving the program to take the head coaching position at Pittsburgh.[7] On April 10, associate head coach Mike Leflar was named the team's next head coach.[8]
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