2023–24 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team explained

Sport:Women's Basketball
Year:2023–24
Team:Villanova Wildcats
Conference:Big East Conference
Short Conf:Big East
Record:22–13
Conf Record:11–7
Hc Year:4th
Assoc Coach:Joe Mullaney
Asst Coach1:Michelle Sword
Asst Coach2:Tiara Malcom
Tourney Result:Runner-up

The 2023–24 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 4th-year head coach Denise Dillon, played their home games at the Finneran Pavilion and were members of the Big East Conference.

Previous season

See main article: 2022–23 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team. The Wildcats finished the season at 30–7 and 17–3 in Big East play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to UConn. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a 4th seed in Greensboro region 2 where they defeated Cleveland State in the first round and Florida Gulf Coast to advanced to the sweet sixteen for the first time since 2003 where they lost to Utah to end their season.

Offseason

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason left
Anahi-Lee Cauley 5 G 6'0" Sophomore Transferred to William & Mary
Brooke Mullin 15 G 5'11" Senior Graduate transferred to Drexel
20 F 6'1" Senior Graduated/2023 WNBA draft; selected 3rd overall by Dallas Wings

Incoming transfers

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Recruiting class of 2024

Schedule and results

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Rankings

See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings. *The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Villanova Women's Basketball Official Schedule :: Women's Basketball . Villanova.com .