2023–24 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball team explained

Sport:women's basketball
Prev Year:2022–23
Year:2023–24
Next Year:2024–25
Team:Wichita State Shockers
Conference:American Athletic Conference
Short Conf:AAC
Record:10–22
Conf Record:5–13
Head Coach:Terry Nooner
Hc Year:1st
Asst Coach1:Antwain Scales
Asst Coach2:Brooke Costley
Asst Coach3:Nick Bradford
Arena:Charles Koch Arena

The 2023–24 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball team represents Wichita State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Shockers, led by first-year head coach Terry Nooner, play their home games at Charles Koch Arena in Wichita, Kansas as members of the American Athletic Conference.

Previous season

The Shockers finished the 2022–23 season 18–15, 6–10 in AAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place.[1] As the #8 seed in the AAC tournament, they defeated #9 seed Temple in the first round[2] and upset top-seeded South Florida in the semifinals,[3] before falling to #4 seed Houston in the semifinals.[4] They received an at-large bid into the WNIT, where they would be defeated by Kansas State in the first round.[5]

On April 11, 2023, head coach Keitha Adams announced that she would be leaving the program to re-take the head coaching position at UTEP, the job she held prior to her hiring at Wichita State.[6] On April 17, Kansas associate head coach Terry Nooner was announced as the team's next head coach.[7]

Schedule and results

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Notes and References

  1. News: 2022-23 Women's Basketball Standings. American Athletic Conference. December 17, 2023. en.
  2. News: Shockers Lead Wire-to-Wire in First Round Win over Temple. Wichita State Athletics. December 17, 2023. en.
  3. News: Wichita State shocks top-seeded USF women in AAC tournament opener. Tampa Bay Times. December 17, 2023. en.
  4. News: Shocker women fall to Houston in semifinal round of AAC tournament. KWCH-DT. December 17, 2023. en.
  5. News: Kansas State women's basketball rolls at home in 90-56 WNIT blowout of Wichita State. The Topeka Capital-Journal. December 17, 2023. en.
  6. News: Keitha Adams leaving Wichita State to return UTEP. The Sunflower. December 17, 2023. en.
  7. News: Wichita State hires KU associate head coach Terry Nooner as head women's basketball coach. Yahoo! Sports. December 17, 2023. en.
  8. News: 2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule. Wichita State Athletics. December 17, 2023. en.
  9. News: Wichita State Shockers 2023-24 Regular Season NCAAW Schedule. ESPN. December 17, 2023. en.