| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
| Next Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | Minnesota Golden Gophers |
| Conference: | Big Ten Conference |
| Short Conf: | Big Ten |
| Record: | 20–16 |
| Conf Record: | 5–13 |
| Head Coach: | Dawn Plitzuweit |
| Hc Year: | 1st |
| Assoc Coach: | Jason Jeschke |
| Asst Coach1: | Aaron Horn |
| Asst Coach2: | Aerial Braker |
| Asst Coach3: | Rachel Banham |
| Asst Coach4: | Tyler VanWinkle |
| Stadium: | Williams Arena |
| Tourney: | WNIT |
| Tourney Result: | Runners-up |
The 2023–24 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by first-year head coach Dawn Plitzuweit, played their home games at Williams Arena and compete as members of the Big Ten Conference. Plitzuweit was hired in March 2023 after she spent one year at West Virginia.[1]
The Golden Gophers finished the 2022–2023 season with a 11–19 record and 4–14 in Big Ten play to finish in twelfth place. As the twelfth seed in the Big Ten tournament, they were defeated by Penn State in the First Round.[2] They were not invited to the NCAA Tournament or chosen for the WNIT. Alanna Micheaux was named to the Big Ten Conference Honorable Mention Team, while Mara Braun was named to the All-Freshman Team by both the coaches and media.[3]
Following their loss to Penn State in the Big Ten Tournament, the Gophers announced that head coach Lindsay Whalen had resigned and stepped down as head coach.[4] Dawn Plitzuweit was hired 2 weeks later as the new head coach for the Gophers.[5]
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alanna Micheaux | 4 | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Transferred to Virginia Tech[6] | ||
| Alexa Ratzlaff | 12 | G | 5'9" | Freshman | |||
| Destinee Oberg | 13 | C | 6'3" | Senior | Transferred to North Dakota[7] | ||
| Isabelle Gradwell | 14 | G/F | 6'1" | Graduate Senior | Graduated | ||
| Angelina Hammond | 15 | G/F | 6'1" | Graduate Senior | Transferred to St. Thomas[8] | ||
| Mi'Cole Cayton | 21 | G | 5'9" | Graduate Senior | Transferred to Pepperdine[9] | ||
| Katie Borowicz | 23 | G | 5'7" | Redshirt Freshman | Medically Retired[10] | ||
| Maria Counts | 31 | G/F | 5'11" | Freshman | Transferred to Minnesota-Duluth |
On November 16, 2023, the Gophers announced the signing of 4 players Kennedy Klick, MyKynnlie Dalan, Ajok Madol and Dominika Paurová to scholarships, while also Brynn Senden signed an Acceptance of Admission to be a walk-on for the 2023–24 season.[12] Following the resignation of Lindsay Whalen after the 2022–23 season, Paurová asked and granted her release from the Gophers, and then committed to Oregon State.[13]
After the hiring of Plitzuweit, she signed two players that she got to commit to West Virginia when she was there in - Grace Grocholski and Ayianna Johnson.[14] [15]
|-! colspan=9 style=| Regular season|-! colspan=9 style=| Big Ten Tournament|-! colspan=9 style=| WNITSource:[16]
See main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.