2023–24 Portland Pilots women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's Basketball
Year:2023–24
Prev Year:2022–23
Next Year:2024–25
Team:Portland Pilots
Conference:West Coast Conference
Short Conf:WCC
Record:21–13
Conf Record:10–6
Hc Year:5th
Asst Coach1:Tom Batsell
Asst Coach2:Sharon Rissmiller
Asst Coach3:Jerod Gibson
Champion:WCC Tournament champions
Tourney Result:First Round

The 2023–24 Portland Pilots women's basketball team represented the University of Portland in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pilots were led by fifth year coach Michael Meek. They played their home games at Chiles Center and were members of the West Coast Conference. They finished the season 21–13, 10–6 in WCC play to finish in 3rd place. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they defeated Loyola Marymount in the quarterfinals, Santa Clara in the semifinals and Gonzaga in the championship to win the WCC Tournament. They received a automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament where as the No. 13 seed in the Albany 2 region, they were lost in the first round by Kansas State.

Previous season

The Pilots finished the season at 23–9 overall, 15–3 in WCC play to finish in second place. They defeated Pacific and Gonzaga to win WCC women's tournament. As a result, they received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament as a No. 12 seed in the Greenville region 1 where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma.

Offseason

Departures

Portland Departures
style= Namestyle= Numstyle= Pos.style= Heightstyle= Yearstyle= Hometownstyle= class=unsortable Reason for Departure
Keeley Frawley 2 F 6'0" Junior Transferred to Santa Clara
Haylee Andrews 10 G 5'9" Senior Graduated
Alex Fowler 12 F 6'2" Junior Signed to play professionally in Australia with UC Capitals
Chance Bucher 14 G 5'8" Sophomore Transferred to Eckerd College
Emily Sewell 21 F 6'3" Sophomore Transferred to California Baptist
MJ Bruno 22 G 6'0" Sophomore Transferred to Montana
Liana Kaitu'u 23 F 6'0" Junior Transferred to Utah Valley
Kelsey Lenzie 32 G 5'7" Junior Graduated
Maddi Condron 34 C 6'7" Junior Graduated

Incoming

Portland Incoming Transfers
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Natalie Fraley 10 G 6'0" Sophomore Utah State
Kennedy Dickie 12 F 6'0" GS Senior San Francisco
Anna Eddy 21 G 5'9" Junior Seattle Pacific
Kianna Hamilton-Fisher 25 G 6'0" Senior Long Beach State
Piath Gabriel 36 C 6'5" Senior UMass

Recruiting

There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.

Schedule and results

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: University of Portland - 2023–24 Women's Basketball Schedule . Portlandpilots.com .