The 2023–24 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team was coached by Vic Schaefer entering his fourth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the new Moody Center.

This was the Longhorns' final season in the Big 12. After having announced in 2021 that it would leave for the Southeastern Conference (SEC) no later than 2025, Texas reached a buyout agreement with the Big 12 that will allow it to join the SEC in July 2024.

Previous season

Regular season The Longhorns finished the 2022–23 season 26–10, 14–4 in Big 12 play. Texas also won the Big 12 regular season championship and went to the round of 32 at the NCAA Tournament.

Offseason

Returning players

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown 3 G 5’6” Sophomore Houston, TX 5 F 6'2" Junior Pearland, TX 10 G 6’0” Junior Austin, TX 23 F 6’1” Sophomore Moore, OK

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure 4 G 5'7" Senior Mansfield, TX Graduated 11 G 5'10" Graduate Student St. Louis, MO Graduated

Outgoing transfers Name Pos. Height Year Hometown New Team Source C 6'5" Senior Goma, DR Congo New Mexico State G 5'7" Redshirt Sophomore Houston, TX Texas A&M

Acquisitions

Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous team Source Tionna Herron C 6'4” DeSoto, TX Kentucky

2023 recruiting class

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Preseason

Big 12 Media Poll Big 12 media poll 1 Texas 168 (12) 2 Baylor 148 (2) 3 Kansas 138 4 Kansas State 133 5 Oklahoma 121 6 Iowa State 107 7 Oklahoma State 99 8 West Virginia 80 9 TCU 77 10 Texas Tech 63 11 BYU 56 12 Houston 45 13 Cincinnati 22 14 UCF 18 Source:

Award watch lists Listed in the order that they were released Wooden AwardRori HarmonPGJuniorNaismith Women’s Player of the YearRori HarmonPGJuniorWade TrophyRori HarmonPGJuniorNancy Lieberman AwardRori HarmonPGJuniorAnn Meyers Drysdale AwardShaylee GonzalesGGraduate StudentKatrina McClain AwardDeYona GastonFSeniorAaliyah MooreFJuniorLisa Leslie AwardTaylor JonesFGraduate Student

Preseason All-Big 12 teams Position Player Class First TeamGRori HarmonJuniorFDeYona GastonSenior Honorable MentionGShaylee GonzalesGraduate Student FAaliyah MooreJunior

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Roster

Source: Support staff 2023-24 Texas Longhorns support staff Sydney Carter – Director of player development Zack Zillner – Sports Performance Coach Kristin Grant – Director of Video and Recruiting Digital Services Christy Smith – Director of operations Dennis Colwell – Administrative Associate Ryan Yablonsky – Graduate assistant Brennan Dumas – Graduate assistant Mason Wright – Graduate assistant

Roster outlook SeniorJuniorSophomore FreshmanShaylee Gonzales — GDeYona Gaston — FKhadija Faye — FShay Holle — GTaylor Jones — FAaliyah Moore — FRori Harmon — G Amina Muhammad — FJordana Codio — GNdjakalenga Mwenentanda — F

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=|Non-Conference Regular Season

!colspan=12 style=| Big 12 Regular Season

!colspan=9 style=|Big 12 Tournament

!colspan=9 style=|NCAA Tournament

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Awards and honors

National HonorsCheryl Miller Award Madison Booker F April 5, 2024

Conference Honors Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref. Big 12 Player of the Year Madison Booker FMarch 5, 2024 Big 12 Freshman of the Year Madison Booker F Big 12 6th Player of the Year DeYona Gaston F

Weekly honors Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref. Big 12 Player of the Week Rori Harmon GDecember 4, 2023 Big 12 Freshman of the Week Madison Booker F

Rankings

See also 2023–24 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

References