The 2023–24 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by sixteenth-year head coach Dawn Staley, played their home games at Colonial Life Arena and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC), winning both the regular season and conference tournament championship. Staley won her 600th game as head coach on February 22, 2024, in 786 games (534 at South Carolina). The season saw the Gamecocks not only capture their third national title in the history of the school's women's basketball program, but also become the 10th Division I women's basketball team to finish the season undefeated. The 2023-24 Gamecocks are considered to be one of the greatest teams in the history of the sport.
Previous season The Gamecocks finished the season 29–0 (16–0 SEC). They won the SEC regular season and tournament championships and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they defeated Norfolk State, South Florida, UCLA, and Maryland before falling to Iowa in the Final Four.
Offseason
Departures South Carolina Departures Olivia Thompson 0 G 5'8" Senior Lexington, SC Graduated Zia Cooke 1 G 5'9" Senior Toledo, OH Drafted tenth overall by the Los Angeles Sparks Aliyah Boston 4 F 6'5" Senior St. Thomas, USVI Drafted first overall by the Indiana Fever Victaria Saxton 5 F 6'2" Senior Rome, GA Drafted twenty-fifth overall by the Indiana Fever Talaysia Cooper 11 G 6'0" Freshman Turbeville, SC Transferred to Tennessee Brea Beal 12 G 6'1" Senior Rock Island, IL Drafted twenty-fourth overall by the Minnesota Lynx Laeticia Amihere 15 F 6'4" Senior Mississauga, ON Drafted eighth overall by the Atlanta Dream Kierra Fletcher 41 G 5'9" Graduate Student Warren, MI Graduated
2023 recruiting class
Incoming transfers South Carolina incoming transfers Te-Hina Paopao 0 G 5'9" Senior Oceanside, CA Oregon Sakima Walker 25 C 6'5" Senior Columbus, OH Northwest Florida State College
Roster
SEC Media Poll SEC media poll 1 LSU 2 South Carolina 3 Tennessee 4 Ole Miss 5 Mississippi State 6 Arkansas 7 Georgia 8 Texas A&M 9 Alabama 10 Florida 11 Missouri 12 Auburn 13 Kentucky 14 Vanderbilt
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| SEC Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Tournament
Rankings NOTE: AP never releases final ranking.
See also 2023–24 South Carolina Gamecocks men's basketball team
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