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 and played their home games at Chiles Center in Portland, Oregon as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC). They finished the season 21–13, 10–6 in WCC play, to finish in third 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 championship. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament where as the No. 13 seed in the Albany 2 region, they 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 tournament as a No. 12 seed in the Greenville region 1 where they lost in the first round to Oklahoma.
Offseason Departures Portland departures Keeley Frawley 2 F 6' 0" Junior Melbourne, Australia Transferred to Santa Clara Haylee Andrews 10 G 5' 9" Senior Townsville, Australia Graduated Alex Fowler 12 F 6' 2" Junior Townsville, Australia Signed to play professionally in Australia with UC Capitals Chance Bucher 14 G 5' 8" Sophomore Half Moon Bay, CA Transferred to Eckerd College Emily Sewell 21 F 6' 3" Sophomore Melbourne, Australia Transferred to California Baptist MJ Bruno 22 G 6' 0" Sophomore Spokane, WA Transferred to Montana Liana Kaitu'u 23 F 6' 0" Junior Salt Lake City, UT Transferred to Utah Valley Kelsey Lenzie 32 G 5' 7" Junior Seattle, WA Graduated Maddi Condron 34 C 6' 7" Junior Woodend, Australia Graduated
Incoming Portland incoming transfers Natalie Fraley 10 G 6' 0" Sophomore Kelso, WA Utah State Kennedy Dickie 12 F 6' 0" GS Senior Kelowna, BC San Francisco Anna Eddy 21 G 5' 9" Junior Portland, OR Seattle Pacific Kianna Hamilton-Fisher 25 G 6' 0" Senior Woodland Hills, CA Long Beach State Piath Gabriel 36 C 6' 5" Senior Manchester, NH UMass
Recruiting There was no recruiting class of 2023.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| WCC regular season
!colspan=9 style=| WCC tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA tournament
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See also 2023–24 Portland Pilots men's basketball team
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