The 2023–24 UC Santa Barbara Gauchos women's basketball team represented the University of California, Santa Barbara during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gauchos, led by ninth-year head coach Bonnie Henrickson, played their home games at The Thunderdome in Santa Barbara, California as members of the Big West Conference.
The Gauchos finished the season 16–15, 10–10 in Big West play, to finish in sixth place. They were defeated by Long Beach State in the first round of the Big West tournament.
On March 20, 2024, head coach Bonnie Henrickson announced that she would be retiring, ending her lengthy coaching career, after leading the Gauchos for nine seasons. On April 17, it was announced that Cal State San Marcos head coach Renee Jimenez would be stepping down from her position in order to take the head coaching position at UC Santa Barbara.
Previous season The Gauchos finished the 2022–23 season 21–12, 12–8 in Big West play, to finish in fifth place. As the #5 seed in the Big West tournament, they defeated #4 seed UC Davis in the quarterfinals and #9 seed Cal State Bakersfield in the semifinals before falling to #3 seed Hawaii in the championship game.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big West regular season
!colspan=12 style=|Big West tournament
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