The 2026–27 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team will represent the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, be led by eleventh-year head coach JR Payne, will play their home games at the CU Events Center in Boulder, Colorado and compete as a member of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season
The Buffaloes finished the season 22–12 overall and 11–7 in Big 12 play, to finish sixth place in the conference. As the No. 6 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they received a first-round bye, defeating No. 11 Kansas in the second round and No. 3 Baylor in the quarterfinals before losing to tournament champions No. 2 seed West Virginia 47–48 in the semifinals.
Following their tournament loss, the Buffaloes received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, seeded No. 10 in the Fort Worth #1 Regional. They fell to No. 7 Illinois in the first round to end their season.
Offseason Departures Colorado departures Erianna Gooden 0 Guard 6'0" Freshman Fort Smith, AR Transferred to Kansas Desiree Wooten 3 Guard 5'8" Junior Dallas, TX Transferred to NC State JoJo Nworie 4 Center 6'5" Fourth Lagos, Nigeria Transferred to Pacific Isa Hämäläinen 10 Guard 6'1" Freshman Lorentzweiler, Luxembourg Transferred to San Jose State Jade Masogayo 14 Forward 6'3" Senior Fort Worth, TX Graduated; went undrafted in the 2026 WNBA draft, signed a training camp contract with the Minnesota Lynx Anaëlle Dutat 15 Forward 6'0" Senior Cesson, France Graduated Tabitha Betson 17 Forward 6'2" Sophomore Melbourne, Australia Transferred to Michigan State
Incoming transfers Colorado incoming transfers Brooke Walker 0 Guard 5'8" Junior Andover, KS Utah Mecailin Marshall 6 Guard 5'10" Sophomore Lubbock, TX Tulane Anete Adler 20 Center 6'5" Graduate Student Keila, Estonia Boston University Kira Reynolds 21 Forward 6'2" Sophomore South Bend, IN UT Arlington Aniya' Foy 15 Guard 5'11" Sophomore Katy, TX Kansas State
Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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