2023–24 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

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2023–24 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
Paradise Jam Reef champions
Big 12 tournament champions
NCAA tournament, Elite Eight
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 7
Record33–5 (14–4 Big 12)
Head coach
Associate head coachElena Lovato (2nd season)
Assistant coaches
  • Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton (2nd season)
  • Blair Schaefer (4th season)
Home arenaMoody Center
Seasons
← 2022–23
2024–25 →
2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 21 Oklahoma 15 – 3   .833 23 – 10   .697
No. 7 Texas † 14 – 4   .778 33 – 5   .868
No. 19 Kansas State 13 – 5   .722 26 – 8   .765
No. 25 Iowa State 12 – 6   .667 21 – 12   .636
No. 13 Baylor 12 – 6   .667 26 – 8   .765
No. 24 West Virginia 12 – 6   .667 25 – 8   .758
Kansas 11 – 7   .611 20 – 13   .606
Oklahoma State 7 – 11   .389 14 – 16   .467
TCU 6 – 12   .333 21 – 12   .636
BYU 6 – 12   .333 16 – 17   .485
Cincinnati 5 – 13   .278 14 – 18   .438
Texas Tech 5 – 13   .278 17 – 16   .515
Houston 5 – 13   .278 14 – 16   .467
UCF 3 – 15   .167 12 – 17   .414
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2023–24 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2022–23 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.[1]

Previous season[edit]

Regular season[edit]

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[edit]

Returning players[edit]

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

Departures[edit]

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

Outgoing transfers[edit]

Name Pos. Height Year Hometown New Team Source
Femme Masudi C 6'5" Senior Goma, DR Congo New Mexico State [2]
Kyndall Hunter G 5'7" Redshirt Sophomore Houston, TX Texas A&M [3]

Acquisitions[edit]

Incoming Transfers[edit]

Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Previous Team Source
Tionna Herron C 6'4” Freshman DeSoto, TX Kentucky [4]

2023 Recruiting Class[edit]

US college sports recruiting information for 2023 recruits
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Madison Booker
W 		Ridgeland, MS Germantown High School 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) N/A Sep 28, 2022 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 96
Gisella Maul
G 		Cedar Park, TX Cedar Park High School 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) N/A Apr 25, 2022 
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:4/5 stars   ESPN grade: 94
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2023 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved March 22, 2022.

Preseason[edit]

Big 12 Media Poll[edit]

Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
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:[5]

Award watch lists[edit]

Listed in the order that they were released

Award Player Position Year Source
Wooden Award Rori Harmon PG Junior [6]
Naismith Women’s Player of the Year Rori Harmon PG Junior
Wade Trophy Rori Harmon PG Junior
Nancy Lieberman Award Rori Harmon PG Junior
Ann Meyers Drysdale Award Shaylee Gonzales G Graduate Student
Katrina McClain Award DeYona Gaston F Senior
Aaliyah Moore F Junior
Lisa Leslie Award Taylor Jones F Graduate Student

Preseason All-Big 12 teams[edit]

Position Player Class
First Team
G Rori Harmon[a] Junior
F DeYona Gaston Senior
Honorable Mention
G Shaylee Gonzales Graduate Student
F Aaliyah Moore Junior
  1. ^ Unanimous pick

Source:[7]

Roster[edit]

2023–24 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Shaylee Gonzales 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GS BYU Gilbert, AZ
PG 3 Rori Harmon 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Cypress Creek Houston, TX
F 5 DeYona Gaston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Pearland Pearland, TX
C 8 Tionna Herron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Kentucky DeSoto, TX
G 10 Shay Holle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Westlake Austin, TX
G 13 Jordana Codio 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Montverde Academy Jupiter, FL
F 14 Amina Muhammad 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So DeSoto High School (Texas) DeSoto, TX
C 20 Khadija Faye 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Texas Tech Dakar, Senegal
G 21 Gisella Maul 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Cedar Park Cedar Park, TX
F 23 Aaliyah Moore 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Moore Moore, OK
G 25 Sarah Graves 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Keller Keller, TX
G 32 Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Washington Sioux Falls, SD
F 35 Madison Booker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Germantown Ridgeland, MS
F 44 Taylor Jones 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Oregon State Forney, TX
C 50 Abbie Boutilier 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) Fr Flower Mound Flower Mound, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Source: [8]

Support Staff[edit]

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[edit]

Senior Junior Sophomore Freshman
Shaylee Gonzales — G DeYona Gaston — F
Khadija Faye — F
Shay Holle — G
Taylor Jones — F 		Aaliyah Moore — F
Rori Harmon — G 		Amina Muhammad — F
Jordana Codio — G
Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda — F

Schedule and results[edit]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record High points High rebounds High assists Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
November 2, 2023*
7:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 13 Midwestern State W 124–52  0–0
  22 – Jones   11 – Faye   7 – Booker  Moody Center 
Austin, TX
Non-Conference Regular Season
November 8, 2023*
7:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 13 Southern W 80–35  1–0
  19 – Jones   14 – Muhammad   9 – Harmon  Moody Center (5,106)
Austin, TX
November 12, 2023*
2:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 13 Liberty W 75–57  2–0
  14 – Tied   7 – Muhammad   5 – Tied  Moody Center (5,189)
Austin, TX
November 14, 2023*
7:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 11 UT Arlington W 110–64  3–0
  21 – Jones   7 – Holle   7 – Harmon  Moody Center (5,016)
Austin, TX
November 19, 2023*
2:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 11 Louisiana Tech W 96–44  4–0
  25 – Jones   8 – Jones   11 – Harmon  Moody Center (5,532)
Austin, TX
November 23, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 12 vs. Arizona State
Paradise Jam Reef Division 		W 84–42  5–0
  15 – Faye   7 – Tied   7 – Harmon  Sports and Fitness Center (1,224)
Saint Thomas, USVI
November 24, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 12 vs. High Point
Paradise Jam Reef Division 		W 101–39  6–0
  15 – Gonzales   9 – Mwenentanda   6 – Harmon  Sports and Fitness Center (1,824)
Saint Thomas, USVI
November 25, 2023*
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 12 vs. South Florida
Paradise Jam Reef Division 		W 76–44  7–0
  15 – Tied   8 – Harmon   3 – Mwenentanda  Sports and Fitness Center (2,424)
Saint Thomas, USVI
November 29, 2023*
11:00 a.m., LHN 		No. 10 Oral Roberts W 112–74  8–0
  27 – Jones   15 – Jones   13 – Harmon  Moody Center (7,211)
Austin, TX
December 3, 2023*
2:00 p.m., ABC 		No. 10 No. 11 UConn
Jimmy V Classic 		W 80–68  9–0
  27 – Harmon   8 – Muhammad   13 – Harmon  Moody Center (10,763)
Austin, TX
December 6, 2023*
7:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 5 Long Beach State W 106–62  10–0
  21 – Jones   10 – Jones   7 – Booker  Moody Center (5,087)
Austin, TX
December 13, 2023*
8:00 p.m., P12N 		No. 5 at Arizona W 88–75  11–0
  19 – Harmon   9 – Harmon   11 – Harmon  McKale Center (7,261)
Tucson, AZ
December 20, 2023*
6:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 5 at UTRGV W 104–51  12–0
  12 – Tied   9 – Moore   8 – Harmon  UTRGV Fieldhouse (6,591)
Edinburg, TX
December 27, 2023*
7:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 5 Jackson State W 97–52  13–0
  21 – Gonzales   8 – Gaston   9 – Booker  Moody Center (5,988)
Austin, TX
Big 12 Regular Season
December 30, 2023
1:00 p.m., FOX 		No. 5 No. 10 Baylor L 79–85  13–1
(0–1) 		 25 – Booker   7 – Booker   8 – Booker  Moody Center (8,207)
Austin, TX
January 3, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 10 at Texas Tech W 74–47  14–1
(1–1) 		 18 – Tied   12 – Moore   6 – Booker  United Supermarkets Arena (8,207)
Lubbock, TX
January 6, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 10 at No. 24 West Virginia W 70–49  15–1
(2–1) 		 15 – Tied   12 – Booker   7 – Booker  WVU Coliseum (2,601)
Morgantown, WV
January 10, 2024
7:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 10 TCU W 72–60  16–1
(3–1) 		 21 – Booker   7 – Tied   6 – Booker  Moody Center (6,009)
Austin, TX
January 13, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPNU 		No. 10 at No. 12 Kansas State L 58–61  16–2
(3–2) 		 23 – Booker   8 – Gonzales   4 – Booker  Bramlage Coliseum (7,062)
Manhattan, KS
January 16, 2024
7:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 11 Kansas W 91–56  17–2
(4–2) 		 17 – Moore   8 – Faye   6 – Booker  Moody Center (4,837)
Austin, TX
January 20, 2024
2:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 11 at Oklahoma State W 76–66  18–2
(5–2) 		 19 – Booker   14 – Jones   5 – Booker  Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,405)
Stillwater, OK
January 24, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPNU 		No. 10 Oklahoma L 87–91  18–3
(5–3) 		 19 – Vann   12 – Vann   10 – Tot  Moody Center (5,478)
Austin, TX
January 27, 2024
2:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 10 Cincinnati W 67–50  19–3
(6–3) 		 16 – Moore   9 – Jones   3 – Tied  Moody Center (6,008)
Austin, TX
February 1, 2024
7:30 p.m., ESPN 		No. 12 at No. 13 Baylor W 67–55  20–3
(7–3) 		 22 – Booker   9 – Jones   3 – Tied  Foster Pavilion (6,015)
Waco, TX
February 4, 2024
1:00 p.m., FS1 		No. 12 No. 2 Kansas State W 61–54  21–3
(8–3) 		 20 – Booker   15 – Moore   6 – Tied  Moody Center (8,325)
Austin, TX
February 10, 2024
4:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 7 at TCU W 65–43  22–3
(9–3) 		 14 – Holle   6 – Tied   8 – Gonzales  Schollmaier Arena (3,685)
Fort Worth, TX
February 14, 2024
7:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 5 at Houston W 82–66  23–3
(10–3) 		 23 – Booker   8 – Tied   4 – Tied  Fertitta Center (1,610)
Houston, TX
February 17, 2024
1:00 p.m., ESPNU 		No. 5 Iowa State W 81–60  24–3
(11–3) 		 18 – Tied   13 – Jones   10 – Booker  Moody Center (7,013)
Austin, TX
February 21, 2024
7:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 5 Texas Tech W 77–72  25–3
(12–3) 		 19 – Jones   15 – Muhammad   6 – Gonzales  Moody Center (5,892)
Austin, TX
February 24, 2024
11:00 a.m., ESPN+ 		No. 5 at UCF W 87–56  26–3
(13–3) 		 22 – Booker   7 – Jones   6 – Gonzales  Addition Financial Arena (1,621)
Orlando, FL
February 28, 2024
6:00 p.m., ESPN+ 		No. 3 at No. 20 Oklahoma L 70–71  26–4
(13–4) 		 26 – Booker   8 – Booker   7 – Booker  Lloyd Noble Center (6,378)
Norman, OK
March 2, 2024
7:00 p.m., LHN 		No. 3 BYU W 71–46  27–4
(14–4) 		 20 – Booker   8 – Moore   5 – Tied  Moody Center (10,364)
Austin, TX
Big 12 Tournament
March 9, 2024
5:30 p.m., ESPN+ 		(2) No. 6 vs. (7) Kansas
Quarterfinals 		W 76–60  28–4
  21 – Booker   11 – Moore   7 – Booker  T-Mobile Center 
Kansas City, MO
March 11, 2024
4:00 p.m., ESPN2 		(2) No. 5 vs. (3) No. 16 Kansas State
Semifinals 		W 71–64  29–4
  17 – Booker   8 – Moore   3 – Booker  T-Mobile Center (5,219)
Kansas City, MO
March 12, 2024
8:00 p.m., ESPN2 		(2) No. 5 vs. (4) Iowa State
Championship 		W 70–53  30–4
  26 – Booker   6 – Tied   5 – Tied  T-Mobile Center (5,380)
Kansas City, MO
NCAA Tournament
March 22, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ESPNU 		(1 P4) No. 4 (16 P4) Drexel
First Round 		W 82–42  31–4
  21 – Gonzales   10 – Gaston   14 – Booker  Moody Center (7,487)
Austin, TX
March 24, 2024*
5:00 p.m., ESPN 		(1 P4) No. 4 (8 P4) Alabama
Second Round 		W 65–54  32–4
  21 – Tied   10 – Moore   2 – Tied  Moody Center (9,753)
Austin, TX
March 29, 2024*
9:00 p.m., ESPN 		(1 P4) No. 4 vs. (4 P4) No. 16 Gonzaga
Sweet Sixteen 		W 69–47  33–4
  16 – Moore   10 – Moore   6 – Moore  Moda Center (10,104)
Portland, OR
March 31, 2024*
2:00 p.m., ABC 		(1 P4) No. 4 vs. (3 P4) No. 11 NC State
Elite Eight 		L 66–76  33–5
  17 – Booker   9 – Moore   5 – Booker  Moda Center 
Portland, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Source: [9]


Awards and honors[edit]

Weekly honors
Honors Player Position Date Awarded Ref.
Big 12 Player of the Week Rori Harmon G December 4, 2023 [10]
Big 12 Freshman of the Week Madison Booker F

Rankings[edit]

Main article: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP131112105555101011101275536547
Coaches141211119777101011111485536445

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Big 12 Announces Agreement for Withdrawal of Oklahoma and Texas" (Press release). Big 12 Conference. February 9, 2023. Retrieved February 9, 2023.
  2. ^ "Femme Masudi". New Mexico State Sports. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  3. ^ Collins Brandon (April 21, 2013). "Women's Basketball Lands Elite Transfer Kyndall Hunter". 12th Man. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  4. ^ Gates Billy (May 17, 2023). "After heart surgery, Tionna Herron transfers to Texas". KXAN. Retrieved September 25, 2023.
  5. ^ "Texas Voted As Big 12 WBB Preseason Poll Favorite For First Time Since 2014-15". Big 12 Sports. October 5, 2023. Retrieved November 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "Women's Basketball Preseason Honors and Watch Lists". Big 12 Sports. October 16, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  7. ^ "Big 12 Women's Basketball Preseason Awards Unveiled". Big 12 Sports. October 4, 2023. Retrieved November 26, 2023.
  8. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Roster". TEXAS SPORTS. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  9. ^ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". TEXAS SPORTS. Retrieved October 4, 2023.
  10. ^ "Women's Basketball's Harmon, Booker sweep Big 12 weekly awards". TEXAS SPORTS. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
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