2023–24 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

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.

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
2023–24 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 21 Oklahoma15–3 .83323–10  .697
No. 7 Texas †14–4 .77833–5  .868
No. 19 Kansas State13–5 .72226–8  .765
No. 25 Iowa State12–6 .66721–12  .636
No. 13 Baylor12–6 .66726–8  .765
No. 24 West Virginia12–6 .66725–8  .758
Kansas11–7 .61120–13  .606
Oklahoma State7–11 .38914–16  .467
TCU6–12 .33321–12  .636
BYU6–12 .33316–17  .485
Cincinnati5–13 .27814–18  .438
Texas Tech5–13 .27817–16  .515
Houston5–13 .27814–16  .467
UCF3–15 .16712–17  .414
† 2024 Big 12 tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

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

Regular season

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

Returning players
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometown
Rori Harmon3G5’6”SophomoreHouston, TX
DeYona Gaston5F6'2"JuniorPearland, TX
Shay Holle10G6’0”JuniorAustin, TX
Aaliyah Moore23F6’1”SophomoreMoore, OK

Departures
NameNumberPos.HeightYearHometownReason for departure
Anissa Gutierrez4G5'7"SeniorMansfield, TXGraduated
Sonya Morris11G5'10"Graduate StudentSt. Louis, MOGraduated

Outgoing transfers
NamePos.HeightYearHometownNew TeamSource
Femme MasudiC6'5"SeniorGoma, DR CongoNew Mexico State[2]
Kyndall HunterG5'7"Redshirt SophomoreHouston, TXTexas A&M[3]

Incoming Transfers
NamePos.HeightYearHometownPrevious TeamSource
Tionna HerronC6'4”FreshmanDeSoto, TXKentucky[4]

2023 Recruiting Class
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:   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:   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

Big 12 Media Poll
Big 12 media poll
Predicted finish Team Votes (1st place)
1Texas168 (12)
2Baylor148 (2)
3Kansas138
4Kansas State133
5Oklahoma121
6Iowa State107
7Oklahoma State99
8West Virginia80
9TCU77
10Texas Tech63
11BYU56
12Houston45
13Cincinnati22
14UCF18

Source:[5]

Award watch lists

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

Source:[7]

Roster
2023–24 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 2 Shaylee Gonzales 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) GSBYU Gilbert, AZ
PG 3 Rori Harmon 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) JrCypress Creek Houston, TX
F 5 DeYona Gaston 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrPearland Pearland, TX
C 8 Tionna Herron 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrKentucky DeSoto, TX
G 10 Shay Holle 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrWestlake Austin, TX
G 13 Jordana Codio 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoMontverde Academy Jupiter, FL
F 14 Amina Muhammad 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SoDeSoto High School (Texas) DeSoto, TX
C 20 Khadija Faye 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SrTexas Tech Dakar, Senegal
G 21 Gisella Maul 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrCedar Park Cedar Park, TX
F 23 Aaliyah Moore 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrMoore Moore, OK
G 25 Sarah Graves 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) SoKeller Keller, TX
G 32 Ndjakalenga Mwenentanda 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoWashington Sioux Falls, SD
F 35 Madison Booker 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) FrGermantown Ridgeland, MS
F 44 Taylor Jones 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) SrOregon State Forney, TX
C 50 Abbie Boutilier 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) FrFlower 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
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
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
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 UT Rio Grande Valley W 104–51  12–0
  12 – Tied  9 – Moore  8 – Harmon  Bert Ogden Arena (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
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
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

References
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  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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