The 2023–24 North Dakota State Bison women's basketball team represented North Dakota State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bison, led by fifth year head coach Jory Collins, played their home games at the Scheels Center, as members of the Summit League. NDSU made the 2024 Summit League women's basketball tournament as the 2 seed for the second year in a row, and after beating Denver and Oral Roberts in the quarterfinals and semifinals - they achieved 20 wins for the first time since 2004. The Bison would make their first Summit League title game, falling to South Dakota State. North Dakota State made the 2024 Women's National Invitation Tournament as an at-large team, and received a first round bye. They defeated Montana in the second round in their first home postseason game since 2000, which was their first postseason win in the Division I era. The Bison would fall in the WNIT Super 16 to Minnesota.
Previous season The Bison finished the 2022–23 season 18–12, 12–6 in Summit League play to finish in second place. This was NDSU's second best finish since entering Division I. The Bison lost to tenth seeded Kansas City in the quarterfinals in the Summit League tournament. However, given their second-place finish in the conference, the Bison were automatically invited to the 2023 Women's National Invitation Tournament. NDSU would fall to Oregon in the first round, 96–57.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Georgia Baldwin 4 F 6'0" Junior Melbourne, Australia Unknown Rachel Novak 13 G 5'9" Junior Fort Collins, Colorado Graduated Taylor Brown 14 F 6'1" Senior Lakeville, Minnesota Graduated Emily Behnke 20 F 6'2" Junior Two Rivers, Wisconsin Graduated Sophie Olson 32 G 5'11" Sophomore El Dorado Hills, California Unknown Katie Hildebrandt 33 F 6'2" Sophomore McFarland, Wisconsin Unknown Source:
2023 recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| Summit League Tournament
!colspan=12 style=| Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT)
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Awards and accolades Summit League Player of the Week
WeekPlayer of the WeekSchool Jan. 29Elle EvansNorth Dakota State
Summit League Regular Season Awards
All-Summit League First Team Elle Evans All-Summit League Second Team Heaven Hamling Summit League All-Defensive Team Elle Evans Summit League All-Freshman Team Abby Krzewinski
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Summit League All-Tournament Team
Heaven Hamling Elle Evans Source:
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