2023–24 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes were led by eighth year head coach JR Payne and played their home games at the CU Events Center in their last season as members of the Pac-12 Conference before they will rejoin the Big 12 Conference in the 2024–25 season.

Previous season The Buffaloes finished the season 25–9, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in third place. They defeated Oregon State in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament before losing in the semifinals to Washington State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Middle Tennessee in the First Round and Duke in the Second Round before losing to Iowa in the Sweet Sixteen. This was the Buffaloes' first advancement to the Sweet Sixteen since 2003.

Offseason Departures Colorado DeparturesNameNumPos.HeightYearHometownReason for Departure Tayanna Jones 1 G 5'7" Senior Birmingham, AL Graduated. Ally Fitzgerald 5 F 6'2" Freshman Ballwin, MO Transferred to UC Davis. Lizzie Holder 10 G 6'1" Freshman Stillwater, MN Transferred to Navy. Jada Wynn 23 G 6'1" Freshman Yorba Linda, CA Transferred to Texas Tech.

Incoming Colorado incoming transfersNameNumPos.HeightYearHometownPrevious School Sara-Rose Smith 4 G 6'1 Senior Victoria, Australia Missouri Shelomi Sanders 22 G 5'6 Freshman Rockwall, TX Jackson State Maddie Nolan 24 G 5'11 GS Senior Zionsville, IN Michigan

Recruiting

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 regular season

!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 Women's Tournament

!colspan=12 style=|NCAA tournament

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Game summaries Adams State Grizzlies (exhibition)

vs No. 1 LSU

Le Moyne

Oklahoma State

at SMU Mustangs

vs Cincinnati (Paradise Jam Quarterfinals)

vs Kentucky (Paradise Jam)

vs No. 10 NC State (Paradise Jam)

Boston University

at Air Force

UT Arlington

Northern Colorado

No. 12 Utah

at Arizona

at Arizona State

California

No. 8 Stanford

No. 5 UCLA

No. 6 USC

at No. 25 Oregon State

at Oregon

at Washington State

at Washington

Oregon

No. 17 Oregon State

at No. 22 Utah

at No. 7 USC

at No. 8 UCLA

Washington

Washington State

vs Oregon (Pac-12 First Round)

vs No. 13 Oregon State (Pac-12 Quarterfinal)

vs Drake (First Round)

at No. 15 Kansas State (Second Round)

vs No. 2 Iowa (Regional Semifinals Sweet 16)

Rankings

References