The 2023–24 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by fifth year head coach Charmin Smith, played their home games at Haas Pavilion and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference.
This was also the last season that California played in the Pac-12 Conference before moving to the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Previous season The Golden Bears finished the season 13–17, 4–14 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for tenth place. As a 10th seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they lost in the first round to Washington State.
Offseason Departures California Departures Amaya Bonner 2 G 6'0" Freshman Fremont, CA Transferred to Florida State Karisma Ortiz 4 G 6'0" GS Senior San Jose, CA Graduated Jadyn Bush 12 F 5'11" GS Senior Federal Way, WA Graduated Evelien Lutje Schipholt 24 F 6'2" Senior The Hague, Netherlands Graduate transferred to South Florida Jayda Curry 30 G 5'6" Sophomore Corona, CA Transferred to Louisville Sela Heide 32 C 6'7" Junior North Bend, WA Transferred to Oregon State Sirena Tuitele 33 F 6'1" GS Senior Chico, CA Graduated
Incoming Incoming transfers Marta Suárez 7 G/F 6'2" Junior Oviedo, Spain Tennessee Ila Lane 12 F/C 6'4" Senior Moraga, CA UC Santa Barbara McKayla Williams 24 G 6'1" Senior Los Angeles, CA Gonzaga Ioanna Krimili 33 G 5'11" Senior Heraklion, Greece San Francisco
Recruiting
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=12 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=12 style=| Pac-12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=12 style=| WBIT
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Rankings
*The preseason and week 1 polls were the same.
See also 2023–24 California Golden Bears men's basketball team
References