The 2023–24 Villanova Wildcats women's basketball team represented Villanova University in the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 4th-year head coach Denise Dillon, played their home games at the Finneran Pavilion in Villanova, Pennsylvania and were members of the Big East Conference.
Previous season The Wildcats finished the 2022–23 season at 30–7 and 17–3 in Big East play, to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament, where they lost to UConn. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament as a 4th seed in Greensboro region 2, where they defeated Cleveland State in the first round and Florida Gulf Coast to advance to the Sweet Sixteen for the first time since 2003, where they lost to Miami to end their season.
Offseason Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure Anahi-Lee Cauley 5 G 6' 0" Sophomore Windsor, CT Transferred to William & Mary Brooke Mullin 15 G 5' 11" Senior Langhorne, PA Graduate transferred to Drexel Maddy Siegrist 20 F 6' 1" Senior Poughkeepsie, NY Graduated/2023 WNBA draft; selected 3rd overall by Dallas Wings
Incoming transfers Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Previousschool Denae Carter 25 F 6' 0" Junior Philadelphia, PA Mississippi State
Recruiting There was no recruiting class of 2023.
Recruiting class of 2024
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big East women's tournament
!colspan=9 style=| WBIT
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Rankings
*The pre-season and week 1 polls were the same.
See also 2023–24 Villanova Wildcats men's basketball team
References