The 2023–24 Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders women's basketball team represented Middle Tennessee State University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blue Raiders, led by 19th-year head coach Rick Insell, played their home games at Murphy Center in Murfreesboro, Tennessee as members of Conference USA (C-USA).
Previous season The Blue Raiders finished the 2022–23 season 28–5, 18–2 in C-USA play, to finish as C-USA regular-season champions. As the #1 seed in the C-USA tournament, they defeated #9 seed Charlotte in the quarterfinals, #4 seed UTEP in the semifinals, and #2 seed Western Kentucky to win the C-USA tournament championship to earn the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. They received the #11 seed in the Seattle Regional 4, where they lost to #6 region seed Colorado in the first round.
Roster
Season summary Middle Tennessee relied heavily on their starters during the season, and five players—Savannah Wheeler, Courtney Whitson, Jalynn Gregory, Ta'Mia Scott and Anastasiia Boldyreva—appeared in all 35 games and played over 1,000 minutes. Wheeler led the team in scoring at 17.5 points per game and was named the C-USA Player of the Year. The Blue Raiders went 16–0 in the C-USA regular season to win the conference regular-season championship. They then won the conference tournament championship. In the NCAA tournament, they won their first-round game, their first NCAA tournament win since 2007. They lost in the second round. Middle Tennessee finished their season with an overall record of 30–5. It was their first 30-win season since 2006–07.
Schedule and results
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!colspan=12 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=| C-USA regular season
!colspan=12 style=|C-USA tournament
!colspan=12 style=| NCAA tournament
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