The 2024–25 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented the University of California, Berkeley during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears were led by sixth-year head coach Charmin Smith and played their home games at Haas Pavilion. They competed as first-year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

The Golden Bears started the season well, winning their first six games of the season. They played only one traditional Power-4 school during this run, defeating Auburn 63–59 on November 22. The Golden Bears participated in the Acrisure Holiday Invitational where they lost their opening game against Michigan State 78–72 but won the third-place game against Arizona 74–62. They welcomed nineteenth-ranked Alabama to the Haas Pavilion for the ACC–SEC Challenge, and the Golden Bears pulled off the upset 69–65. They won their next three games, including a rivalry and ACC opening win over Stanford to enter the rankings at number twenty-four. They won the Raising the B.A.R Invitational by defeating Fordham and Temple. Their winning streak ended on their first trip to the east coast, where they lost to Clemson 69–58. The won three games after that, including a defeat of number twenty-one NC State. They ascended to number eighteen in the polls when they lost at number sixteen Duke 72–38. The Golden Bears went 3–3 over their next six games and fell out of the rankings. They won a rivalry rematch with Stanford while losses included games against number fifteen North Carolina and number three Notre Dame. The Golden Bears finished the season going 5–1 over their next six games, with their only loss coming at Virginia Tech by three points. They won their final game of the season over Miami 82–63.

The Golden Bears finished the season 25–9 overall and 12–6 in ACC play to finish in seventh place. As the seventh seed in the ACC tournament, earned a bye into the second round where they defeated Virginia 75–58. They lost to sixth ranked and second seed Notre Dame by nine points in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament and were the eighth-seed in the Spokane 4 region. They lost to ninth seed Mississippi State 69–46 in the First Round to end their season.

Previous season

The Golden Bears finished the season 19–15, 7–11 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for eighth place. As an eighth seed in the Pac-12 women's tournament they defeated Washington State in the First Round before falling to first-seed Stanford in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large invitation to the WBIT where they defeated Hawaii in the First Round before losing to Saint Joseph's in the Second Round.

Offseason Departures California Departures 1 G 5'5" Phoenix, Arizona Graduated 12 F/C 6'4" Moraga, California Graduated 14 G 5'11" Stockholm, Sweden Graduated 15 G 6'0" Sandy, Utah Transferred to BYU 21 G 5'11" Lafayette, California Graduated 24 G 6'1" Los Angeles, California Graduated 31 G 5'7" Athens, Greece Transferred to Pepperdine

Incoming transfers Incoming transfers 2 G 5'11" Spokane, Washington Washington 4 G 5'7" Los Angeles, California USC 12 G 5'11" Cedar Park, Texas Texas

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Schedule and results

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