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Great Alaska Shootout champions | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 20 |
AP | No. 20 |
Record | 12–5 (2–3 Pac–12) |
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Home arena | Jon M. Huntsman Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 3 Colorado | 5 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Stanford | 4 | – | 1 | .800 | 15 | – | 2 | .882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 5 UCLA | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | 14 | – | 1 | .933 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 6 USC | 3 | – | 1 | .750 | 13 | – | 1 | .929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon State | 3 | – | 2 | .600 | 14 | – | 2 | .875 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
California | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 20 Utah | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oregon | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona | 2 | – | 3 | .400 | 10 | – | 7 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | 11 | – | 4 | .733 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Washington State | 1 | – | 3 | .250 | 12 | – | 5 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arizona State | 0 | – | 5 | .000 | 8 | – | 9 | .471 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2024 Pac-12 tournament winner As of January 14, 2024 Rankings from AP Poll |
The 2023–24 Utah Utes women's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, led by ninth year head coach Lynne Roberts, played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and competed as members of the Pac-12 Conference.
This is also the last season that Utah will play in the Pac-12 Conference before moving to the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season
The Utes finished the season with a record of 27–5, and a 15–3 record in Pac-12 play to win the Pac-12 tournament with Stanford. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Washington State. They got an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a #2 seed in the Greenville Regional 2 where they defeat Gardner–Webb in the first round, NC State in the second round to advanced to the sweet sixteen for the first time since 2006, where they lost to National Champion LSU.
Departures
Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
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Naya Ojukwu | 13 | G | 6'0" | Freshman | Merdian, ID | Transferred to Gonzaga |
Teya Sidberry | 32 | F | 6'1" | Freshman | Salt Lake City, UT | Transferred to Boston College |
Peyton McFarland | 42 | F | 6'4" | Junior | Boise, ID | Transferred to Houston |
Kelsey Rees | 53 | F | 6'5" | Sophomore | Glenelg, Australia | Transferred to Oregon State |
Incoming
Name | Num | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
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Alyssa Blanck | 15 | F | 6'2" | Freshman | Holladay, UT | BYU |
Maty Wilke | 23 | G | 5'10" | Sophomore | Beaver Dam, WI | Wisconsin |
Sam Crispe | 44 | F | 6'2" | Sophomore | Castle Pines, CO | Boston University |
Recruiting
There were no recruiting classing class of 2023.
Recruiting class of 2024
US college sports recruiting information for 2024 recruits | ||||||
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Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight | Commit date | |
Brooke Walker PG |
Centreville, VA | Andover High School | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | N/A | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 92 | ||||||
Kylie Ray G |
La Crescenta, CA | Crescenta Valley High School | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | N/A | ||
Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91 | ||||||
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Roster
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Schedule and results
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state | |||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
October 18, 2023* 5:00 p.m. |
No. 5 | CSU Pueblo | W 96–44 | 20 – Pili | 8 – Kneepkens | 8 – Kneepkens | Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,689) Salt Lake City, UT | ||||
October 30, 2023* 5:00 p.m. |
No. 5 | Northwest Nazarene | W 125–58 | 25 – Ross | 13 – Ross | 5 – McQueen | Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,389) Salt Lake City, UT | ||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 6, 2023* 4:00 p.m. |
No. 5 | Mississippi Valley State | W 104–45 | 1–0 |
26 – Pili | 8 – Kneepkens | 8 – Kneepkens | Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,830) Salt Lake City, UT | |||
November 9, 2023* 7:00 p.m. |
No. 5 | South Carolina State Preseason WNIT |
W 108–48 | 2–0 |
21 – Palmer | 10 – Pili | 6 – Tied | Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,935) Salt Lake City, UT | |||
November 14, 2023* 5:30 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 4 | at No. 21 Baylor Preseason WNIT |
L 77–84 | 2–1 |
22 – Pili | 10 – Johnson | 3 – Tied | Ferrell Center (4,808) Waco, TX | |||
November 18, 2023* 9:30 p.m. |
No. 4 | at Alaska Anchorage Great Alaska Shootout semifinals |
W 101–57 | 3–1 |
22 – Kneepkens | 11 – Ross | 14 – Vieira | Alaska Airlines Center (3,711) Anchorage, AK | |||
November 19, 2023* 9:30 p.m. |
No. 4 | vs. Eastern Kentucky Great Alaska Shootout championship |
W 117–72 | 4–1 |
28 – Pili | 9 – Kneepkens | 7 – Vieira | Alaska Airlines Center (2,329) Anchorage, AK | |||
November 24, 2023* 7:30 p.m. |
No. 10 | Merrimack | W 98–34 | 5–1 |
22 – Pili | 11 – Ross | 11 – Vieira | Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,375) Salt Lake City, UT | |||
November 28, 2023* 11:00 a.m. |
No. 12 | Carroll College | W 100–44 | 6–1 |
21 – Pili | 8 – Johnson | 6 – McQueen | Jon M. Huntsman Center (6,717) Salt Lake City, UT | |||
December 2, 2023* 7:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 12 | BYU Rivalry |
W 87–68 | 7–1 |
23 – Pili | 7 – Johnson | 12 – Vieira | Jon M. Huntsman Center (6,182) Salt Lake City, UT | |||
December 7, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 11 | at Saint Joseph's | W 74–48 | 8–1 |
31 – Pili | 9 – Johnson | 8 – Vieira | Hagan Arena (646) Philadelphia, PA | |||
December 10, 2023* 12:30 p.m., ESPN |
No. 11 | vs. No. 1 South Carolina Basketball Hall of Fame Women's Showcase |
L 69–78 | 8–2 |
37 – Pili | 7 – Johnson | 7 – Vieira | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT | |||
December 16, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ |
No. 11 | at Southern Utah | W 96–60 | 9–2 |
20 – Pili | 6 – Tied | 6 – Tied | America First Event Center (715) Cedar City, UT | |||
December 21, 2023* 12:00 p.m. |
No. 11 | Weber State | W 89–36 | 10–2 |
19 – Pili | 10 – Johnson | 9 – Vieira | Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,442) Salt Lake City, UT | |||
Pac-12 regular season | |||||||||||
December 30, 2023 1:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 12 | at No. 8 Colorado | L 65–76 | 10–3 (0–1) |
27 – Pili | 10 – Pili | 5 – Pili | CU Events Center (7,383) Boulder, CO | |||
January 5, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 15 | at Arizona State | W 58–41 | 11–3 (1–1) |
12 – McQueen | 7 – Young | 5 – McQueen | Desert Financial Arena (1,871) Tempe, AZ | |||
January 7, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 15 | at Arizona | L 70–71 OT | 11–4 (1–2) |
18 – Pili | 8 – Tied | 5 – Vieira | McKale Center (7,385) Tucson, AZ | |||
January 12, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 19 | No. 8 Stanford | L 64–66 | 11–5 (1–3) |
16 – Pili | 8 – Ross | 5 – McQueen | Jon M. Huntsman Center (5,608) Salt Lake City, UT | |||
January 14, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 19 | California | W 93–56 | 12–5 (2–3) |
19 – Vieira | 10 – Ross | 5 – Tied | Jon M. Huntsman Center (4,520) Salt Lake City, UT | |||
January 19, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N |
No. 20 | No. 6 USC | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||||
January 22, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN2 |
UCLA | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||
January 26, 2024 8:00 p.m., P12N |
at Oregon | Matthew Knight Arena Eugene, OR | |||||||||
January 28, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N |
at Oregon State | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR | |||||||||
February 2, 2024 8:00 p.m., P12N |
at Washington | Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA | |||||||||
February 4, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N |
at Washington State | Beasley Coliseum Pullman, WA | |||||||||
February 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., P12N |
Oregon State | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||
February 11, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N |
Oregon | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||
February 16, 2024 6:00 p.m., P12N |
Colorado | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||
February 22, 2024 7:30 p.m., ESPN |
at UCLA | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA | |||||||||
February 25, 2024 1:00 p.m., P12N |
at USC | Galen Center Los Angeles, CA | |||||||||
February 29, 2024 3:00 p.m., P12N |
Washington State | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||
March 2, 2024 12:00 p.m., P12N |
Washington | Jon M. Huntsman Center Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||||
Pac-12 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
March 6–10, 2024 TBA, P12N/ESPN |
vs. TBA | MGM Grand Garden Arena Paradise, NV | |||||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. |
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Rankings
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
AP | 5 | 4 | 10т | 12 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 20 | Not released | ||||||||
Coaches | 7 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 12т | 18 | 20 |
See also
References
- ↑ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Schedule". utahutes.com. University of Utah Athletics. Retrieved November 22, 2023.