# 2023–24 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Boston College Eagles women's basketball team represented Boston College during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Eagles were led by sixth year head coach Joanna Bernabei-McNamee. They played their home games at the Conte Forum and were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Eagles started off the season alternating wins and losses before losing three straight games in early season tournaments. They finished their non-conference schedule with five straight wins to finish 8–5. They started their ACC regular season schedule 3–3. However, they then lost their next ten games before winning their last two conference games. The Eagles finished the season 14–19 overall and 5–13 in ACC play to finish in a tie for twevlth place. As the thirteenth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated twevlth seed Clemson in the First Round before losing to fifth seed Louisville in the Second Round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or the WBIT.

## Previous season

The Eagles finished the season 16–17 overall and 5–13 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. As the eleventh seed in the ACC tournament the defeated Georgia Tech in the First round before losing to Miami in the Second round. They were not invited to the NCAA tournament or WNIT.

## Off-season
### Departures

Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Maria Gakdeng | 5 | F/C | 6'3" | Sophomore | Lanham, Maryland | Transferred to North Carolina |
| Taina Mair | 20 | G | 5'9" | Freshman | Boston, Massachusetts | Transferred to Duke |
| Ally Carman | 43 | C | 6'5" | Freshman | Barnegat, New Jersey | Transferred to Iona |
| Akunna Konkwo | 44 | C | 6'2" | Sophomore | Alexandria, Virginia | Graduated |

### Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Teya Sidberry | 32 | F | 6'1" | Sophomore | Salt Lake City, Utah | Utah |
| Savannah Samuel | 33 | G | 6'1" | Junior | Woodstock, Georgia | West Virginia |

### Recruiting Class

Source:
College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Nene Ndiaye F | Saly, Senegal | Orangewood Academy | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| JaKayla Thompson G | Louisville, Kentucky | duPont Manual | 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Jayda Johnson G | West Haven, Connecticut | Hamden | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Lili Krasovec F | Budapest, Hungary | Winston-Salem Christian | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-Conference Regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Holy Cross | W 66–61 | 1–0 | Conte Forum (537) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| November 9, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Harvard | L 59–66 | 1–1 | Conte Forum (617) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| November 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Northeastern | W 67–58 | 2–1 | Conte Forum (817) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| November 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at No. 13 Ohio State | L 66–88 | 2–2 | Value City Arena (4,523) Columbus, OH |
| November 19, 2023* 2:00 p.m., FloSports | | at Providence | W 71–56 | 3–2 | Alumni Hall (847) Providence, RI |
| November 24, 2023* 4:30 p.m. | | vs. Marquette Fort Myers Tip-Off | L 65–73 | 3–3 | Suncoast Credit Union Arena (591) Fort Myers, FL |
| November 25, 2023* 7:30 p.m. | | vs. Wisconsin Fort Myers Tip-Off | L 72–82 | 3–4 | Suncoast Credit Union Arena (397) Fort Myers, FL |
| November 30, 2023* 7:00 p.m., SECN | | at Kentucky ACC–SEC Challenge | L 81–83 | 3–4 | Memorial Coliseum (910) Lexington, KY |
| December 3, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | UMass Lowell | W 91–53 | 4–5 | Conte Forum (432) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | UMass | W 95–57 | 5–5 | Conte Forum (536) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| December 10, 2023* 12:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Siena | W 88–59 | 6–5 | Conte Forum (733) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| December 12, 2023* 11:00 a.m., ACCNX | | Stonehill | W 101–37 | 7–5 | Conte Forum (3,630) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| December 20, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Bryant | W 94–57 | 8–5 | Conte Forum (633) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| ACC Regular season ||||||
| December 31, 2023 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Duke | L 81–86 | 8–6 (0–1) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (1,898) Durham, NC |
| January 4, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Miami (FL) | W 70–64 | 9–6 (1–1) | Conte Forum (819) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 7, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 25 Syracuse | L 64–71 | 9–7 (1–2) | JMA Wireless Dome (1,811) Syracuse, NY |
| January 11, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 18 Notre Dame | L 48–98 | 9–8 (1–3) | Purcell Pavilion (4,657) Notre Dame, IN |
| January 14, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN | | Pittsburgh | W 84–71 $^{OT}$ | 10–8 (2–3) | Conte Forum (1,126) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 18, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Wake Forest | W 68–65 | 11–8 (3–3) | Conte Forum (803) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 21, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Georgia Tech | L 54–69 | 11–9 (3–4) | McCamish Pavilion (2,185) Atlanta, GA |
| January 25, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 18 Louisville | L 60–88 | 11–10 (3–5) | KFC Yum! Center (7,606) Louisville, KY |
| January 28, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 7 NC State | L 61–82 | 11–11 (3–6) | Conte Forum (2,180) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 1, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Clemson | L 55–65 | 11–12 (3–7) | Littlejohn Coliseum (872) Clemson, SC |
| February 4, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 21 Syracuse | L 63–75 | 11–13 (3–8) | Conte Forum (1,836) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCN | | Virginia | L 66–73 | 11–14 (3–9) | Conte Forum (756) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 11, 2024 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at No. 16 Virginia Tech | L 63–74 | 11–15 (3–10) | Cassell Coliseum (8,925) Blacksburg, VA |
| February 15, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 18 Louisville | L 67–69 | 11–16 (3–11) | Conte Forum (937) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 22, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Florida State | L 71–84 | 11–17 (3–12) | Donald L. Tucker Center (1,744) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 25, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 19 Notre Dame | L 55–79 | 11–18 (3–13) | Conte Forum (3,612) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| February 29, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | North Carolina | W 78–74 | 12–18 (4–13) | Conte Forum (1,621) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| March 3, 2024 12:00 p.m., ACCN | | at Pittsburgh | W 84–58 | 13–18 (5–13) | Peterson Events Center (1,744) Pittsburgh, PA |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 6, 2024 1:00 p.m., ACCN | (13) | vs. (12) Clemson First Round | W 85–72 | 14–18 | Greensboro Coliseum (6,322) Greensboro, NC |
| March 7, 2024 11:00 a.m., ACCN | (13) | vs. (5) No. 24 Louisville Second Round | L 55–58 | 14–19 | Greensboro Coliseum (10,823) Greensboro, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked in previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |