# 2023–24 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Miami Hurricanes women's basketball team represented the University of Miami during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Hurricanes were led by nineteenth-year head coach Katie Meier and played their home games at the Watsco Center as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Hurricanes started the season with eight straight wins. During the win streak, they won their early season tournament, the Miami Thanksgiving Tournament, and defeated a ranked Mississippi State team on the road in the ACC–SEC Challenge. Miami was ranked 24th for their match up with number 10 Baylor, but they lost 57–75. That would be Miami's only loss of their non-conference schedule as they finished 10–1. The team could not carry their momentum from non-conference play into the ACC schedule as they lost four of their first five games. They followed that with a win over number 4 NC State. They would go on from there to win four of their next six games, including an overtime victory over Clemson. The Hurricanes then went on a three game losing streak before winning two of their last three games. Their one loss in that stretch was in overtime to Georgia Tech.
The Hurricanes finished the season 19–12 overall and 8–10 in ACC play to finish in ninth place. As the ninth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eighth seed North Carolina in the Second Round before losing to first seeded Virginia Tech in the Quarterfinals. On Selection Sunday, the Hurricanes were not picked to be a part of the field for the 2024 NCAA Tournament, and were left out by the selection committee. The team declined an invite to the inaugural WBIT, ending their season.
On March 22, 2024, Meier announced her retirement from coaching.

## Previous season

They finished the season 22–13 overall and 11–7 in ACC play to finish in a tie for sixth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated eleventh seed Boston College in the Second Round before losing to third seeded Virginia Tech in the Quarterfinals. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament where they were the ninth seed in the Greenville 2 Regional. They defeated eighth seed Oklahoma State in the First Round, first seed Indiana in the Second Round, and fourth seed Villanova in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to eventual champions third seed LSU in the Elite Eight to end their season. The Elite Eight appearance was the first in program history.

## Off-season
### Departures

Departures :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Kenza Salgues | 0 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Montpellier, France | Graduated, transferred to Florida |
| Moulayna Sidi Baba | 1 | G/F | 6'1" | Senior | Stockholm, Sweden | Graduated, transferred to UC Irvine |
| Destiny Harden | 3 | F | 6'0" | Graduate Student | Chicago, Illinois | Graduated, drafted 27th overall in the 2023 WNBA Draft |
| Karla Erjavec | 5 | G | 5'10" | Graduate Student | Zagreb, Croatia | Graduated |
| Haley Cavinder | 14 | G | 5'6" | Senior | Gilbert, Arizona | Graduated |
| Hanna Cavinder | 15 | G | 5'6" | Senior | Gilbert, Arizona | Graduated |
| Lola Pendande | 21 | F | 6'4" | Senior | Almeria, Spain | Graduated |
| Chiso Okafor | 22 | F | 6'1" | Sophomore | Mataró, Spain | — |

### Incoming Transfers

Incoming Transfers :
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous School |
| Lemyah Hylton | 1 | G | 5'11" | Sophomore | London, Ontario | Arizona |
| Jaida Patrick | 5 | G | 5'10" | Graduate Student | West Haverstraw, New York | Columbia |
| Ally Stedman | 21 | G | 5'9" | Junior | Phoenix, Arizona | Pepperdine |
| Shayeann Day-Wilson | 30 | G | 5'6" | Sophomore | Toronto, Canada | Duke |

### Recruiting Class

Source:
College recruiting information :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Aurora Almón F | Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic | The Webb Schools | 6 ft 4 in (1.93 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 9, 2023* 11:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Jacksonville | W 81–53 | 1–0 | Watsco Center (3,851) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 12, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Fordham | W 78–39 | 2–0 | Watsco Center (2,515) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 17, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Southern | W 78–39 | 3–0 | Watsco Center (2,188) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 24, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Colgate Miami Thanksgiving Tournament | W 67–49 | 4–0 | Watsco Center (2,169) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 26, 2023* 1:30 p.m., ACCNX | | ETSU Miami Thanksgiving Tournament | W 68–44 | 5–0 | Watsco Center (2,038) Coral Gables, FL |
| November 29, 2023* 7:15 p.m., SECN | | at No. 21 Mississippi State ACC–SEC Challenge | W 74–68 | 6–0 | Humphrey Coliseum (5,135) Mississippi State, MS |
| December 3, 2023* 12:00 p.m., ACCN | | NJIT | W 87–43 | 7–0 | Watsco Center (2,629) Coral Gables, FL |
| December 8, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCN | | DePaul | W 75–70 | 8–0 | Watsco Center (2,172) Coral Gables, FL |
| December 16, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | No. 24 | vs. No. 10 Baylor Hall of Fame Series | L 57–75 | 8–1 | Frost Bank Center (2,279) San Antonio, TX |
| December 20, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Jackson State | W 59–52 | 9–1 | Watsco Center (2,117) Coral Gables, FL |
| December 28, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Alabama State | W 81–36 | 10–1 | Watsco Center (2,227) Coral Gables, FL |
| ACC Regular season ||||||
| December 31, 2023 4:00 p.m., ACCN | | No. 19 Louisville | L 72–77 | 10–2 (0–1) | Watsco Center (2,120) Coral Gables, FL |
| January 4, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Boston College | L 64–70 | 10–3 (0–2) | Conte Forum (819) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 7, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Wake Forest | W 77–47 | 11–3 (1–2) | Watsco Center (2,269) Coral Gables, FL |
| January 11, 2024 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 11 Virginia Tech | L 52–76 | 11–4 (1–3) | Cassell Coliseum (4,672) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 14, 2024 12:00 p.m., The CW | | at No. 18 Notre Dame | L 59–70 | 11–5 (1–4) | Purcell Pavilion (5,905) Notre Dame, IN |
| January 18, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 4 NC State | W 73–59 | 12–5 (2–4) | Watsco Center (2,366) Coral Gables, FL |
| January 25, 2024 8:00 p.m., ACCN | | at No. 20 North Carolina | L 61–66 | 12–6 (2–5) | Carmichael Arena (2,530) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 28, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | Duke | W 64–58 | 13–6 (3–5) | Watsco Center (3,112) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 1, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Wake Forest | W 72–54 | 14–6 (4–5) | LJVM Coliseum (811) Winston-Salem, NC |
| February 4, 2024 11:00 a.m., The CW | | at Florida State Rivalry | L 68–75 | 14–7 (4–6) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,277) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 8, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Clemson | W 75–72 $^{OT}$ | 15–7 (5–6) | Watsco Center (2,391) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 11, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Georgia Tech | W 62–60 | 16–7 (6–6) | McCamish Pavilion (2,214) Atlanta, GA |
| February 15, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | No. 19 Syracuse | L 60–71 | 16–8 (6–7) | Watsco Center (2,310) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 18, 2024 4:00 p.m., ACCN | | Florida State Rivalry | L 68–74 | 16–9 (6–8) | Watsco Center (3,584) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 22, 2024 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Virginia | L 60–77 | 16–10 (6–9) | John Paul Jones Arena (3,968) Charlottesville, VA |
| February 25, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCNX | | at Clemson | W 56–50 | 17–10 (7–9) | Littlejohn Coliseum (1,111) Clemson, SC |
| February 29, 2024 6:00 p.m., ACCNX | | Pittsburgh | W 62–44 | 18–10 (8–9) | Watsco Center (2,325) Coral Gables, FL |
| March 3, 2024 2:00 p.m., ACCN | | Georgia Tech | L 66–71 $^{OT}$ | 18–11 (8–10) | Watsco Center (2,739) Coral Gables, FL |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2024 1:30 p.m., ACCN | (9) | vs. (8) North Carolina Second round | W 60–59 | 19–11 | Greensboro Coliseum (10,823) Greensboro, NC |
| March 8, 2024 1:30 p.m., ACCN | (9) | vs. (1) No. 11 Virginia Tech Quarterfinals | L 47–55 | 19–12 | Greensboro Coliseum (15,202) 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 previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |