# 2023–24 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Cornell Big Red women's basketball team represented Cornell University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Big Red, led by 22nd-year head coach Dayna Smith, played their home games at Newman Arena in Ithaca, New York, as members of the Ivy League.
The Big Red finished the season 7–19, 1–13 in Ivy League play, to finish in a tie for seventh (last) place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament, as only the top four teams qualify.
On March 11, 2024, the school announced that they would be parting ways with head coach Dayna Smith, ending her 21-year tenure with the school. On April 12, the school announced that they would be hiring Trinity College head coach Emily Garner as the team's new head coach.

## Previous season

The Big Red finished the 2022–23 season 10–17, 3–11 in Ivy League play, to finish in seventh place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 7, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Colgate | L 60–71 | 0–1 | Cotterell Court (353) Hamilton, NY |
| November 11, 2023* 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Southern Illinois | W 80–77 | 1–1 | Banterra Center (680) Carbondale, IL |
| November 13, 2023* 6:30 p.m., ESPN+ | at Western Kentucky | L 56–62 | 1–2 | E. A. Diddle Arena (1,032) Bowling Green, KY |
| November 18, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Mount St. Mary's | W 52–47 | 2–2 | Knott Arena (1,163) Emmitsburg, MD |
| November 22, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Albany | L 45–57 | 2–3 | Newman Arena (278) Ithaca, NY |
| November 26, 2023* 1:00 p.m., B1G+ | at No. 15 Ohio State | L 40–83 | 2–4 | Value City Arena (5,695) Columbus, OH |
| November 29, 2023* 6:07 p.m., ESPN+ | at Binghamton | W 58–57 | 3–4 | Binghamton University Events Center (927) Vestal, NY |
| December 2, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Bucknell | W 58–53 | 4–4 | Sojka Pavilion (319) Lewisburg, PA |
| December 5, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | St. Bonaventure | W 55–53 | 5–4 | Newman Arena (112) Ithaca, NY |
| December 18, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ACCNX | at Syracuse | L 77–78 | 5–5 | JMA Wireless Dome (1,772) Syracuse, NY |
| December 21, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Marist | W 74–61 | 6–5 | Newman Arena (684) Ithaca, NY |
| December 30, 2023* 1:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Stony Brook | L 56–81 | 6–6 | Newman Arena (473) Ithaca, NY |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Princeton | L 38–79 | 6–7 (0–1) | Newman Arena (–) Ithaca, NY |
| January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Columbia | L 53–82 | 6–8 (0–2) | Levien Gymnasium (1,098) New York, NY |
| January 15, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Penn | L 54–67 | 6–9 (0–3) | The Palestra (982) Philadelphia, PA |
| January 20, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Brown | L 53–64 | 6–10 (0–4) | Newman Arena (431) Ithaca, NY |
| January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Princeton | L 47–85 | 6–11 (0–5) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,104) Princeton, NJ |
| February 2, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Dartmouth | W 61–47 | 7–11 (1–5) | Newman Arena (273) Ithaca, NY |
| February 3, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Harvard | L 52–63 | 7–12 (1–6) | Newman Arena (583) Ithaca, NY |
| February 10, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Yale | L 59–66 | 7–13 (1–7) | Newman Arena (183) Ithaca, NY |
| February 16, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Harvard | L 51–74 | 7–14 (1–8) | Lavietes Pavilion (762) Cambridge, MA |
| February 17, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Dartmouth | L 44–48 | 7–15 (1–9) | Leede Arena (660) Hanover, NH |
| February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Penn | L 54–61 | 7–16 (1–10) | Newman Arena (341) Ithaca, NY |
| March 1, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Yale | L 72–79 | 7–17 (1–11) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (447) New Haven, CT |
| March 2, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | at Brown | L 66–75 | 7–18 (1–12) | Pizzitola Sports Center (364) Providence, RI |
| March 9, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | Columbia | L 46–82 | 7–19 (1–13) | Newman Arena (538) Ithaca, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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