# 2023–24 Columbia Lions women's basketball team

The 2023–24 Columbia Lions women's basketball team represented Columbia University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lions, led by eighth-year head coach Megan Griffith, played their home games at Levien Gymnasium in New York City as members of the Ivy League.

## Previous season

They finished the previous season 28–6, 12–2 in Ivy League play, winning a share of the Ivy League title for the first time in program history. They lost to Harvard in the 2023 Ivy League women's basketball tournament semifinals. After being the first team left out of the NCAA tournament field, the Lions accepted an auto-bid to the 2023 WNIT. The team fell to Kansas in the championship game.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2023* 6:30 p.m., FloHoops | | at Stony Brook | L 73–85 | 0–1 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (905) Stony Brook, NY |
| November 10, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Seton Hall | W 72–61 | 1–1 | Levien Gymnasium (1,011) New York, NY |
| November 14, 2023* 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Duke | L 62–66 | 1–2 | Levien Gymnasium (2,027) New York, NY |
| November 16, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Towson | W 80–57 | 2–2 | Levien Gymnasium (524) New York, NY |
| November 20, 2023* 11:00 a.m., FloHoops | | vs. Georgia Baha Mar Pink Flamingo Championship | L 56–73 | 2–3 | Baha Mar Convention Center (239) Nassau, Bahamas |
| November 22, 2023* 1:30 p.m., FloHoops | | vs. Florida Baha Mar Hoops Pink Flamingo Championship | L 81–83 | 2–4 | Baha Mar Convention Center Nassau, Bahamas |
| November 25, 2023* 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Northeastern | W 88–45 | 3–4 | Levien Gymnasium (896) New York, NY |
| November 29, 2023* 11:00 a.m., SNY/ESPN+ | | Providence | W 77–52 | 4–4 | Levien Gymnasium (2,357) New York, NY |
| December 3, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Villanova | W 77–75 | 5–4 | Levien Gymnasium (1,024) New York, NY |
| December 6, 2023* 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Memphis | W 76–66 | 6–4 | Levien Gymnasium (907) New York, NY |
| December 10, 2023* 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Wagner | W 79–50 | 7–4 | Levien Gymnasium (924) New York, NY |
| December 28, 2023* 9:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at San Francisco | W 74–67 | 8–4 | War Memorial Gymnasium (348) San Francisco, CA |
| December 31, 2023* 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Pacific | W 93–75 | 9–4 | Alex G. Spanos Center (380) Stockton, CA |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 6, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Penn | W 79–66 | 10–4 (1–0) | Levien Gymnasium (1,202) New York, NY |
| January 13, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Cornell | W 82–53 | 11–4 (2–0) | Levien Gymnasium (1,098) New York, NY |
| January 15, 2024 2:00 p.m., SNY/ESPN+ | | Yale MLK Day | W 88–52 | 12–4 (3–0) | Levien Gymnasium (1,397) New York, NY |
| January 20, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Princeton | L 65–80 | 12–5 (3–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,873) Princeton, NJ |
| January 27, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Penn | W 85–55 | 13–5 (4–1) | The Palestra (748) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 2, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Harvard | W 82–70 | 14–5 (5–1) | Levien Gymnasium (2,123) New York, NY |
| February 3, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Dartmouth | W 71–52 | 15–5 (6–1) | Levien Gymnasium (1,707) New York, NY |
| February 9, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | Brown | W 90–73 | 16–5 (7–1) | Levien Gymnasium (1,245) New York, NY |
| February 16, 2024 6:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Dartmouth | W 80–56 | 17–5 (8–1) | Leede Arena (594) Hanover, NH |
| February 18, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPNU | | at Harvard | W 71–63 | 18–5 (9–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Cambridge, MA |
| February 24, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | No. 25 Princeton | W 67–65 | 19–5 (10–1) | Levien Gymnasium (2,698) New York, NY |
| March 1, 2024 4:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Brown | W 77–62 | 20–5 (11–1) | Pizzitola Sports Center (277) Providence, RI |
| March 2, 2024 3:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Yale | W 76–50 | 21–5 (12–1) | John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT |
| March 9, 2024 2:00 p.m., ESPN+ | | at Cornell | W 82–46 | 22–5 (13–1) | Newman Arena (538) Ithaca, NY |
| Ivy League tournament ||||||
| March 15, 2024 7:00 p.m., ESPN+ | (2) | (3) Harvard Semifinals | W 63–61 | 23–5 | Levien Gymnasium (2,598) New York, NY |
| March 16, 2024 5:00 p.m., ESPNews | (2) | (1) Princeton Finals | L 58–75 | 23–6 | Levien Gymnasium (2,703) New York, NY |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 20, 2024* 9:00 p.m., ESPNU | (12 P3) | vs. (12 P3) Vanderbilt First Four | L 68–72 | 23–7 | Cassell Coliseum (599) Blacksburg, VA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. P3=Portland 3. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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