| Mode: | Women's basketball |
| Year: | 2023–24 |
| Prev Year: | 2022–23 |
| Next Year: | 2024–25 |
| Team: | South Carolina Gamecocks |
| Conference: | Southeastern Conference |
| Short Conf: | SEC |
| Coachrank: | 1 |
| Aprank: | 1 |
| Record: | 38–0 |
| Conf Record: | 16–0 |
| Hc Year: | 16th |
| Asst Coach2: | Winston Gandy |
| Asst Coach4: | Khadijah Sessions |
| Asst Coach5: | Mary Wooley |
The 2023–24 South Carolina Gamecocks women's basketball team represented the University of South Carolina during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gamecocks, led by sixteenth-year head coach Dawn Staley, played their home games at Colonial Life Arena and competed as members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).Staley won her 600th game as head coach on February 22, 2024, in 786 games (534 at South Carolina).[1] The season saw the Gamecocks not only capture their third national title in the history of the school's women's basketball program, but also become the 10th Division I women's basketball team to finish the season undefeated.[2] [3]
The Gamecocks finished the season 36–1 (16–0 SEC). They won the SEC regular season and tournament championships and received an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, where they defeated Norfolk State, South Florida, UCLA, and Maryland before falling to Iowa in the Final Four.
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Notes | Ref | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olivia Thompson | 0 | G | 5'8" | Senior | Lexington, SC | Graduated | ||
| 1 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Toledo, OH | Drafted tenth overall by the Los Angeles Sparks | |||
| 4 | F | 6'5" | Senior | St. Thomas, USVI | Drafted first overall by the Indiana Fever | |||
| 5 | F | 6'2" | Senior | Rome, GA | Drafted twenty-fifth overall by the Indiana Fever | |||
| Talaysia Cooper | 11 | G | 6'0" | Freshman | Turbeville, SC | Transferred to Tennessee | [4] | |
| 12 | G | 6'1" | Senior | Rock Island, IL | Drafted twenty-fourth overall by the Minnesota Lynx | |||
| 15 | F | 6'4" | Senior | Mississauga, ON | Drafted eighth overall by the Atlanta Dream | |||
| Kierra Fletcher | 41 | G | 5'9" | Graduate Student | Warren, MI | Graduated |
| Name | Number | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | G | 5'9" | Senior | Oregon | |||
| Sakima Walker | 25 | C | 6'5" | Senior | Northwest Florida State College | ||
| [5] | |||||||
| SEC media poll | ||
| 1 | LSU | |
| 2 | South Carolina | |
| 3 | Tennessee | |
| 4 | Ole Miss | |
| 5 | Mississippi State | |
| 6 | Arkansas | |
| 7 | Georgia | |
| 8 | Texas A&M | |
| 9 | Alabama | |
| 10 | Florida | |
| 11 | Missouri | |
| 12 | Auburn | |
| 13 | Kentucky | |
| 14 | Vanderbilt | |
|-!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=| Regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| SEC Tournament|-!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Tournament
NOTE: AP never releases final ranking.
See also: 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.