The 2023–24 USC Trojans women's basketball team represents the University of Southern California during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans play their home games at the Galen Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference. The squad is led by third-year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb.
Previous season
The Women of Troy finished the regular Pac-12 season tied for 4th with UCLA and Arizona. Because both of those teams held tiebreakers over USC, the Trojans earned the 6th seed in the 2023 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball tournament.
The squad earned its first bid for the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament since 2014. and its first at-large bid since 2006. Holding an 8-seed in the 2023 NCAA tournament, the Women of Troy fell in overtime in the first round to 9-seeded South Dakota State, 57-62.
Last year's team spent much of the season receiving votes in both polls and made the top 25 once in the AP Poll. In the last AP Poll, they received 3 votes while they no longer received any votes in the final two coaches' polls.
Offseason changes
The Women of Troy will bring in 2 first-years out of high school, 1 transfer student, and 4 graduate students. 1 student who red-shirted last year is also expected to play this coming season. 6 players from the previous year graduated while 1 transferred and 1 retired.
Regarding coaching staff, Women of Troy alumna Courtney Jaco, who previously served as Director of Player Development and who as a player won the 2014 Pac-12 tournament to qualify for the NCAA tournament, was promoted to Assistant Coach. Meanwhile, Nneka Enemkpali joined the Rutgers coaching staff during the off-season.
Departures
Incoming transfers
2023 recruiting class
Source:
The Women of Troy bring in the tenth-ranked recruiting class in the country. The incoming squad features top-ranked high school recruit Juju Watkins and 49th-ranked Malia Samuels. Redshirt first-year Aaliyah Gayles is also expected to play after having sat out the previous season due to injury. Gayles, ranked No. 8 in the country for the class of 2022, was recruited by previous head coach Mark Trakh
Roster
Schedule
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Source: USCTrojans.com
Rankings
Awards and honors
Marshall
Silver Medalist at the 2023 FIBA Women's AmeriCup. Watkins No. 1 recruit in the nation National Gatorade Player of the Year Gold Medalist and MVP of the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's Basketball World Cup 2020 Sports Illustrated Sports Kid of the Year McDonald's All-American Los Angeles Times Girls Basketball Player of the Year, 2021, 2022, 2023