2023–24 Summit League women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams9
TV partner(s)Summit League Network, CBS Sports Network
Regular season
Summit League tournament
2023–24 Summit League women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
South Dakota State0–0 –4–2  .667
South Dakota0–0 –5–3  .625
Oral Roberts0–0 –4–3  .571
St. Thomas*0–0 –3–4  .429
North Dakota State0–0 –2–4  .333
Omaha0–0 –2–4  .333
Kansas City0–0 –2–5  .286
North Dakota0–0 –2–5  .286
Denver0–0 –1–4  .200
* Ineligible for the 2024 NCAA tournament due to transition from Division III
† 2024 Summit League tournament winner
As of November 30, 2023
Rankings from AP Poll

The 2023–24 Summit League women's basketball season began non-conference play on November 6, 2023. Conference play will start on December 29, 2023, and will culminate to the Summit League tournament from March 8–12, 2024. This will be the seventeenth season of women's basketball play under the Summit League name and the forty-second overall for the conference.

Conference changes

Just after the conclusion of the Spring regular season, Western Illinois announced they would be leaving the Summit League on July 1, 2023, and joining the Ohio Valley Conference in all sports except men's soccer (which will join the OVC the following fall). The Leathernecks were the only remaining charter member of the Mid-Continent Conference.[1]

Preseason

The preseason Summit League women's basketball poll was released on October 10, 2023.[2]

Preseason poll

First place votes in parentheses

  1. South Dakota State (27) – 577
  2. North Dakota State (5) – 526
  3. South Dakota (2) – 485
  4. North Dakota – 434
  5. Oral Roberts (1) – 357
  6. Omaha – 263
  7. Denver (1) – 233
  8. St. Thomas – 203
  9. Kansas City – 174

Preseason awards

Honor Recipient
Preseason Player of the Year Kacie Borowicz, North Dakota
Preseason All-Summit League First Team Hannah Cooper, Oral Roberts
Elle Evans, North Dakota State
Heaven Hamling, North Dakota State
Grace Larkins, South Dakota
Paige Meyer, South Dakota State
Preseason All-Summit League Second Team Carley Duffney, South Dakota
Makayla Minett, Denver
Tori Nelson, South Dakota State
Emma Smith, Denver
Ruthie Udoumoh, Oral Roberts

Regular season

Records against other conferences

2023–24 records against non-conference foes as of November 28, 2023:

Record against ranked non-conference opponents

This is a list of games against ranked opponents only (rankings from the AP Poll): Summit League teams in Bold

DateVisitorHomeSiteScoreConference recordRef
Nov 6No. 22 CreightonNorth Dakota State†Sanford Pentagon ● Sioux Falls, SDL 52–750–1[3]
Nov 10South DakotaNo. 22 CreightonD. J. Sokol Arena ● Omaha, NEL 55–810–2[4]
Nov 20South Dakota StateNo. 1 South CarolinaColonial Life Arena ● Columbia, SCL 38–780–3[5]
Nov 29Oral Roberts No. 10 TexasMoody Center ● Austin, TX–

Team rankings are reflective of AP poll when the game was played, not current or final ranking

† denotes game was played on neutral site

Conference matrix

The matrix represents head-to-head matchups within the conference.

  Denver Kansas City North Dakota North Dakota State Omaha Oral Roberts St. Thomas South Dakota South Dakota State
vs. Denver –––––––––
vs. Kansas City –––––––––
vs. North Dakota –––––––––
vs. North Dakota State –––––––––
vs. Omaha –––––––––
vs. Oral Roberts –––––––––
vs. St. Thomas –––––––––
vs. South Dakota –––––––––
vs. South Dakota State –––––––––
Total 0–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–00–0

As of October 10, 2023

Points scored

Team For Against Difference
Denver 308 326 –18
Kansas City 449 466 –17
North Dakota 357 403 –46
North Dakota State 406 411 –5
Omaha 460 504 –44
Oral Roberts 489 448 +41
St. Thomas 431 428 +3
South Dakota 471 451 +20
South Dakota State 284 266 +18

Through November 28, 2023[6]

National Television Games

Before the 2023-24 season began, the Summit League announced a new media deal with CBS Sports Network that would show up to 12 regular season games (6 guaranteed men's games) on the network, as well as moving the league's tournament final games to CBSSN. The women's tournament semifinal games will also be broadcast on CBSSN. On October 18, 2023, the Summit League and CBS Sports Network announced the league's 2023-24 slate of games to appear on the network throughout the conference season.[7] Those games and any others that league members will play are listed here.

Summit League members in bold

Date
Time (CT)		 Road Team Home Team Final Score Network
November 20, 2023
1 PM		 South Dakota Arizona 52–61 ESPNU
December 31, 2023
12 PM		 South Dakota State North Dakota – CBSSN
January 28, 2024
3 PM		 Oral Roberts South Dakota State – CBSSN

Home attendance

Team Arena Capacity Total Games Average Attendance Attendance High Total Attendance % of Capacity
Denver Hamilton Gymnasium 2,500 3 526 615
Nov 14 vs. Wyoming		 1,579 21.1%
Kansas City Swinney Recreation Center 1,500 1 1,203 — 1,203 80.2%
North Dakota Betty Engelstad Sioux Center 3,300 3 1,322 1,426
Nov 11 vs. Grand Canyon		 3,966 40.1%
North Dakota State Scheels Center 5,460 1 611 – 611 11.1%
Omaha Baxter Arena 7,898 3 453 537
Nov. 8 vs. College of St. Mary		 1,361 5.7%
Oral Roberts Mabee Center 10,154 3 3,954 6,358
Nov 9 vs. Friends		 11,863 38.9%
St. Thomas Schoenecker Arena 1,800 2 403 491
Nov 11 vs. Wisconsin-River Falls		 806 22.4%
South Dakota Sanford Coyote Sports Center 6,000 2 1,815 2,091
Nov 6 vs. Northern State		 3,630 30.3%
South Dakota State Frost Arena 6,500 3 1,838 2,139
Nov 24 vs. South Carolina St		 5,515 28.3%

Bold - Exceed capacity
As of November 28, 2023
Does not include exhibition games

Head coaches

Note: Stats shown are before the beginning of the season. Overall and Summit League records are from time at current school.

Team Head coach Previous job Seasons at school Overall record Summit record Summit titles NCAA tournaments NCAA Sweet Sixteen NCAA Championships
Denver Doshia Woods Tulane (recruiting coordinator) 4th 29–54 (.349) 18–32 (.360) 0 0 0 0
Kansas City Dionnah Jackson-Durrett Texas (Associate head coach) 2nd 9–23 (.281) 3–15 (.167) 0 0 0 0
North Dakota Mallory Bernhard North Dakota (assistant) 4th 36–47 (.434) 22–29 (.431) 0 0 0 0
North Dakota State Jory Collins Kansas (assistant) 5th 55–58 (.487) 35-33 (.515) 0 0 0 0
Omaha Carrie Banks Ohio State (assistant) 4th 29–49 (.372) 15–32 (.319) 0 0 0 0
Oral Roberts Kelsi Musick Southwestern Oklahoma State 2nd 12–19 (.387) 8–10 (.444) 0 0 0 0
St. Thomas Ruth Sinn Apple Valley HS 19th 376–126 (.749) 11–25 (.306) † 0 0 0 0
South Dakota Kayla Karius Drake (assistant) 2nd 14–16 (.467) 10–8 (.556) 0 0 0 0
South Dakota State Aaron Johnston South Dakota State (assistant) 24th 571–185 (.752) 228–34 (.861) 10 11 1 0

Notes:

  • † St. Thomas joined the Summit League in the summer of 2021.
  • Overall and Summit League records, conference titles, etc. are from time at current school and are through the end the 2022–23 season.
  • NCAA tournament appearances are from time at current school only.

Awards and honors

Players of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Summit League offices named one or two players of the week each Monday.[8]

Week Player of the Week School Ref.
Nov. 13 Kacie Borowicz North Dakota [9]
Nov. 20 Hannah Cooper Oral Roberts [10]
Nov. 27 Brooklyn Meyer South Dakota State [11]

Postseason

Summit League tournament

All 9 teams qualify for the Summit League tournament. The tournament is held at the Denny Sanford Premier Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It will be held from March 8 to March 12, 2024.

First Round
March 8
Summit League Network 		Quarterfinals
March 9 & 10
Summit League Network 		Semifinals
March 11
CBS Sports Network 		Championship
March 12
CBS Sports Network
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References

  1. ↑ "Western Illinois to depart Summit League beginning next season". The Summit League. May 12, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  2. ↑ "Jackrabbits favored for the 2023-24 #SummitWBB crown". The Summit League. October 10, 2023. Retrieved October 10, 2023.
  3. ↑ "North Dakota State Bison vs. Creighton Bluejays". ESPN. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
  4. ↑ "South Dakota Coyotes vs. Creighton Bluejays". ESPN. Retrieved November 10, 2023.
  5. ↑ "South Dakota State Jackrabbits vs. South Carolina Gamecocks". espn.com. ESPN. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  6. ↑ "2023-24 Women's Basketball Statistics". The Summit League. Retrieved November 28, 2023.
  7. ↑ "CBS Sports, Summit League release 13-game national television schedule". The Summit League. October 18, 2023. Retrieved October 18, 2023.
  8. ↑ "2023-24 TicketSmarter Women's Basketball Peak Performers of the Week". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  9. ↑ "UND's Borowicz claims season's first TicketSmarter #SummitWBB Weekly Accolade". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. November 13, 2023. Retrieved November 13, 2023.
  10. ↑ "ORU's Cooper garners TicketSmarter #SummitWBB Weekly Accolade". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. November 20, 2023. Retrieved November 20, 2023.
  11. ↑ "SDSU's Meyer earns TicketSmarter #SummitWBB weekly honor". thesummitleague.org. The Summit League. November 27, 2023. Retrieved November 27, 2023.
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