2023–24 Summit League women's basketball season

The 2023–24 Summit League women's basketball season began non-conference play on November 6, 2023. Conference play started on December 29, 2023. This was the seventeenth season of women's basketball play under the Summit League name and the forty-second overall for the conference. The Summit League tournament took place from March 8–12, 2024. South Dakota State won the tournament, beating North Dakota State in the tournament final, and advanced to the NCAA tournament. North Dakota State, Oral Roberts, and South Dakota played in the 2024 Women's National Invitation Tournament (WNIT).

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.

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

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

Records against other conferences
2023–24 records against non-conference foes as of January 6, 2024:

Regular season

Post Season

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

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

† denotes game was played on neutral site ^ denotes NCAA tournament game

Conference matrix
The matrix represents head-to-head matchups within the conference. As of March 2, 2024

Points scored
Through March 30, 2024

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. Those games and any others that league members will play are listed here.

Summit League members in bold

Home attendance
Bold - Exceed capacity

As of March 2, 2024

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.

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.

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

All-League Honors
The All-Summit League teams and individual awards were announced on March 7, ahead of the Summit League tournament.

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.

NCAA tournament
Only South Dakota State was selected to participate in the tournament as the conference's automatic bid.

WNIT
North Dakota State, Oral Roberts, and South Dakota were selected to participate in the tournament as at-large bids.