2023–24 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team

2023–24 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball
MVC regular-season and tournament champions
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceMissouri Valley Conference
Record29–6 (19–1 MVC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nicci Hays Fort
  • Whitney Moia
  • Kelli Greenway
Home arenaKnapp Center
2023–24 Missouri Valley Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Drake 19 1   .950 29 6   .829
Belmont 17 3   .850 26 9   .743
Missouri State 15 5   .750 23 10   .697
Northern Iowa 14 6   .700 16 16   .500
Illinois State 13 7   .650 22 12   .647
Murray State 12 8   .600 20 12   .625
UIC 10 10   .500 18 16   .529
Southern Illinois 6 14   .300 11 20   .355
Indiana State 6 14   .300 11 21   .344
Valparaiso 4 16   .200 5 25   .167
Bradley 2 18   .100 6 26   .188
Evansville 2 18   .100 4 28   .125
2024 MVC tournament winner

The 2023–24 Drake Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Drake University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third-year head coach Allison Pohlman, played their home games at the Knapp Center in Des Moines, Iowa as members of the Missouri Valley Conference (MVC).

The Bulldogs finished the season 29–6, 19–1 in MVC play, to finish in first place. In the MVC tournament, they defeated Indiana State in the quarterfinals, Northern Iowa in the semifinals, and Missouri State to win the MVC tournament championship and earn the conference's automatic bid into the NCAA tournament. They received the #12 seed in the Albany Regional 2, where they would lose to #5 region seed Colorado in the first round.