2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team

2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record9–18 (2–16 Big Ten)
Head coach
Associate head coachTangela Smith
Assistant coaches
  • Maggie Lyon
  • Brittany Johnson
Home arenaWelsh–Ryan Arena
2024–25 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 5 USC 17 1   .944 31 4   .886
No. 3 UCLA 16 2   .889 34 3   .919
No. 19 Ohio State 13 5   .722 26 7   .788
No. 12 Maryland 13 5   .722 25 8   .758
No. 25 Michigan 11 7   .611 23 11   .676
Michigan State 11 7   .611 22 10   .688
Illinois 11 7   .611 22 10   .688
Oregon 10 8   .556 20 12   .625
Indiana 10 8   .556 20 13   .606
Nebraska 10 8   .556 21 12   .636
Iowa 10 8   .556 23 11   .676
Washington 9 9   .500 19 14   .576
Minnesota 8 10   .444 25 11   .694
Wisconsin 4 14   .222 13 17   .433
Rutgers 3 15   .167 13 20   .394
Purdue 3 15   .167 10 19   .345
Northwestern 2 16   .111 9 18   .333
Penn State 1 17   .056 10 19   .345
2025 Big Ten tournament winner
As of April 7, 2025
Rankings from AP poll

The 2024–25 Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team represented Northwestern University during the 2024–25 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by 17th-year head coach Joe McKeown, played their home games at the Welsh–Ryan Arena in Evanston, Illinois as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 9–18, 2–16 in Big Ten play to finish in 17th place. They failed to qualify for the Big Ten tournament.

Due to the wildfires in the Los Angeles and Ventura counties, Northwestern's road games at UCLA on January 12 and USC on January 15 were postponed. Northwestern forfeited the games in February 2025. UCLA and USC each were credited with a win, and the Wildcats were assessed two losses.