PULLMAN, Wash. (October 17, 2023) – For the first time in program history, Washington State Women's Basketball was voted to the Preseason Associated Press Top-25 Poll, appearing at No. 24 Tuesday.
The Cougars return eight players including four starters from last year's team who won a program-record 23 games, were ranked as high as No. 22 in the AP Poll after captured the program's first Pac-12 Women's Basketball Championship. WSU knocked off three straight ranked teams in Las Vegas en route to the 2023 Pac-12 Tournament Championship and clinched their third-straight trip to the NCAA Tournament.