The 2026–27 BYU Cougars women's basketball team will represent Brigham Young University during the 2026–27 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars will be led by second-year head coach Lee Cummard, and will play their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah as a member of the Big 12 Conference.
Previous season
The Cougars finished the 2025–26 season 26–12 overall and 9–9 in Big 12 play, to finish in a tie for ninth in the conference with Arizona State. As the No. 10 seed in the Big 12 tournament, they defeated No. 16 Houston and No. 8 Utah in the first and second rounds respectively, before falling to top-seeded TCU in the quarterfinals.
Following their tournament elimination, the Cougars earned an at-large bid to the WBIT for the first time, where they were seeded No. 1 in their bracket. They routed Alabama A&M and No. 4 Missouri in the first and second rounds, defeated No. 2 Stanford in the quarterfinals and won to fellow Big 12 member in Texas A&M Bracket No. 2 Kansas 70–67 in the semifinals, before falling to North Dakota State Bracket No. 4 Columbia in the championship game, 64–81.
Offseason Departures BYU departures Arielle Mackey-Williams 8 Guard 5'9" Junior Ngati Porou, New Zealand Graduated Lara Rohkohl 13 Forward 6'3" Senior Hanover, Germany Graduated McKinley Willardson 15 Forward 6'1" N/A Corona, CA Graduated; transferred to California Baptist Braeden Gunlock 20 Forward 6'0" Freshman Bigfork, MT Transferred to Montana State Heather Hamson 21 Forward 6'3" Senior Lindon, UT Graduated Marya Hudgins 23 Guard 6'0" Junior Aurora, CO Transferred to West Virginia Hattie Ogden 33 Forward 6'1" Senior Magrath, AB Graduated
Incoming transfers BYU incoming transfers Liza Astakhova 5 Guard/Forward 6'2" Sophomore Moscow, Russia North Carolina
Recruiting class
Roster
Schedule and results
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