The Rutgers Scarlet Knights women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Rutgers University–New Brunswick.

The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).

The Scarlet Knights play home basketball games at the Louis Brown Athletic Center on the university campus in Piscataway, New Jersey.

The Scarlet Knights won the AIAW National Tournament 83–77 over Texas at the Palestra with the help of Restrepo-Pinero, who scored 30 points while being named MVP.

In 2007, C. Vivian Stringer became the first coach to ever lead three teams (including Rutgers) to the Final Four.