2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, led by third year head coach Lynne Roberts, played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference.^[1][2][3] They finished the season 18–14, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Colorado. They received an automatic to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated UNLV in the first round before losing to Kansas State in the second round.

2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	18–14 (8–10 Pac–12)
Head coach	Lynne Roberts (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	Gavin Petersen Danyelle Snelgro Joanna Reitz
Home arena	Jon M. Huntsman Center
Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Oregon †	16	–	2		.889			33	–	5		.868
No. 15 Stanford	14	–	3		.824			24	–	11		.686
No. 9 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
No. 13 Oregon State	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
California	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Arizona State	10	–	8		.556			22	–	13		.629
USC	9	–	9		.500			20	–	11		.645
Utah	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			15	–	16		.484
Washington State	3	–	14		.176			10	–	20		.333
Arizona	2	–	16		.111			6	–	24		.200
Washington	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of 26 March 2018 Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

They finished the season 16–15, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to UC Davis in the first round.

Roster

2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Kiana Moore 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) So Vanden HS Fairfield, CA G/F 1 Jordan Cruz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr C.K. McClatchy HS Sacramento, CA G 2 Tori Williams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Centennial Boise, ID F 5 Megan Huff 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Jr Todd Beamer HS Hawaii Federal Way, WA G 11 Erika Bean 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Bradshaw Christian HS Sacramento, CA F 12 Emily Potter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS Sr Glenlawn Collegiate Winnipeg, MB G/F 13 Megan Jacobs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Bishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV F 14 Elli Koskinen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Kerttulin lukio, Turku Salo, Finland G 20 Dru Gylten 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr St. Thomas More HS Rapid City, SD F 21 Wendy Anae 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Cathedral Catholic HS San Diego, CA F 22 Arianna Lalonde 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr Chandler HS Phoenix, AZ G/F 23 Daneesha Provo 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS Jr Kent School Clemson Dartmouth, NS G 24 Tilar Clark 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Skyline HS Salt Lake CC Idaho Falls, ID F 25 Maurane Corbin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Fr Montmorency (CEGEP) Saint-Bruno, QE G/F 32 Tanaeya Boclair 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Brennan HS San Antonio, TX	Head coach Lynne Roberts (Seattle Pacific) Assistant coach(es) Gavin Petersen (Hawaiʻi) Danyelle Snelgro (Utah State) Joanna Reitz (Covenant) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 24, 2018

Schedule and results

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2017* 11:00 am		Carroll (MT)	W 70–46		Jon M. Huntsman Center  Salt Lake City, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:30 pm		Nevada	W 87–61	1–0	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,659) Salt Lake City, UT
11/13/2017* 6:00 pm		at Alabama	L 60–65	1–1	Coleman Coliseum (2,035) Tuscaloosa, AL
11/17/2017* 7:00 pm		at Weber State Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 85–58	2–1	Dee Events Center (686) Ogden, UT
11/20/2017* 7:00 pm, P12N		Purdue	W 81–68	3–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,887) Salt Lake City, UT
11/24/2017* 3:30 pm		Incarnate Word	W 90–31	4–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,104) Salt Lake City, UT
11/27/2017* 6:00 pm		Texas–Arlington	W 71–41	5–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (917) Salt Lake City, UT
12/02/2017* 2:30 pm, P12N		Saint Mary's	W 74–63	6–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,086) Salt Lake City, UT
12/05/2017* 6:00 pm		Pepperdine	W 89–65	7–1	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,308) Salt Lake City, UT
12/09/2017* 2:00 pm		at BYU First Desert Duel/Old Oquirrh Bucket	L 68–77	7–2	Marriott Center (1,189) Provo, UT
12/18/2017* 7:00 pm		at Utah State Old Oquirrh Bucket	W 79–44	8–2	Smith Spectrum (666) Logan, UT
12/21/2017* 1:00 pm		Oral Roberts	W 71–50	9–2	Jon M. Huntsman Center (933) Salt Lake City, UT
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2017 6:00 pm		Arizona	W 89–55	10–2 (1–0)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,828) Salt Lake City, UT
12/31/2017 12:00 pm		Arizona State	L 81–83	10–3 (1–1)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,463) Salt Lake City, UT
01/05/2018 7:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	W 74–65	11–3 (2–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,746) Seattle, WA
01/07/2018 12:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	W 79–77	12–3 (3–1)	Beasley Coliseum (776) Pullman, WA
01/12/2018 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 14 UCLA	L 74–81	12–4 (3–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,281) Salt Lake City, UT
01/14/2018 12:00 pm, P12N		USC	L 47–58	12–5 (3–3)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,574) Salt Lake City, UT
01/19/2018 11:00 am		at No. 22 Arizona State	W 58–56	13–5 (4–3)	Wells Fargo Arena (5,787) Tempe, AZ
01/21/2018 12:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona	W 80–56	14–5 (5–3)	McKale Center (1,357) Tucson, AZ
01/26/2018 6:00 pm, P12N		No. 17 Oregon State	L 58–69	14–6 (5–4)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,566) Salt Lake City, UT
01/28/2018 12:00 pm, P12N		No. 7 Oregon	L 68–84	14–7 (5–5)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,728) Salt Lake City, UT
02/01/2018 7:00 pm, P12N		Colorado	L 65–69	14–8 (5–6)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,812) Salt Lake City, UT
02/04/2018 12:00 pm, P12N		at Colorado	W 78–74	15–8 (6–6)	Coors Events Center (1,591) Boulder, CO
02/09/2018 8:00 pm		at No. 17 Stanford	L 49–70	15–9 (6–7)	Maples Pavilion (3,200) Stanford, CA
02/11/2018 3:00 pm		at California	L 73–84	15–10 (6–8)	Haas Pavilion (2,507) Berkeley, CA
02/16/2018 7:00 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 54–50	16–10 (7–8)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,149) Salt Lake City, UT
02/18/2018 2:00 pm, P12N		Washington	W 81–46	17–10 (8–8)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,927) Salt Lake City, UT
02/22/2018 7:00 pm, P12N		at USC	L 52–53 OT	17–11 (8–9)	Galen Center (592) Los Angeles, CA
02/24/2018 3:00 pm		at UCLA	L 71–78 OT	17–12 (8–10)	Pauley Pavilion (3,866) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/01/2018 12:30 pm, P12N	(8)	vs. (9) Colorado First Round	L 56–66	17–13	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
WNIT
03/15/2018* 7:00 pm		UNLV First Round	W 78–68	18–13	Jon M. Huntsman Center (497) Salt Lake City, UT
03/18/2018* 4:00 pm		at Kansas State Second Round	L 57–74	18–14	Bramlage Coliseum (1,328) Manhattan, KS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR		N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

2017–18 Utah Utes men's basketball team

References

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2. "Utah Utes Women's Basketball - Utes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
3. Utah Utes. "Utah Utes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
4. "University of Utah Athletics". UtahUtes.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.