2017–18 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

2017–18 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
Lady Rebel Round-Up Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record24–9 (11–5 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nikita Lowry Dawkins
  • Marty McGillan
  • Gail Striegler
Home arenaWilliams Arena
Seasons
2017–18 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Ohio State 13 3   .813 28 7   .800
No. 16 Maryland 12 4   .750 26 8   .765
Iowa 11 5   .688 24 8   .750
Minnesota 11 5   .688 24 9   .727
Nebraska 11 5   .688 21 11   .656
Michigan 10 6   .625 23 10   .697
Indiana 9 7   .563 23 14   .622
Purdue 9 7   .563 20 14   .588
Rutgers 7 9   .438 20 12   .625
Michigan State 7 9   .438 19 14   .576
Penn State 6 10   .375 16 16   .500
Northwestern 4 12   .250 12 20   .375
Wisconsin 2 14   .125 9 21   .300
Illinois 0 16   .000 9 21   .300
2018 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll


The 2017–18 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by fourth-year head coach Marlene Stollings, played their home games at Williams Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–9, 11–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They defeated Iowa in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament before losing to Ohio State in the semifinals. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Spokane region. There they defeated Green Bay before losing to Oregon in the Second Round.

On April 9, 2018, head coach Marlene Stollings resigned from Minnesota to accept the head coaching job at Texas Tech. She finished with a four-year record of 82–47.[1] On April 12, the school hired the second all-time leading scorer for the Gophers, Lindsay Whalen, as head coach.[2] As part of her contract with the school, Whalen will continue to play for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx while she is head coach.[3]

Roster

2017–18 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G/F 3 Destiny Pitts 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Detroit Country Day Detroit, MI
F 5 Taiye Bello 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Southfield-Lathrup Southfield, MI
C 10 Jessie Edwards 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Western Australia Leeming, Australia
C 14 Bryanna Fernstrom 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr Chisago Lakes
Iowa State
Center City, MN
F 20 Kehinde Bello 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Southfield-Lathrup Southfield, MI
G 21 Jasmine Brunson 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Mary Louis Academy Queens, NY
G 23 Kenisha Bell 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS Jr Kennedy HS
Marquettte
Minneapolis, MN
F 25 Palma Kaposi 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr None Pécs, Hungary
F 31 Irene Garrido Perez 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Wyoming CC Granada, Spain
G 33 Carlie Wagner 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr NRHEG HS New Richland, MN
G 34 Gadiva Hubbard 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Princess Anne High School Virginia Beach, VA
C 41 Annalese Lamke 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau HS Milwaukee, WI
G 43 Paloma Gonzalez 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Colegio Leones Vigo, Spain
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: Nov 27, 2017

Schedule and results

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Non-conference regular season
Nov 11, 2017*
5:00 pm
Lehigh W 107–73  1–0
Williams Arena (2,642)
Minneapolis, MN
Nov 13, 2017*
6:00 pm
at Rhode Island W 82–60  2–0
Ryan Center (310)
Kingston, RI
Nov 16, 2017*
7:00 pm
VCU W 108–63  3–0
Williams Arena (2,147)
Minneapolis, MN
Nov 19, 2017*
7:00 pm
Boston College W 78–68  4–0
Williams Arena (2,454)
Minneapolis, MN
Nov 22, 2017*
8:00 pm, BTN
Xavier W 74–62  5–0
Williams Arena (2,000)
Minneapolis, MN
Nov 25, 2017*
4:30 pm
vs. Wake Forest
Lady Rebel Round-Up semifinals
W 93–81  6–0
Cox Pavilion (583)
Paradise, NV
Nov 26, 2017*
4:30 pm
at UNLV
Lady Rebel Round-Up championship
W 79–72  7–0
Cox Pavilion (575)
Paradise, NV
Nov 29, 2017*
2:30 pm, ACCN Extra
at North Carolina
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
L 83–88  7–1
Carmichael Arena (2,315)
Chapel Hill, NC
Dec 3, 2017*
1:00 pm
Eastern Michigan W 80–56  8–1
Williams Arena (2,694)
Minneapolis, MN
Dec 7, 2017*
6:00 pm
at Georgetown W 73–63  9–1
McDonough Gymnasium (307)
Washington, D.C.
Dec 10, 2017*
2:30 pm
at San Diego L 69–72  9–2
Jenny Craig Pavilion (511)
San Diego, CA
Dec 13, 2017*
12:00 pm
Cal Poly W 112–68  10–2
Williams Arena (4,126)
Minneapolis, MN
Dec 22, 2017*
1:00 pm
UC Riverside W 101–75  11–2
Williams Arena (2,106)
Minneapolis, MN
Big Ten conference season
Dec 28, 2017
7:00 pm
at Northwestern W 90–63  12–2 (1–0)
Beardsley Gym (703)
Evanston, IL
Dec 31, 2017
2:00 pm
Nebraska L 74–79  12–3 (1–1)
Williams Arena (3,284)
Minneapolis, MN
Jan 4, 2018
6:00 pm
at No. 10 Ohio State L 75–91  12–4 (1–2)
Value City Arena (4,519)
Columbus, OH
Jan 7, 2018
3:00 pm, BTN
Michigan State W 83–77  13–4 (2–2)
Williams Arena (3,422)
Minneapolis, MN
Jan 10, 2018
6:00 pm
at Penn State W 91–71  14–4 (3–2)
Bryce Jordan Center (2,326)
University Park, PA
Jan 13, 2018
1:00 pm, BTN
at No. 21 Rutgers L 70–80 OT 14–5 (3–3)
Louis Brown Athletic Center (2,168)
Piscataway, NJ
Jan 18, 2018
7:00 pm
Wisconsin W 90–65  15–5 (4–3)
Williams Arena (3,588)
Minneapolis, MN
Jan 21, 2018
3:00 pm
No. 20 Iowa W 77–72  16–5 (5–3)
Williams Arena (4,182)
Minneapolis, MN
Jan 31, 2018
7:00 pm
at Wisconsin W 71–61  17–5 (6–3)
Kohl Center (3,583)
Madison, WI
Feb 4, 2018
2:00 pm
at Iowa L 84–92  17–6 (6–4)
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (6,581)
Iowa City, IA
Feb 8, 2018
6:00 pm
at Purdue W 78–74  18–6 (7–4)
Mackey Arena (5,827)
West Lafayette, IN
Feb 11, 2018
3:00 pm, BTN
Penn State W 101–68  19–6 (8–4)
Williams Arena (3,794)
Minneapolis, MN
Feb 14, 2018
7:00 pm
No. 23 Michigan W 93–87  20–6 (9–4)
Williams Arena (2,415)
Minneapolis, MN
Feb 18, 2018
12:00 pm, BTN
No. 10 Maryland W 93–74  21–6 (10–4)
Williams Arena (4,625)
Minneapolis, MN
Feb 20, 2018
7:00 pm
Indiana L 70–82  21–7 (10–5)
Williams Arena (3,477)
Minneapolis, MN
Feb 25, 2018
2:00 pm
at Illinois W 84–75  22–7 (11–5)
State Farm Center (1,638)
Champaign, IL
Big Ten Women's Tournament
Mar 2, 2018
2:30 pm, RSN
(4) vs. (5) Iowa
Quarterfinals
W 90–89  23–7
Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,274)
Indianapolis, IN
Mar 3, 2018
5:00 pm, BTN
(4) vs. (1) No. 13 Ohio State
Semifinals
L 88–90  23–8
Bankers Life Fieldhouse 
Indianapolis, IN
NCAA Women's Tournament
Mar 16, 2018*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
(10 S) vs. (7 S) No. 21 Green Bay
First Round
W 89–77  24–8
Matthew Knight Arena 
Eugene, OR
Mar 18, 2018*
9:30 pm, ESPN2
(10 S) at (2 S) No. 6 Oregon
Second Round
L 73–101  24–9
Matthew Knight Arena (7,576)
Eugene, OR
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
S=Spokane Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Source[4]

Rankings

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Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

2017–18 Minnesota Golden Gophers men's basketball team

References

  1. ^ "Marlene Stollings leaving Gophers basketball for Texas Tech job". Star Tribune. Retrieved April 9, 2018.
  2. ^ "Lindsay Whalen coming home as U coach — and will do double duty with Lynx". Twin Cities. April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. ^ "Lindsay Whalen will do double duty as WNBA player/Univ. Minnesota coach". USA TODAY. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  4. ^ "2017–2018 Schedule". GOPHERSPORTS.COM. Archived from the original on November 10, 2017. Retrieved November 27, 2017.