2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball team

2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record18–14 (8–10 Pac–12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaJon M. Huntsman Center
Seasons
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
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

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.

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

Roster
Last update: February 24, 2018

Schedule and results

[4]

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

  1. ^ "University of Utah Athletics" (PDF). UtahUtes.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  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.