# 2017–18 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Belmont Bruins women's basketball team represented Belmont University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by first-year head coach Bart Brooks, played their home games at the Curb Event Center in Nashville, Tennessee as members of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC). They finished the season 31–4, 18–0 in OVC play, to win the OVC regular season. They won the OVC women's tournament by defeating UT Martin and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they lost to Duke in the first round. With 31 wins, they finished with most wins in school history.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non–conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | at No. 22 Oklahoma | L 73–96 | 0–1 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,306) Norman, OK |
| November 12, 2017* 2:00 p.m. | | at Tulsa | W 90–65 | 1–1 | Reynolds Center (274) Tulsa, OK |
| November 15, 2017* 6:00 p.m. | | Fort Wayne | W 74–42 | 2–1 | Curb Event Center (496) Nashville, TN |
| November 21, 2017* 6:00 p.m. | | Samford | W 83–46 | 3–1 | Curb Event Center (641) Nashville, TN |
| November 23, 2017* 10:00 p.m. | | vs. Gonzaga Play4Kay Shootout quarterfinals | W 71–63 | 4–1 | Mandalay Bay Arena (323) Paradise, NV |
| November 24, 2017* 10:00 p.m. | | vs. No. 14 Stanford Play4Kay Shootout semifinals | L 53–74 | 4–2 | Mandalay Bay Arena (1,221) Paradise, NV |
| November 25, 2017* 7:30 p.m. | | vs. Florida Gulf Coast Play4Kay Shootout 3rd-place game | W 75–65 | 5–2 | Mandalay Bay Arena Paradise, NV |
| November 28, 2017* 6:00 p.m. | | Trevecca Nazarene | W 97–39 | 6–2 | Curb Event Center (253) Nashville, TN |
| December 1, 2017* 11:00 a.m. | | Presbyterian | W 90–48 | 7–2 | Curb Event Center (1,371) Nashville, TN |
| December 1, 2017* 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Lipscomb Battle of the Boulevard | W 91–59 | 8–2 | Allen Arena (475) Nashville, TN |
| December 14, 2017* 11:30 a.m. | | at Arkansas State | W 83–52 | 9–2 | First National Bank Arena (4,374) Jonesboro, TN |
| December 18, 2017* 6:00 p.m. | | Wright State | L 81–91 | 9–3 | Curb Event Center (731) Nashville, TN |
| December 21, 2017* 12:00 p.m. | | at Vanderbilt | W 111–74 | 10–3 | Memorial Gymnasium Nashville, TN |
| Ohio Valley Conference regular season ||||||
| December 28, 2017 5:15 p.m. | | at Southeast Missouri State | W 67–57 | 11–3 (1–0) | Show Me Center (675) Cape Girardeau, MO |
| December 30, 2017 4:00 p.m. | | at UT Martin | W 65–63 | 12–3 (2–0) | Skyhawk Arena (1,662) Martin, TN |
| January 4, 2018 5:00 p.m. | | Tennessee Tech | W 78–59 | 13–3 (3–0) | Curb Event Center (1,024) Nashville, TN |
| January 6, 2018 3:00 p.m. | | Jacksonville State | W 71–55 | 14–3 (4–0) | Curb Event Center (1,064) Nashville, TN |
| January 10, 2018 7:00 p.m. | | at SIU Edwardsville | W 72–55 | 15–3 (5–0) | Vadalabene Center (904) Edwardsville, IL |
| January 13, 2018 1:00 p.m. | | at Eastern Illinois | W 86–58 | 16–3 (6–0) | Lantz Arena (422) Charleston, IL |
| January 17, 2018 6:00 p.m. | | Murray State | W 70–65 | 17–3 (7–0) | Curb Event Center (632) Nashville, TN |
| January 20, 2018 3:00 p.m. | | Austin Peay | W 78–75 | 18–3 (8–0) | Curb Event Center (1,473) Nashville, TN |
| January 25, 2018 5:00 p.m. | | Eastern Illinois | W 59–37 | 19–3 (9–0) | Curb Event Center (1,021) Nashville, TN |
| January 27, 2018 3:00 p.m. | | SIU Edwardsville | W 86–64 | 20–3 (10–0) | Curb Event Center (1,412) Nashville, TN |
| February 1, 2018 4:30 p.m. | | at Eastern Kentucky | W 77–55 | 21–3 (11–0) | McBrayer Arena (600) Richmond, KY |
| February 3, 2018 5:15 p.m. | | at Morehead State | W 83–62 | 22–3 (12–0) | Ellis Johnson Arena (1,688) Morehead, KY |
| February 8, 2018 5:30 p.m. | | at Tennessee State | W 87–70 | 23–3 (13–0) | Gentry Center (1,539) Nashville, TN |
| February 10, 2018 5:30 p.m. | | at Tennessee Tech | W 68–60 | 24–3 (14–0) | Eblen Center (2,899) Cookeville, TN |
| February 15, 2018 5:00 p.m. | No. 24 | Eastern Kentucky | W 95–62 | 25–3 (15–0) | Curb Event Center (1,854) Nashville, TN |
| February 17, 2018 5:15 p.m. | No. 24 | Morehead State | W 80–56 | 26–3 (16–0) | Curb Event Center (600) Nashville, TN |
| February 21, 2018 6:00 p.m. | No. 23 | at Jacksonville State | W 66–35 | 27–3 (17–0) | Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,064) Jacksonville, AL |
| February 24, 2018 3:00 p.m. | No. 23 | Tennessee State | W 84–42 | 28–3 (18–0) | Curb Event Center (2,278) Nashville, TN |
| Ohio Valley Conference tournament ||||||
| February 28, 2018 1:00 p.m., OVCDN/ESPN3 | (1) No. 22 | vs. (8) Murray State Quarterfinals | W 88–64 | 29–3 | Ford Center Evansville, IN |
| March 2, 2018 1:00 p.m., OVCDN/ESPN3 | (1) No. 22 | vs. (4) Jacksonville State Semifinals | W 63–53 | 30–3 | Ford Center Evansville, IN |
| March 3, 2018 2:00 p.m., OVCDN/ESPN3 | (1) No. 22 | vs. (2) UT Martin Championship game | W 63–56 $^{OT}$ | 31–3 | Ford Center (823) Evansville, IN |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 17, 2018* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2 | (12 A) No. 23 | vs. (5 A) No. 20 Duke First round | L 58–72 | 31–4 | Stegeman Coliseum Athens, GA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Central. ||||||
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## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No change |
| (RV) | Received votes |
| (NR) | Not ranked |