# 2017–18 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Texas A&M Aggies women's basketball team represented Texas A&M University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team's head coach was Gary Blair, who was in his fifteenth season at Texas A&M. The team played their home games at the Reed Arena in College Station, Texas and played in its sixth season as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 26–10, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a 4 way tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament, where they lost to Mississippi State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament, where they defeated Drake and DePaul in the first and second rounds before losing to Notre Dame in the sweet sixteen.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | 20T | 20T | 19 | 19 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 22 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 17T | 17 | 15 | 14 | Not released |
| Coaches | RV | 25^ | 21 | 22 | 22 | 20 | 21т | 22 | 19 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 14 | 11 |
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll at the same time as the AP.

## Schedule and Results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 20 | Oklahoma City | W 86–35 | | Reed Arena (2,703) College Station, TX |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 6:00 pm | No. 20 | Houston Preseason WNIT First Round | W 83–65 | 1–0 | Reed Arena (3,085) College Station, TX |
| 11/12/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 20 | Louisiana Preseason WNIT quarterfinals | W 83–62 | 2–0 | Reed Arena (2,867) College Station, TX |
| 11/16/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 19 | No. 10 Oregon Preseason WNIT semifinals | L 68–83 | 2–1 | Reed Arena (3,315) College Station, TX |
| 11/22/2017* 6:00 pm | No. 19 | Little Rock | W 66–49 | 3–1 | Reed Arena (3,123) College Station, TX |
| 11/26/2017* 2:00 pm, FSSW | No. 19 | at Texas Tech | W 90–56 | 4–1 | United Supermarkets Arena (4,047) Lubbock, TX |
| 11/28/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 18 | Prairie View A&M | W 98–70 | 5–1 | Reed Arena (2,815) College Station, TX |
| 11/29/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 18 | Rice | W 82–76 | 6–1 | Reed Arena (3,009) College Station, TX |
| 12/03/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 18 | No. 11 West Virginia Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | L 50–76 | 6–2 | Reed Arena (3,391) College Station, TX |
| 12/06/2017* 11:00 am, SECN | No. 21 | TCU Maggie Dixon Classic | W 71–58 | 7–2 | Reed Arena (7,180) College Station, TX |
| 12/09/2017* 1:00 pm | No. 21 | Central Arkansas | W 72–61 | 8–2 | Reed Arena (3,886) College Station, TX |
| 12/15/2017* 9:00 pm, P12N | No. 19 | at USC | W 75–74 | 9–2 | Galen Center (508) Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/20/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 19 | vs. Hawaii Duel in the Desert | W 103–59 | 10–2 | Cox Pavilion Las Vegas, NV |
| 12/21/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 19 | vs. No. 10 Oregon Duel in the Desert | L 62–84 | 10–3 | Cox Pavilion Las Vegas, NV |
| 12/28/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 22 | SMU | W 79–57 | 11–3 | Reed Arena (4,316) College Station, TX |
| Conference Games ||||||
| 12/31/2017 1:00 pm, SECN | No. 22 | at No. 4 South Carolina | L 59–61 | 11–4 (0–1) | Colonial Life Arena (13,431) Columbia, SC |
| 01/04/2018 6:00 pm, SECN | No. 19 | Kentucky | W 74–70 | 12–4 (1–1) | Reed Arena (3,662) College Station, TX |
| 01/07/2018 2:00 pm | No. 19 | at Auburn | W 82–73 | 13–4 (2–1) | Auburn Arena (1,980) Auburn, AL |
| 01/11/2018 6:00 pm, SECN | No. 17 | No. 6 Tennessee | W 79–76 $^{OT}$ | 14–4 (3–1) | Reed Arena (5,043) College Station, TX |
| 01/14/2018 2:00 pm, SECN | No. 17 | Georgia | L 84–92 $^{OT}$ | 14–5 (3–2) | Reed Arena (4,702) College Station, TX |
| 01/18/2016 7:00 pm | No. 16 | Alabama | W 73–54 | 15–5 (4–2) | Coleman Coliseum (2,117) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 01/22/2018 6:00 pm, SECN | No. 15 | LSU | W 69–59 | 16–5 (5–2) | Reed Arena (3,506) College Station, TX |
| 01/28/2018 2:00 pm, SECN | No. 15 | at Vanderbilt | W 91–67 | 17–5 (6–2) | Memorial Gymnasium (3,009) Nashville, TN |
| 02/01/2018 5:30 pm, SECN | No. 14 | at No. 12 Tennessee | L 67–82 | 17–6 (6–3) | Thompson–Boling Arena (8,841) Knoxville, TN |
| 02/04/2018 3:00 pm, SECN | No. 14 | Auburn | W 78–59 | 18–6 (7–3) | Reed Arena (5,127) College Station, TX |
| 02/08/2018 7:00 pm | No. 14 | Ole Miss | W 83–54 | 19–6 (8–3) | Reed Arena (3,252) College Station, TX |
| 02/11/2018 2:00 pm | No. 14 | at LSU | L 78–80 | 19–7 (8–4) | Maravich Center (2,103) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 02/15/2018 7:00 pm | No. 17 | Florida | W 85–80 | 20–7 (9–4) | Reed Arena (4,000) College Station, TX |
| 02/18/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 17 | at No. 2 Mississippi State | L 55–76 | 20–8 (9–5) | Humphrey Coliseum (9,933) Starkville, MS |
| 02/22/2018 7:00 pm, SECN | No. 17 | at Arkansas | W 104–60 | 21–8 (10–5) | Bud Walton Arena (1,375) Fayettveille, AR |
| 02/25/2018 3:00 pm, SECN | No. 17 | No. 11 Missouri | W 82–63 | 22–8 (11–5) | Reed Arena (6,627) College Station, TX |
| SEC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/01/2018 2:30 pm, SECN | (5) No. 15 | vs. (13) Arkansas Second Round | W 82–52 | 23–8 | Bridgestone Arena (3,889) Nashville, TN |
| 03/02/2018 2:30 pm, SECN | (5) No. 15 | vs. (4) No. 24 LSU Quarterfinals | W 75–69 | 24–8 | Bridgestone Arena (6,344) Nashville, TN |
| 03/03/2018 4:00 pm, ESPNU | (5) No. 15 | vs. (1) No. 2 Mississippi State Semifinals | L 55–70 | 24–9 | Bridgestone Arena Nashville, TN |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/16/2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN2 | (4 S) No. 14 | (13 S) Drake First Round | W 89–76 | 25–9 | Reed Arena (2,835) College Station, TX |
| 03/18/2018* 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | (4 S) No. 14 | (5 S) DePaul Second Round | W 80–79 | 26–9 | Reed Arena (3,162) College Station, TX |
| 03/24/2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN | (4 S) No. 14 | vs. (1 S) No. 5 Notre Dame Sweet Sixteen | L 84–90 | 26–10 | Spokane Arena Spokane, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Spokane Region. All times are in Central Time. ||||||