# 2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Northeastern Huskies women's basketball team represented the Northeastern University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Kelly Cole, played their home games at the Cabot Center and were members of the Colonial Athletic Association (CAA). They finished the season 16–15, 11–7 CAA play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA women's tournament to Delaware. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they lost to Yale in the first round.

## Previous season

They finished the season 12–19, 8–10 CAA play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the CAA women's tournament to Drexel.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 5:30 pm | | at Boston University | L 73–74 | 0–1 | Case Gym (1,535) Boston, MA |
| 11/14/2017* 7:00 pm | | Providence | L 95–98 $^{OT}$ | 0–2 | Cabot Center (338) Boston, MA |
| 11/14/2017* 7:00 pm | | Fairfield | W 63–43 | 1–2 | Cabot Center (352) Boston, MA |
| 11/19/2017* 2:00 pm | | Marist | W 78–72 | 2–2 | Cabot Center (297) Boston, MA |
| 11/24/2017* 1:00 pm | | at UMass UMass Thanksgiving Classic | W 64–54 | 3–2 | Mullins Center (387) Amherst, MA |
| 11/24/2017* 11:00 am | | vs. Houston UMass Thanksgiving Classic | L 64–72 | 3–3 | Mullins Center (396) Amherst, MA |
| 12/01/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | L 50–65 | 3–4 | Lundholm Gym (312) Durham, NH |
| 12/06/2017* 12:00 pm | | Harvard | L 59–69 | 3–5 | Matthews Arena (2,043) Boston, MA |
| 12/16/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Vermont | W 71–66 | 4–5 | Patrick Gym (259) Burlington, VT |
| 12/20/2017* 8:00 pm | | vs. New Mexico State Beach Classic semifinals | W 65–64 | 5–5 | Walter Pyramid (712) Long Beach, CA |
| 12/21/2017* 5:00 pm | | vs. Illinois State Beach Classic championship game | L 55–65 | 5–6 | Walter Pyramid (684) Long Beach, CA |
| CAA regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2017 7:00 pm | | at Towson | W 70–61 | 6–6 (1–0) | SECU Arena (206) Towson, MD |
| 12/31/2017 1:00 pm | | James Madison | L 57–60 | 6–7 (1–1) | Cabot Center (307) Boston, MA |
| 01/05/2018 4:00 pm | | at UNC Wilmington | W 54–47 | 7–7 (2–1) | Trask Coliseum (421) Wilmington, NC |
| 01/07/2018 2:00 pm | | at Elon | L 71–78 | 7–8 (2–2) | Alumni Gym (789) Elon, NC |
| 01/12/2018 7:00 pm | | College of Charleston | W 59–37 | 8–8 (3–2) | Cabot Center (348) Boston, MA |
| 01/19/2018 7:00 pm | | Drexel | L 58–69 | 8–9 (3–3) | Cabot Center (816) Boston, MA |
| 01/21/2018 2:00 pm, NESN+ | | William & Mary | W 64–46 | 9–9 (4–3) | Cabot Center (347) Boston, MA |
| 01/26/2018 7:00 pm | | at Delaware | W 64–53 | 10–9 (5–3) | Bob Carpenter Center (1,539) Newark, DE |
| 01/28/2018 2:00 pm | | at Drexel | L 56–58 | 10–10 (5–4) | Daskalakis Athletic Center (816) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/02/2018 7:00 pm | | UNC Wilmington | W 56–39 | 11–10 (6–4) | Cabot Center (288) Boston, MA |
| 02/04/2018 2:00 pm | | Delaware | W 73–59 | 12–10 (7–4) | Cabot Center (392) Boston, MA |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm | | at James Madison | L 43–72 | 12–11 (7–5) | JMU Convocation Center (2,496) Towson, MD |
| 02/11/2018 2:00 pm | | at William & Mary | L 53–71 | 12–12 (7–6) | Kaplan Arena (1,003) Williamsburg, VA |
| 02/16/2018 7:00 pm | | Towson | W 79–61 | 13–12 (8–6) | Cabot Center (334) Boston, MA |
| 02/18/2018 2:00 pm, NESN | | Elon | L 46–65 | 13–13 (8–7) | Cabot Center (311) Boston, MA |
| 02/23/2018 7:00 pm | | at Hofstra | W 55–50 | 14–13 (9–7) | Hofstra Arena (448) Hempstead, NY |
| 02/25/2018 2:00 pm | | at College of Charleston | W 67–48 | 15–13 (10–7) | TD Arena (427) Charleston, SC |
| 03/02/2018 2:00 pm | | Hofstra | W 58–54 | 16–13 (11–7) | Cabot Center (279) Boston, MA |
| CAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2018 2:30 pm | (4) | vs. (5) Delaware Quarterfinals | L 50–61 | 16–14 | Daskalakis Athletic Center (2,053) Philadelphia, PA |
| WBI ||||||
| 03/15/2018* 7:00 pm | | Yale First Round | L 58–68 | 16–15 | Cabot Center (232) Boston, MA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||