# 2017–18 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by seventeenth year head coach Mike Carey, played their home games at WVU Coliseum and were members of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 25–12, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's tournament, where they lost to Texas. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Bucknell, Saint Joseph's and James Madison in the first, second and third rounds, St. John's in the quarterfinals before losing to Virginia Tech in the semifinals.

## Previous season

The team finished sixth in the regular season but won the 2017 Big 12 Tournament. They finished with a record of 24–11, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Maryland in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/29/2017* 4:00 pm | No. 13 | West Virginia Wesleyan | W 113–54 | | WVU Coliseum (1,685) Morgantown, WV |
| Non-Conference Games ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 13 | Central Connecticut | W 102–52 | 1–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,359) Morgantown, WV |
| 11/14/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 12 | Sacramento State | W 101–47 | 2–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,211) Morgantown, WV |
| 11/19/2017* 5:00 pm | No. 12 | North Florida | W 87–59 | 3–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,156) Morgantown, WV |
| 11/23/2017* 12:00 pm | No. 11 | vs. Butler Paradise Jam Island Division | W 75–68 | 4–0 | Titan Field House Melbourne, FL |
| 11/24/2017* 3:30 pm | No. 11 | vs. Drexel Paradise Jam Island Division | W 75–42 | 5–0 | Titan Field House Melbourne, FL |
| 11/25/2017* 6:00 pm | No. 11 | vs. Virginia Tech Paradise Jam Island Division | W 79–61 | 6–0 | Titan Field House (276) Melbourne, FL |
| 12/03/2017* 8:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 11 | at No. 18 Texas A&M Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | W 70–56 | 7–0 | Reed Arena (3,391) College Station, TX |
| 12/07/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 10 | Pittsburgh | W 73–52 | 8–0 | WVU Coliseum (2,005) Morgantown, WV |
| 12/10/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 10 | Coppin State | W 101–43 | 9–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,163) Morgantown, WV |
| 12/16/2017* 4:00 pm | No. 10 | vs. Radford | W 75–55 | 10–0 | Charleston Civic Center (1,807) Charleston, WV |
| 12/18/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Morgan State | W 84–41 | 11–0 | WVU Coliseum (1,034) Morgantown, WV |
| 12/21/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Morehead State | W 66–52 | 12–0 | WVU Coliseum (2,066) Morgantown, WV |
| Conference Games ||||||
| 12/28/2017 7:00 pm, ATTPT | No. 9 | at TCU | W 87–82 | 13–0 (1–0) | Schollmaier Arena (1,799) Fort Worth, TX |
| 12/31/2017 4:30 pm, FSN | No. 9 | at No. 8 Texas | L 58–79 | 13–1 (1–1) | Frank Erwin Center (3,391) Austin, TX |
| 01/03/2018 7:00 pm, Netstar | No. 12 | Kansas State | L 52–60 | 13–2 (1–2) | WVU Coliseum (1,440) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/07/2018 2:00 pm, ATTPT | No. 12 | Iowa State | W 57–49 | 14–2 (2–2) | WVU Coliseum (2,580) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/07/2018 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 15 | at Kansas | W 74–54 | 15–2 (3–2) | Allen Fieldhouse (1,536) Lawrence, KS |
| 01/13/2017 5:00 pm, FSN | No. 15 | TCU | L 74–76 $^{OT}$ | 15–3 (3–3) | WVU Coliseum (3,139) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/17/2018 8:00 pm | No. 17 | at No. 24 Oklahoma State | L 73–79 | 15–4 (3–4) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,520) Stillwater, OK |
| 01/20/2018 7:30 pm | No. 17 | at Iowa State | W 69–59 | 16–4 (4–4) | Hilton Coliseum (10,067) Ames, IA |
| 01/24/2018 7:00 pm, Netstar | No. 20 | Texas Tech | W 82–52 | 17–4 (5–4) | WVU Coliseum (1,987) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/28/2018 3:00 pm, FS1 | No. 20 | No. 3 Baylor | L 72–83 | 17–5 (5–5) | WVU Coliseum (5,073) Morgantown, WV |
| 01/31/2018 3:00 pm, FSOK | No. 21 | at Oklahoma | L 57–76 | 17–6 (5–6) | Lloyd Noble Center (3,490) Norman, OK |
| 02/05/2018 7:00 pm, FS1 | | No. 6 Texas | L 55–73 | 17–7 (5–7) | WVU Coliseum (2,149) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/10/2018 3:00 pm, FSSW | | at Texas Tech | W 74–60 | 18–7 (6–7) | United Supermarkets Arena (3,116) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/14/2018 7:00 pm | | Kansas | W 76–46 | 19–7 (7–7) | WVU Coliseum (1,880) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/17/2018 3:00 pm, ATTPT | | Oklahoma | L 77–79 $^{OT}$ | 19–8 (7–8) | WVU Coliseum (4,326) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/20/2018 8:00 pm | | at Kansas State | W 75–66 | 20–8 (8–8) | Bramlage Coliseum (3,452) Manhattan, KS |
| 02/24/2018 1:00 pm | | No. 25 Oklahoma State | L 69–79 | 20–9 (8–9) | WVU Coliseum (4,058) Morgantown, WV |
| 02/26/2018 9:00 pm, FS1 | | at No. 3 Baylor | L 54–80 | 20–10 (8–10) | Ferrell Center (6,671) Waco, TX |
| Big 12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2018 9:30 pm, FSN | (6) | vs. (3) Oklahoma State Quarterfinals | W 69–60 | 21–10 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,676) Oklahoma City, OK |
| 03/04/2018 5:30 pm, FS1 | (6) | vs. (2) No. 7 Texas Semifinals | L 55–68 | 21–11 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,832) Oklahoma City, OK |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/15/2018* 7:00 pm | | Bucknell First Round | W 83–50 | 22–11 | WVU Coliseum (1,509) Morgantown, WV |
| 03/17/2018* 2:00 pm | | Saint Joseph's Second Round | W 79–51 | 23–11 | WVU Coliseum (1,651) Morgantown, WV |
| 03/22/2018* 5:30 pm | | James Madison Third Round | W 67–55 | 24–11 | WVU Coliseum (1,709) Morgantown, WV |
| 03/25/2018* 4:00 pm | | St. John's Quarterfinals | W 76–62 | 25–11 | WVU Coliseum (2,280) Morgantown, WV |
| 03/28/2018* 7:00 pm | | Virginia Tech Semifinals | L 61–64 | 25–12 | WVU Coliseum (3,015) Morgantown, WV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |