# 2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Weber State Wildcats women's basketball team represented Weber State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats were led by sixth year head coach Bethann Ord and played their home games at the Dee Events Center. They were members of the Big Sky Conference. They finished the season 21–10, 11–7 in Big Sky play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big Sky women's tournament to Idaho State. They were invited to the WBI, where they defeated Texas Southern in the first round before losing to Central Arkansas in the quarterfinals.
On June 7, it was announced that Bethann Ord has resigned from Weber State and accept the head coaching job at Binghamton. She finished at Weber State with a 6 year record of 77–137.

## Radio Broadcasts

All Wildcats games are heard on KWCR with Nick Bailey calling the action. All home games and conference road games are also streamed with video live online through Watch Big Sky Archived 2021-10-02 at the Wayback Machine.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2017* 1:00 pm | | Colorado Mesa | W 79–62 | | Dee Events Center Ogden, UT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 4:00 pm | | Utah Valley Old Oquirrh Bucket | W 75–57 | 1–0 | Dee Events Center (862) Odgen, UT |
| 11/17/2017* 7:00 pm | | Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket | L 58–85 | 1–1 | Dee Events Center (686) Odgen, UT |
| 11/20/2017* 7:00 pm | | Antelope Valley | W 80–70 | 2–1 | Dee Events Center (576) Odgen, UT |
| 11/22/2017* 12:00 pm | | Westminster | W 64–58 | 3–1 | Dee Events Center (628) Odgen, UT |
| 11/25/2017* 12:00 pm | | Incarnate Word | W 79–55 | 4–1 | Dee Events Center (523) Odgen, UT |
| 11/30/2017* 8:00 pm | | at Cal State Northridge | W 64–61 | 5–1 | Matadome (356) Northridge, CA |
| 12/02/2017* 3:00 pm | | at No. 10 Oregon | L 87–114 | 5–2 | Matthew Knight Arena (2,506) Eugene, OR |
| 12/07/2017* 7:00 pm | | Pepperdine | W 71–61 | 6–2 | Dee Events Center (746) Odgen, UT |
| 12/09/2017* 2:00 pm | | Air Force | W 62–52 | 7–2 | Dee Events Center (863) Odgen, UT |
| 12/17/2017* 3:00 pm | | at Portland | W 91–70 | 8–2 | Chiles Center (353) Portland, OR |
| 12/20/2017* 1:00 pm | | at Fresno State | L 78–81 | 8–3 | Save Mart Center (1,934) Fresno, CA |
| Big Sky regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2017 2:00 pm | | at Idaho State | W 76–70 | 9–3 (1–0) | Reed Gym (880) Pocatello, ID |
| 01/04/2018 6:30 pm | | at Northern Arizona | L 75–76 | 9–4 (1–1) | Walkup Skydome (203) Flagstaff, AZ |
| 01/06/2018 12:30 pm | | at Southern Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket | W 77–64 | 10–4 (2–1) | America First Events Center (714) Cedar City, UT |
| 01/11/2018 7:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | W 82–73 | 11–4 (3–1) | Dee Events Center (628) Odgen, UT |
| 01/13/2018 2:00 pm | | North Dakota | W 80–69 | 12–4 (4–1) | Dee Events Center (771) Odgen, UT |
| 01/18/2018 1:00 pm | | at Sacramento State | W 78–56 | 13–4 (5–1) | Hornets Nest (505) Sacramento, CA |
| 01/20/2018 2:00 pm | | at Portland State | L 64–77 | 13–5 (5–2) | Pamplin Sports Center (225) Portland, OR |
| 01/27/2018 2:00 pm | | Idaho State | W 84–73 | 14–5 (6–2) | Dee Events Center (846) Odgen, UT |
| 02/01/2018 12:00 pm | | Southern Utah Old Oquirrh Bucket | W 65–50 | 15–5 (7–2) | Dee Events Center (3,146) Odgen, UT |
| 02/03/2018 2:00 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 77–63 | 16–5 (8–2) | Dee Events Center (789) Odgen, UT |
| 02/08/2018 6:00 pm | | at North Dakota | L 67–80 | 16–6 (8–3) | Betty Engelstad Sioux Center (1,604) Grand Forks, ND |
| 02/10/2018 12:00 pm | | at Northern Colorado | L 69–71 | 16–7 (8–4) | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,451) Greeley, CO |
| 02/15/2018 7:00 pm | | Portland State | L 60–62 | 16–8 (8–5) | Dee Events Center (718) Odgen, UT |
| 02/17/2018 2:00 pm | | Sacramento State | W 86–73 | 17–8 (9–5) | Dee Events Center (908) Odgen, UT |
| 02/22/2018 7:00 pm | | at Eastern Washington | L 68–77 | 17–9 (9–6) | Reese Court (653) Cheney, WA |
| 02/24/2018 3:00 pm | | at Idaho | W 105–88 | 18–9 (10–6) | Cowan Spectrum (515) Moscow, ID |
| 02/28/2018 7:00 pm | | Montana | W 89–73 | 19–9 (11–6) | Dee Events Center (848) Odgen, UT |
| 03/02/2018 7:00 pm | | Montana State | W 85–69 | 20–9 (12–6) | Dee Events Center (906) Odgen, UT |
| Big Sky Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2018 3:35 pm | (4) | vs. (5) Idaho State Quarterfinals | L 109–113 $^{OT}$ | 20–10 | Reno Events Center Reno, NV |
| WBI ||||||
| 03/15/2018* 6:00 pm | | at Texas Southern First Round | W 66–56 | 21–10 | H&PE Arena (482) Houston, TX |
| 03/19/2018* 6:00 pm | | at Central Arkansas Quarterfinals | L 67–82 | 21–11 | Farris Center (2,570) Conway, AR |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||