# 2017–18 UAB Blazers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 UAB Blazers women's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blazers, led by fifth year head coach Randy Norton, played their home games at the Bartow Arena and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 27–7, 13–3 in C-USA play to win the C-USA regular season. They advanced to the championship game of the C-USA women's tournament, where they lost to Western Kentucky. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Chattanooga in the first round before losing to Georgia Tech in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2017* 6:00 pm | | Montevallo | W 113–20 | | Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL |
| 11/07/2017* 7:00 pm | | Judson College | W 126–51 | | Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2017* 2:00 pm | | Mississippi Valley State | W 87–72 | 1–0 | Bartow Arena (596) Birmingham, AL |
| 11/12/2017* 4:30 pm | | Southern Illinois | W 76–66 | 2–0 | Bartow Arena (407) Birmingham, AL |
| 11/15/2017* 6:00 pm | | Miles College | W 85–42 | 3–0 | Bartow Arena (292) Birmingham, AL |
| 11/24/2017* 2:00 pm | | vs. Indiana Hilton Concord Classic | L 63–71 | 3–1 | McKeon Pavilion (142) Moraga, CA |
| 11/25/2017* 2:00 pm | | vs. UC Santa Barbara Hilton Concord Classic | W 67–54 | 4–1 | McKeon Pavilion (152) Moraga, CA |
| 12/01/2017* 11:00 am | | at Appalachian State | W 70–59 | 5–1 | Holmes Center (466) Boone, NC |
| 12/03/2017* 11:00 am | | at High Point | W 77–61 | 6–1 | Millis Center (602) High Point, NC |
| 12/07/2017* 6:00 pm | | Samford | W 77–53 | 7–1 | Bartow Arena (497) Birmingham, AL |
| 12/09/2017* 3:00 pm | | at Memphis | L 62–64 | 7–2 | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (835) Memphis, TN |
| 12/17/2017* 4:00 pm | | Alabama A&M | W 85–58 | 8–2 | Bartow Arena (431) Birmingham, AL |
| 12/19/2017* 1:00 pm | | Alabama State | W 61–44 | 9–2 | Bartow Arena (475) Birmingham, AL |
| 12/21/2017* 1:05 pm | | at South Alabama | W 78–66 | 10–2 | Mitchell Center (242) Mobile, AL |
| 12/30/2017* 6:30 pm | | Tuskegee | W 105–50 | 11–2 | Bartow Arena (431) Birmingham, AL |
| Conference USA regular season ||||||
| 01/04/2018 6:00 pm, BEIN | | at Old Dominion | W 74–61 | 12–2 (1–0) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (1,353) Norfolk, VA |
| 01/06/2018 6:00 pm | | at Middle Tennessee | W 59–51 | 13–2 (2–0) | Murphy Center (3,940) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 01/13/2018 6:30 pm | | Western Kentucky | W 79–61 | 14–2 (3–0) | Bartow Arena (527) Birmingham, AL |
| 01/18/2018 6:00 pm | | Southern Miss | L 63–80 | 14–3 (3–1) | Bartow Arena (357) Birmingham, AL |
| 01/20/2018 2:00 pm | | North Texas | W 68–52 | 15–3 (4–1) | Bartow Arena (369) Birmingham, AL |
| 01/25/2018 6:00 pm | | at FIU | W 71–61 | 16–3 (5–1) | FIU Arena (505) Miami, FL |
| 01/27/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Florida Atlantic | W 90–57 | 17–3 (6–1) | Bartow Arena (647) Birmingham, AL |
| 02/02/2018 8:00 pm, BEIN | | at UTEP | W 84–64 | 18–3 (7–1) | Don Haskins Center (771) El Paso, TX |
| 02/04/2018 2:00 pm | | at Louisiana Tech | W 66–61 | 19–3 (8–1) | Thomas Assembly Center (2,032) Ruston, LA |
| 02/10/2018 12:00 pm | | at Marshall | W 69–62 | 20–3 (9–1) | Cam Henderson Center (713) Huntington, WV |
| 02/15/2018 6:00 pm | | Rice | W 70–63 | 21–3 (10–1) | Bartow Arena (597) Birmingham, AL |
| 02/17/2018 2:00 pm | | Charlotte | L 71–80 | 21–4 (10–2) | Bartow Arena (427) Birmingham, AL |
| 02/22/2018 11:00 am | | Middle Tennessee | W 65–58 | 22–4 (11–2) | Bartow Arena (1,011) Birmingham, AL |
| 02/24/2018 2:00 pm | | Louisiana Tech | L 60–70 | 22–5 (11–3) | Bartow Arena (517) Birmingham, AL |
| 03/01/2018 5:00 pm | | at North Texas | W 69–51 | 23–5 (12–3) | The Super Pit (1,310) Denton, TX |
| 03/03/2018 2:00 pm | | at UTSA | W 74–66 | 24–5 (13–3) | Convocation Center (561) San Antonio, TX |
| Conference USA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2018 11:00 am, Stadium | (1) | vs. (9) UTEP Quarterfinals | W 75–66 | 25–5 | The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX |
| 03/09/2018 5:30 pm, Stadium | (1) | vs. (5) Rice Semifinals | W 67–55 | 26–5 | The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX |
| 03/10/2018 4:30 pm, CBSSN | (1) | vs. (2) WKU Championship Game | L 57–72 | 26–6 | The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/15/2018 6:00 pm | | Chattanooga First Round | W 60–50 | 27–6 | Bartow Arena (769) Birmingham, AL |
| 03/18/2018 1:00 pm | | at Georgia Tech Second Round | L 47–91 | 27–7 | Hank McCamish Pavilion (681) Atlanta, GA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |