# 2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team represented Quinnipiac University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats were led by twenty-third year head coach, Tricia Fabbri. They played their home games in TD Bank Sports Center and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. They finished the season 28–6, 18–0 in MAAC play to win MAAC regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament. They defeated Miami in the first round before losing to Connecticut in the second round.

## Previous season

They finished the season 29–7, 17–3 in MAAC play to win MAAC regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament.. They upset Marquette and Miami (FL) in the first and second rounds before falling to eventual champions South Carolina in the sweet sixteen.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 6:00 pm | | at Iowa Hawkeye Challenge semifinals | L 67–83 | 0–1 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,758) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/11/2017* 3:00 pm | | vs. No. 16 Missouri Hawkeye Challenge 3rd place game | L 51–66 | 0–2 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1,027) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/17/2017* 7:00 pm | | at No. 9 Ohio State | L 63–95 | 0–3 | Value City Arena (3,793) Columbus, OH |
| 11/22/2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Northern Colorado | W 60–49 | 1–3 | TD Bank Sports Center (604) Hamden, CT |
| 11/28/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Dayton | W 72–66 | 2–3 | TD Bank Sports Center (556) Hamden, CT |
| 12/01/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Richmond | W 81–65 | 3–3 | Robins Center (423) Richmond, VA |
| 12/03/2017* 1:00 pm | | at Hampton | W 62–58 | 4–3 | Hampton Convocation Center (2,124) Hampton, VA |
| 12/06/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Providence | W 62–36 | 5–3 | TD Bank Sports Center (517) Hamden, CT |
| 12/09/2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Princeton | L 46–60 | 5–4 | TD Bank Sports Center (502) Hamden, CT |
| 12/19/2017* 9:00 pm | | at Michigan State | L 55–74 | 5–5 | Breslin Center (4,220) East Lansing, MI |
| 12/21/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Central Michigan | W 84–70 | 6–5 | McGuirk Arena (1,645) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| MAAC regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Siena | W 68–54 | 7–5 (1–0) | TD Bank Sports Center (1,068) Hamden, CT |
| 12/31/2017 2:00 pm | | at Manhattan | W 80–64 | 8–5 (2–0) | Draddy Gymnasium (160) Riverdale, NY |
| 01/04/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Niagara | W 77–61 | 9–5 (3–0) | TD Bank Sports Center (37) Hamden, CT |
| 01/06/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Iona | W 74–38 | 10–5 (4–0) | Hynes Athletic Center (556) New Rochelle, NY |
| 01/11/2018 10:00 am, ESPNU | | Marist | W 62–56 | 11–5 (5–0) | TD Bank Sports Center (2,514) Hamden, CT |
| 01/13/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Saint Peter's | W 86–39 | 12–5 (6–0) | TD Bank Sports Center (602) Hamden, CT |
| 01/15/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Rider | W 73–66 | 13–5 (7–0) | TD Bank Sports Center (337) Hamden, CT |
| 01/18/2018 11:30 am | | at Monmouth | W 76–55 | 14–5 (8–0) | OceanFirst Bank Center (2,530) West Long Branch, NJ |
| 01/20/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Fairifeld | W 77–45 | 15–5 (9–0) | TD Bank Sports Center (1,197) Hamden, CT |
| 01/26/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3 | | at Canisius | W 84–55 | 16–5 (10–0) | Koessler Athletic Center (2,196) Buffalo, NY |
| 01/28/2018 2:00 pm | | at Niagara | W 84–55 | 17–5 (11–0) | Gallagher Center (391) Lewiston, NY |
| 02/02/2018 7:00 pm | | at Fairifeld | W 58–39 | 18–5 (12–0) | Alumni Hall (652) Fairfield, CT |
| 02/04/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Iona | W 90–47 | 19–5 (13–0) | TD Bank Sports Center (1,452) Hamden, CT |
| 02/09/2018 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Canisius | W 64–39 | 20–5 (14–0) | TD Bank Sports Center (1,297) Hamden, CT |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Siena | W 83–72 | 21–5 (15–0) | Alumni Recreation Center (1,136) Loundonville, NY |
| 02/18/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Marist | W 80–74 $^{2OT}$ | 22–5 (16–0) | McCann Field House (2,048) Poughkeepsie, NY |
| 02/23/2018 7:00 pm | | at Rider | W 80–59 | 23–5 (17–0) | Alumni Gymnasium (1,241) Lawrenceville, NJ |
| 02/25/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Monmouth | W 77–57 | 24–5 (18–0) | TD Bank Sports Center (2,112) Hamden, CT |
| MAAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (9) Monmouth Quarterfinals | W 83–44 | 25–5 | Times Union Center Albany, NY |
| 03/04/2018 11:30 am, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (5) Rider Semifinals | W 82–62 | 26–5 | Times Union Center Albany, NY |
| 03/05/2018 2:30 pm, ESPNU | (1) | vs. (2) Marist Championship Game | W 67–58 | 27–5 | Times Union Center (2,437) Albany, NY |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN2 | (9 A) | vs. (8 A) Miami (FL) First Round | W 86–72 | 28–5 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (6,154) Storrs, CT |
| 03/19/2018* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | (9 A) | at (1 A) No. 1 Connecticut Second Round | L 46–71 | 28–6 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,957) Storrs, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Eastern 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 |