# 2017–18 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams, led by sixth year head coach Ryun Williams, played their home games at Moby Arena, and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 21–12, 11–7 in Mountain West play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Boise State. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Western Illinois in the first round before losing in to South Dakota in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2017* 6:00 pm | | UCCS | W 78–60 | | Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 5:30 pm | | Idaho | L 69–83 | 0–1 | Moby Arena (1663) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/13/2017* 6:00 pm | | Gonzaga | W 65–49 | 1–1 | Moby Arena (1,137) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/16/2017* 7:00 pm | | Eastern New Mexico | W 75–35 | 2–1 | Moby Arena (1,027) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/21/2017* 7:00 pm | | Oklahoma | L 46–78 | 2–2 | Moby Arena (1,409) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/25/2017* 4:00 pm | | North Carolina Central | W 85–48 | 3–2 | Moby Arena (1,157) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/30/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Denver | W 61–56 | 4–2 | Hamilton Gymnasium (321) Denver, CO |
| 12/02/2017* 2:00 pm | | BYU | W 56–54 | 5–2 | Moby Arena (1,297) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/06/2017* 7:00 pm | | Colorado | L 67–70 | 5–3 | Moby Arena (1,461) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/10/2017* 2:00 pm | | at Northern Colorado | W 55–44 | 6–3 | Bank of Colorado Arena (986) Greeley, CO |
| 12/18/2017* 2:00 pm | | Prairie View A&M | W 71–59 | 7–3 | Moby Arena (897) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/21/2017* 12:00 pm | | Morgan State | W 60–44 | 8–3 | Moby Arena (886) Fort Collins, CO |
| Mountain West regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2017 7:00 pm | | Boise State | L 58–62 | 8–4 (0–1) | Moby Arena (1,209) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/30/2017 2:00 pm | | San José State | W 63–48 | 9–4 (1–1) | Moby Arena (1,153) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/03/2018 7:30 pm | | at San Diego State | W 65–63 | 10–4 (2–1) | Viejas Arena (490) San Diego, CA |
| 01/06/2018 3:00 pm | | at Fresno State | L 45–56 | 10–5 (2–2) | Save Mart Center (2,162) Fresno, CA |
| 01/10/2018 7:00 pm | | Utah State | W 56–45 | 11–5 (3–2) | Moby Arena (951) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/13/2018 2:00 pm | | Wyoming Border War | L 49–53 | 11–6 (3–3) | Moby Arena (2,678) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/17/2018 7:00 pm | | at Air Force | W 40–39 | 12–6 (4–3) | Clune Arena (323) Colorado Springs, CO |
| 01/20/2018 4:00 pm | | at UNLV | L 52–56 | 12–7 (4–4) | Cox Pavilion (1,358) Paradise, NV |
| 01/24/2018 7:00 pm | | San Diego State | W 72–43 | 13–7 (5–4) | Moby Arena (1,175) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/27/2018 7:00 pm | | New Mexico | W 74–71 $^{OT}$ | 14–7 (6–4) | Moby Arena (1,624) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/31/2018 6:30 pm | | Wyoming Border War | W 64–53 | 15–7 (7–4) | Arena-Auditorium (3,158) Laramie, WY |
| 02/03/2018 3:00 pm | | at Nevada | W 65–59 | 16–7 (8–4) | Lawlor Events Center (1,467) Reno, NV |
| 02/07/2018 7:00 pm | | Air Force | W 61–50 | 17–7 (9–4) | Moby Arena (1,137) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/10/2018 3:00 pm | | San José State | W 73–66 | 18–7 (10–4) | Event Center Arena (1,076) San Jose, CA |
| 02/17/2018 2:00 pm | | Fresno State | L 64–75 | 18–8 (10–5) | Moby Arena (1,999) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/21/2018 7:00 pm | | at Boise State | L 49–55 | 18–9 (10–6) | Taco Bell Arena (641) Boise, ID |
| 02/24/2018 2:00 pm | | Nevada | W 75–64 | 19–9 (11–6) | Moby Arena (1,747) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/27/2018 7:00 pm | | at New Mexico | L 48–54 | 19–10 (11–7) | The Pit (5,088) Albuquerque, NM |
| Mountain West Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/06/2018 3:30 pm | (5) | vs. (4) Fresno State Quarterfinals | W 71–55 | 20–10 | Thomas & Mack Center (1,293) Paradise, NV |
| 03/07/2018 7:30 pm | (5) | vs. (1) Boise State Semifinals | L 51–76 | 20–11 | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/15/2018* 7:00 pm | | Western Illinois First Round | W 67–64 | 21–11 | Moby Arena (772) Fort Collins, CO |
| 03/18/2018* 12:00 pm | | at South Dakota Second Round | L 49–74 | 21–12 | Sanford Coyote Sports Center (2,089) Vermillion, SD |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||