# 2017–18 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team represented University of Toledo during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rockets, led by tenth year head coach Tricia Cullop, played their home games at Savage Arena, as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 8–10 in MAC play to finish in fourth place in the West Division. They lost in the first round of the MAC women's tournament to Kent State. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Wright State in the first round before losing to Michigan State in the second round.

## Previous season

They finished the season 25–9, 12–6 in MAC play to finish in a tie for third place in the West Division. They defeated Kent State, Buffalo and Northern Illinois to win the MAC Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2001. They lost to Creighton in the first round.

## Schedule

Source:
| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2017* 12:00 PM | | Lock Haven | W 78–47 | | Savage Arena Toledo, OH |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Saint Francis (PA) Preseason WNIT First Round | W 74–66 | 1–0 | Savage Arena (3,740) Toledo, OH |
| 11/14/2017* 7:00 PM | | at No. 5 Louisville Preseason WNIT Second Round | L 55–90 | 1–1 | KFC Yum! Center (7,444) Louisville, KY |
| 11/18/2017* 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Louisiana Preseason WNIT consolation round | W 79–55 | 2–1 | Savage Arena (593) Toledo, OH |
| 11/22/2017* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Dayton | W 68–50 | 3–1 | Savage Arena (3,347) Toledo, OH |
| 11/27/2017* 12:00 PM | | at Iona | W 74–57 | 4–1 | Hynes Athletic Center (311) New Rochelle, NY |
| 11/30/2017* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Maine | W 65–64 $^{OT}$ | 5–1 | Savage Arena (3,208) Toledo, OH |
| 12/04/2017* 7:00 PM | | at St. Bonaventure | W 59–38 | 6–1 | Reilly Center (794) Olean, NY |
| 12/06/2017* 5:30 PM | | at Duquesne | L 54–73 | 6–2 | Palumbo Center (620) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/09/2017* 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Cleveland State | W 65–56 | 7–2 | Savage Arena (3,631) Toledo, OH |
| 12/17/2017* 11:00 AM | | vs. Western Kentucky West Palm Invitational | L 56–70 | 7–3 | Student Life Center (125) West Palm Beach, FL |
| 12/18/2017* 2:30 PM | | vs. Southern West Palm Invitational | W 81–76 | 8–3 | Student Life Center (200) West Palm Beach, FL |
| 12/21/2017* 5:00 PM | | at Detroit | W 81–64 | 9–3 | Calihan Hall (307) Detroit, MI |
| MAC regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2017 1:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Ohio | L 61–78 | 9–4 (0–1) | Convocation Center (361) Athens, OH |
| 01/03/2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Akron | W 60–54 | 10–4 (1–1) | Savage Arena (3,392) Toledo, OH |
| 01/06/2018 2:30 PM, ESPN3 | | at Eastern Michigan | L 57–70 | 10–5 (1–2) | Convocation Center (1,571) Ypsilanti, MI |
| 01/10/2018 1:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Ohio | W 75–57 | 11–5 (2–2) | Savage Arena (3,229) Toledo, OH |
| 01/13/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Northern Illinois | W 63–60 | 12–5 (3–2) | Savage Arena (3,716) Toledo, OH |
| 01/17/2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Ball State | W 72–66 | 13–5 (4–2) | Savage Arena (3,259) Toledo, OH |
| 01/20/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Buffalo | L 69–87 | 13–6 (4–3) | Alumni Arena (1,899) Buffalo, NY |
| 01/24/2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Kent State | L 55–62 | 13–7 (4–4) | Savage Arena (3,722) Toledo, OH |
| 01/27/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Bowling Green | W 77–67 | 14–7 (5–4) | Stroh Center (2,103) Bowling Green, OH |
| 01/31/2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Western Michigan | W 78–73 | 15–7 (6–4) | University Arena (505) Kalamazoo, MI |
| 02/03/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Buffalo | L 73–84 | 15–8 (6–5) | Savage Arena (4,613) Toledo, OH |
| 02/07/2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Miami (OH) | L 58–67 | 15–9 (6–6) | Millett Hall (328) Oxford, OH |
| 02/10/2018 1:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Central Michigan | L 47–85 | 15–10 (6–7) | McGuirk Arena (1,888) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| 02/17/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Western Michigan | W 69–68 | 16–10 (7–7) | Savage Arena (5,024) Toledo, OH |
| 02/21/2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Eastern Michigan | W 80–69 | 17–10 (8–7) | Savage Arena (4,018) Toledo, OH |
| 02/24/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Ball State | L 73–78 | 17–11 (8–8) | Worthen Arena (2,822) Muncie, IN |
| 02/28/2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Northern Illinois | L 79–89 | 17–12 (8–9) | Convocation Center (463) DeKalb, IL |
| 03/03/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Central Michigan | L 67–72 | 17–13 (8–10) | Savage Arena (4,837) Toledo, OH |
| MAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | (7) | (10) Kent State First Round | L 76–80 $^{OT}$ | 17–14 | Savage Arena (3,157) Toledo, OH |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/16/2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Wright State First Round | W 64–50 | 18–14 | Savage Arena (1,236) Toledo, OH |
| 03/19/2018* 7:00 pm | | at Michigan State Second Round | L 66–68 | 18–15 | Breslin Center (2,144) East Lansing, MI |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||