# 2017–18 UTEP Miners women's basketball team

The 2017–18 UTEP Miners women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at El Paso during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Miners, led by first year head coach Kevin Baker, played their home games at Don Haskins Center and were members of Conference USA. They finished the season 17–14, 7–9 in C-USA play to finish in a 3 way tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the C-USA women's tournament, where they lost to UAB.

## Previous season

They finished the season 8–23, 5–13 for in C-USA play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the C-USA women's tournament to Old Dominion.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/29/2017* 1:00 pm | | Sul Ross State | W 99–40 | | Don Haskins Center (473) El Paso, TX |
| 11/04/2017* 1:00 pm | | St. Mary's (TX) | L 62–68 | | Don Haskins Center (453) El Paso, TX |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2017* 1:00 pm | | Cal State Bakersfield | W 67–56 | 1–0 | Don Haskins Center (426) El Paso, TX |
| 11/18/2017* 7:00 pm | | Texas A&M–Corpus Christi | W 69–49 | 2–0 | Don Haskins Center (426) El Paso, TX |
| 11/24/2017* 2:30 pm | | Arkansas UTEP Classic | W 64–61 | 3–0 | Don Haskins Center (633) El Paso, TX |
| 11/25/2017* 2:30 pm | | Texas Southern UTEP Classic | W 65–55 | 4–0 | Don Haskins Center (709) El Paso, TX |
| 11/30/2017* 5:30 pm | | New Mexico | L 35–59 | 4–1 | Don Haskins Center (1,350) El Paso, TX |
| 12/02/2017* 1:00 pm | | Houston Baptist | W 69–62 | 5–1 | Don Haskins Center (412) El Paso, TX |
| 12/05/2017* 4:00 pm | | at Arkansas State | L 73–76 | 5–2 | First National Bank Arena Jonesboro, AR |
| 12/05/2017* 4:00 pm, FSSW/FSAZ+ | | at New Mexico State Battle of I-10 | L 68–76 | 5–3 | Pan American Center (886) Las Cruces, NM |
| 12/17/2017* 11:30 am | | vs. East Carolina Carolinas Challenge | W 94–79 $^{OT}$ | 6–3 | Myrtle Beach Convention Center (100) Myrtle Beach, SC |
| 12/21/2017* 4:00 pm | | vs. Samford Tulane Classic semifinals | W 46–33 | 7–3 | Devlin Fieldhouse (672) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/22/2017* 2:00 pm | | at Tulane Tulane Classic championship | L 56–67 | 7–4 | Devlin Fieldhouse (706) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/29/2017* 8:00 pm | | at Cal State Fullerton | W 92–91 $^{2OT}$ | 8–4 | Titan Gym (672) Fullerton, CA |
| 12/30/2017* 6:00 pm | | at UC Riverside | W 73–62 | 9–4 | SRC Arena (311) Riverside, CA |
| Conference USA regular season ||||||
| 01/05/2018 5:00 pm | | at FIU | W 77–76 | 10–4 (1–0) | FIU Arena (289) Miami, FL |
| 01/07/2018 12:00 pm | | at Florida Atlantic | L 66–72 | 10–5 (1–1) | FAU Arena (655) Boca Raton, FL |
| 01/11/2018 1:00 pm, beIN | | Charlotte | W 67–58 | 11–5 (2–1) | Don Haskins Center (1,375) El Paso, TX |
| 01/13/2018 12:00 pm | | Middle Tennessee | L 45–54 | 11–6 (2–2) | Don Haskins Center (617) El Paso, TX |
| 01/18/2018 7:00 pm | | Florida Atlantic | W 75–70 | 12–6 (3–2) | Don Haskins Center (511) El Paso, TX |
| 01/26/2018 6:00 pm | | at Rice | L 42–56 | 12–7 (3–3) | Tudor Fieldhouse (681) Houston, TX |
| 01/28/2018 2:00 pm | | at North Texas | W 50–48 | 13–7 (4–3) | The Super Pit (1,302) Denton, TX |
| 02/02/2018 7:00 pm, beIN | | UAB | L 64–84 | 13–8 (4–4) | Don Haskins Center (771) El Paso, TX |
| 02/04/2018 1:00 pm | | at UTSA | W 66–53 | 14–8 (5–4) | Convocation Center (468) San Antonio, TX |
| 02/10/2018 1:00 pm | | Louisiana Tech | L 62–65 | 14–9 (5–5) | Don Haskins Center (1,104) El Paso, TX |
| 02/15/2018 4:00 pm | | at Marshall | L 64–66 | 14–10 (5–6) | Cam Henderson Center (698) Huntington, WV |
| 02/17/2018 12:00 pm | | at Old Dominion | L 52–56 $^{OT}$ | 14–11 (5–7) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (2,890) Norfolk, WV |
| 02/23/2018 7:00 pm | | UTSA | L 55–58 | 14–12 (5–8) | Don Haskins Center (748) El Paso, TX |
| 02/25/2018 1:00 pm | | at Southern Miss | L 53–60 | 14–13 (5–9) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,310) Hattiesburg, MS |
| 03/01/2018 7:00 pm | | FIU | W 86–70 | 15–13 (6–9) | Don Haskins Center (655) El Paso, TX |
| 03/03/2018 1:00 pm | | Western Kentucky | W 80–75 | 16–13 (7–9) | Don Haskins Center (528) El Paso, TX |
| C-USA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2018 10:00 am | (9) | vs. (8) Southern Miss First Round | W 72–67 | 17–13 | The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX |
| 03/08/2018 10:00 am | (9) | vs. (1) UAB Quarterfinals | L 66–75 | 17–14 | The Ford Center at The Star Frisco, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |