# 2017–18 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Central Michigan Chippewas women's basketball team represented Central Michigan University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Chippewas, led by eleventh year head coach Sue Guevara, played their home games at McGuirk Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference. They finished the season 30–5, 16–1 in MAC play to win MAC West Division. They won the MAC women's tournament and earned an automatic to the NCAA women's tournament, where they upset LSU in the first round to win their first NCAA tournament win in school history, Ohio State in the second round to advanced to the sweet sixteen for the first time in school history. They lost to Oregon. With 30 wins, they finished with the most wins in school history.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2017* 7:30 PM, ESPN3 | | Purdue | L 69–79 | 0–1 | McGuirk Arena (2,035) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| November 14, 2017* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Vanderbilt | W 92–72 | 1–1 | McGuirk Arena (1,500) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| November 17, 2017* 12:00 PM, CSN | | College of Charleston | W 79–58 | 2–1 | McGuirk Arena (3,084) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| November 24, 2017* 5:15 PM | | vs. San Diego State Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division semifinals | W 85–76 $^{OT}$ | 3–1 | Gateway Christian Academy Bimini, Bahamas |
| November 25, 2017* 6:45 PM | | vs. Iowa State Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division championship | W 81–60 | 4–1 | Gateway Christian Academy Bimini, Bahamas |
| November 30, 2017* 7:00 PM | | Aquinas | W 96–47 | 5–1 | McGuirk Arena (1,509) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| December 3, 2017* 1:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Oakland | W 103–85 | 6–1 | Athletics Center O'rena (862) Auburn Hills, MI |
| December 7, 2017* 8:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at SIU Edwardsville | W 94–56 | 7–1 | Vadalabene Center (647) Edwardsville, IL |
| December 9, 2017* 1:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Indiana State | W 77–67 | 8–1 | Hulman Center (1,322) Terre Haute, IN |
| December 17, 2017* 2:30 PM | | at Duquesne | L 61–64 | 8–2 | Palumbo Center (721) Pittsburgh, PA |
| December 21, 2017* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Quinnipiac | L 70–84 | 8–3 | McGuirk Arena (1,645) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| MAC regular season ||||||
| December 30, 2017 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Ball State | W 69–65 | 9–3 (1–0) | Worthen Arena (1,513) Muncie, IN |
| January 3, 2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Ohio | W 82–58 | 10–3 (2–0) | McGuirk Arena (1,539) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| January 6, 2018 1:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Miami (OH) | W 84–66 | 11–3 (3–0) | Millett Hall (1,003) Oxford, OH |
| January 10, 2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Bowling Green | W 90–54 | 12–3 (4–0) | McGuirk Arena (1,494) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| January 13, 2018 1:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Kent State | W 88–84 | 13–3 (5–0) | McGuirk Arena (1,756) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| January 17, 2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Northern Illinois | W 81–78 | 14–3 (6–0) | Convocation Center (468) DeKalb, IL |
| January 20, 2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Akron | W 95–86 | 15–3 (7–0) | James A. Rhodes Arena (682) Akron, OH |
| January 27, 2018 1:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Western Michigan | W 74–70 | 16–3 (8–0) | McGiurk Arena (2,307) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| January 31, 2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Buffalo | W 86–79 | 17–3 (9–0) | McGiurk Arena (1,765) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| February 3, 2018 2:30 PM, ESPN3 | | at Eastern Michigan | W 95–72 | 18–3 (10–0) | Convocation Center (2,520) Ypsilanti, MI |
| February 7, 2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Ohio | W 74–72 | 19–3 (11–0) | Convocation Center (265) Muncie, IN |
| February 10, 2018 1:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Toledo | W 85–47 | 20–3 (12–0) | McGuirk Arena (1,888) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| February 14, 2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Buffalo | L 82–85 | 20–4 (12–1) | Alumni Arena (1,010) Buffalo, NY |
| February 17, 2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Eastern Michigan | W 95–82 | 21–4 (13–1) | McGuirk Arena (2,189) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| February 21, 2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Northern Illinois | W 91–77 | 22–4 (14–1) | McGuirk Arena (1,614) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| February 24, 2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Western Michigan | W 78–62 | 23–4 (15–1) | University Arena (1,276) Kalamazoo, MI |
| February 28, 2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 | | Ball State | W 88–80 | 24–4 (15–1) | McGuirk Arena (2,132) Mount Pleasant, MI |
| March 3, 2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 | | at Toledo | W 72–67 | 25–4 (17–1) | Savage Arena (4,837) Toledo, OH |
| MAC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (9) Eastern Michigan Quarterfinals | W 67–64 | 26–4 | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH |
| March 9, 2018 11:00 am, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (4) Miami (OH) Semifinals | W 61–58 | 27–4 | Quicken Loans Arena Cleveland, OH |
| March 10, 2018 11:00 am, CBSSN | (1) | vs. (2) Buffalo Championship Game | W 96–91 | 28–4 | Quicken Loans Arena (1,656) Cleveland, OH |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 17, 2018* 11:00 am, ESPN2 | (11 S) | vs. (6 S) No. 24 LSU First Round | W 78–69 | 29–4 | St. John Arena Columbus, OH |
| March 19, 2018* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 | (11 S) | at (3 S) No. 10 Ohio State Second Round | W 95–78 | 30–4 | St. John Arena (3,571) Columbus, OH |
| March 24, 2018* 6:30 pm, ESPN | (11 S) | vs. (2 S) No. 6 Oregon Sweet Sixteen | L 69–83 | 30–5 | Spokane Arena (5,084) Spokane, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Spokane 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 |