# 2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Brown Bears women's basketball team represented Brown University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by fourth year head coach Sarah Behn, played their home games at the Pizzitola Sports Center and were members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 15–12, 3–11 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for sixth place. They failed to qualify for the Ivy women's tournament.

## Previous season

They finished the season 17–13, 7–7 in Ivy League play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the semifinals of the Ivy women's tournament to Penn. They were invited to the Women's Basketball Invitational, where they defeated UMBC in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals to UNC Greensboro.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2017* 1:00 pm, ILDN | Bryant Ocean State Cup | W 85–62 | 1–0 | Pizzitola Sports Center (239) Providence, RI |
| 11/12/2017* 7:00 pm | at Central Connecticut | W 78–55 | 2–0 | William H. Detrick Gymnasium (798) New Britain, CT |
| 11/19/2017* 12:00 pm, ILDN | No. 20 California | L 79–89 | 2–1 | Pizzitola Sports Center (361) Providence, RI |
| 11/24/2017* 4:00 pm | vs. Hampton Turkey Tip-Off | W 73–66 | 3–1 | Alex G. Spanos Center (431) Stockton, CA |
| 11/25/2017* 8:00 pm | at Pacific Turkey Tip-Off | W 74–57 | 4–1 | Alex G. Spanos Center (440) Stockton, CA |
| 11/29/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN | Holy Cross | W 82–78 | 5–1 | Pizzitola Sports Center (237) Providence, RI |
| 12/02/2017* 12:00 pm, YurView | at Providence Ocean State Tip-Off semifinals | W 64–59 | 6–1 | Alumni Hall Providence, RI |
| 12/03/2017* 2:30 pm, YurView | vs. Bryant Ocean State Tip-Off championship | W 72–60 | 7–1 | Alumni Hall (548) Providence, RI |
| 12/06/2017* 7:00 pm, ILDN | Sacred Heart | W 102–77 | 8–1 | Pizzitola Sports Center (116) Providence, RI |
| 12/10/2017* 12:00 pm | at Colgate | W 83–73 | 9–1 | Cotterell Court (487) Hamilton, NY |
| 12/22/2017* 1:00 pm, NESN+/ILDN | Boston University | W 92–68 | 10–1 | Pizzitola Sports Center (751) Providence, RI |
| 12/31/2017* 2:00 pm | at Howard | W 85–81 $^{OT}$ | 11–1 | Burr Gymnasium (127) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/05/2018* 12:00 pm | Johnson & Wales (RI) | W 100–79 | 12–1 | Pizzitola Sports Center (237) Providence, RI |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| 01/12/2018 12:00 pm, ELVN/ILDN | at Yale | L 63–77 | 12–2 (0–1) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (605) New Haven, CT |
| 01/19/2018 5:30 pm, MyRITV/ILDN | Yale | W 81–71 $^{OT}$ | 13–2 (1–1) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,553) Providence, RI |
| 01/26/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN | at Dartmouth | L 73–78 | 13–3 (1–2) | Leede Arena (570) New Haven, CT |
| 01/27/2018 4:00 pm, NESN/ILDN | at Harvard | L 85–87 | 13–4 (1–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,016) Cambridge, MA |
| 02/02/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN | Penn | L 55–88 | 13–5 (1–4) | Pizzitola Sports Center (311) Providence, RI |
| 02/03/2018 4:00 pm, ILDN | Princeton | L 62–77 | 13–6 (1–5) | Pizzitola Sports Center (402) Providence, RI |
| 02/09/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN | at Cornell | L 68–70 | 13–7 (1–6) | Newman Arena (343) Ithaca, NY |
| 02/10/2018 5:00 pm, ILDN | at Columbia | W 84–80 | 14–7 (2–6) | Levien Gymnasium (512) New York, NY |
| 02/16/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN | Harvard | L 74–86 | 13–8 (2–7) | Pizzitola Sports Center (352) Providence, RI |
| 02/17/2018 4:00 pm, ILDN | Dartmouth | L 60–77 | 14–9 (2–8) | Pizzitola Sports Center (272) Providence, RI |
| 02/23/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN3/ILDN | Columbia | L 74–90 | 14–10 (2–9) | Pizzitola Sports Center (214) Providence, RI |
| 02/24/2018 4:00 pm, MyRITV/ILDN | Cornell | W 85–59 | 15–10 (3–9) | Pizzitola Sports Center (350) Providence, RI |
| 03/02/2018 6:30 pm, ESPN3/ILDN | at Princeton | L 44–79 | 15–11 (3–10) | Jadwin Gymnasium (743) Princeton, NJ |
| 03/03/2018 6:00 pm, ILDN | at Penn | L 56–67 | 15–12 (3–11) | Palestra (638) Philadelphia, PA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||