# 2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represented Oregon State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by eighth-year head coach Scott Rueck, played their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Pac-12 play, to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona State. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Western Kentucky and upset Tennessee in the first and second rounds, Baylor in the Sweet Sixteen before getting blown out by Louisville in the Elite Eight.

## Previous season

They finished the season 31–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play, to win Pac-12 regular season title. They advanced to the championship game Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Long Beach State and Creighton in the first and second rounds before losing to Florida State in the Sweet Sixteen.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 5, 2017* 2:00 p.m. | No. 19 | Concordia (OR) | W 90–47 | | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2017* 2:00 p.m. | No. 19 | North Dakota | W 65–55 | 1–0 | Gill Coliseum (3,737) Corvallis, OR |
| November 15, 2017* 6:00 p.m. | No. 18 | Utah Valley | W 98–41 | 2–0 | Gill Coliseum (2,925) Corvallis, OR |
| November 19, 2017* 11:00 a.m., P12N | No. 18 | No. 6 Notre Dame | L 67–72 | 2–1 | Gill Coliseum (7,570) Corvallis, OR |
| November 22, 2017* 11:00 a.m. | No. 18 | at North Carolina Central | W 97–44 | 3–1 | McDougald–McLendon Gymnasium (219) Durham, NC |
| November 25, 2017* 12:00 p.m. | No. 18 | at No. 16 Duke | L 65–72 | 3–2 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,408) Durham, NC |
| December 1, 2017* 9:00 p.m. | No. 21 | vs. Nevada Maui Classic | W 89–49 | 4–2 | War Memorial Gym (785) Wailuku, HI |
| December 2, 2017* 9:00 p.m. | No. 21 | vs. Utah State Maui Classic | W 94–55 | 5–2 | War Memorial Gym (590) Wailuku, HI |
| December 10, 2017* 2:00 p.m. | No. 19 | San Jose State | W 110–62 | 6–2 | Gill Coliseum (3,198) Corvallis, OR |
| December 13, 2017* 11:00 a.m. | No. 17 | Savannah State | W 84–36 | 7–2 | Gill Coliseum (8,280) Corvallis, OR |
| December 16, 2017* 5:00 p.m., P12N | No. 17 | vs. UC Santa Barbara Dam City Classic | W 74–49 | 8–2 | Moda Center Portland, OR |
| December 20, 2017* 6:00 p.m. | No. 17 | UC Davis | W 61–47 | 9–2 | Gill Coliseum (3,474) Corvallis, OR |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| December 29, 2017 2:00 p.m. | No. 17 | Washington | W 75–63 | 10–2 (1–0) | Gill Coliseum (4,247) Corvallis, OR |
| December 31, 2017 11:00 a.m., P12N | No. 17 | Washington State | W 71–53 | 11–2 (2–0) | Gill Coliseum (3,884) Corvallis, OR |
| January 5, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N | No. 16 | at No. 14 UCLA | L 49–84 | 11–3 (2–1) | Pauley Pavilion (1,986) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 7, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N | No. 16 | at USC | L 61–65 | 11–4 (2–2) | Galen Center (592) Los Angeles, CA |
| January 12, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N | No. 22 | No. 18 Arizona State | W 57–54 | 12–4 (3–2) | Gill Coliseum (3,954) Corvallis, OR |
| January 14, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N | No. 22 | Arizona | W 88–44 | 13–4 (4–2) | Gill Coliseum (4,226) Corvallis, OR |
| January 19, 2018 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 18 | No. 7 Oregon Civil War | W 85–79 $^{OT}$ | 14–4 (5–2) | Gill Coliseum (6,704) Corvallis, OR |
| January 21, 2018 5:00 p.m., P12N | No. 18 | at No. 7 Oregon Civil War | L 63–75 | 14–5 (5–3) | Matthew Knight Arena (7,249) Eugene, OR |
| January 26, 2018 5:00 p.m., P12N | No. 17 | at Utah | W 69–58 | 15–5 (6–3) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,566) Salt Lake City, UT |
| January 28, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N | No. 17 | at Colorado | W 86–71 | 16–5 (7–3) | Coors Events Center (3,781) Boulder, CO |
| February 2, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N | No. 16 | No. 24 Stanford | L 57–60 | 16–6 (7–4) | Gill Coliseum (5,791) Corvallis, OR |
| February 4, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N | No. 16 | No. 25 California | W 68–48 | 17–6 (8–4) | Gill Coliseum (3,706) Corvallis, OR |
| February 9, 2018 6:00 p.m., P12N | No. 16 | at Washington State | W 63–61 $^{OT}$ | 18–6 (9–4) | Beasley Coliseum (906) Pullman, WA |
| February 11, 2017 3:00 p.m., P12N | No. 16 | at Washington | W 95–57 | 19–6 (10–4) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,589) Seattle, WA |
| February 16, 2017 8:00 p.m., P12N | No. 15 | No. 7 UCLA | W 67–64 $^{OT}$ | 20–6 (11–4) | Gill Coliseum (5,011) Corvallis, OR |
| February 18, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N | No. 15 | USC | W 69–63 | 21–6 (12–4) | Gill Coliseum (4,942) Corvallis, OR |
| February 23, 2018 7:00 p.m., P12N | No. 12 | at Arizona | W 65–40 | 22–6 (13–4) | McKale Center (1,543) Tucson, AZ |
| February 25, 2018 1:00 p.m., P12N | No. 12 | at Arizona State | W 64–60 | 23–6 (14–4) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,258) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 women's tournament ||||||
| March 2, 2018 8:30 p.m., P12N | (3) No. 10 | vs. (6) Arizona State Quarterfinals | L 51–57 | 23–7 | KeyArena (4,741) Seattle, WA |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 16, 2018* 9:00 a.m., ESPN2 | (6 L) No. 13 | vs. (11 L) Western Kentucky First round | W 82–58 | 24–7 | Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN |
| March 18, 2018* 11:00 a.m., ESPN2 | (6 L) No. 13 | at (3 L) No. 12 Tennessee Second round | W 66–59 | 25–7 | Thompson–Boling Arena (4,338) Knoxville, TN |
| March 23, 2018* 4:00 p.m., ESPN2 | (6 L) No. 13 | vs. (2 L) No. 2 Baylor Sweet Sixteen | W 72–67 | 26–7 | Rupp Arena Lexington, KY |
| March 25, 2018* 9:00 a.m., ESPN | (6 L) No. 13 | vs. (1 L) No. 3 Louisville Elite Eight | L 43–76 | 26–8 | Rupp Arena (6,268) Lexington, KY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Pacific. ||||||
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## Rankings

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| (RV) | Received votes |
| (NR) | Not ranked |