# 2017–18 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2017–18 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented University of California, Berkeley during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by seventh year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they were upset by Virginia in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 20 | Vanguard | W 71–57 | | Haas Pavilion Berkeley, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 5:00 pm | No. 20 | Saint Mary's | W 87–80 | 1–0 | Haas Pavilion (2,768) Berkeley, CA |
| 11/17/2017* 4:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | No. 20 | at No. 1 Connecticut | L 47–82 | 1–1 | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,103) Storrs, CT |
| 11/19/2017* 9:00 am | No. 20 | at Brown | W 89–79 | 2–1 | Pizzitola Sports Center (361) Providence, RI |
| 11/24/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 21 | Manhattan Cal Classic semifinals | W 87–66 | 3–1 | Haas Pavilion (1,723) Berkeley, CA |
| 11/25/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 21 | No. 23 Missouri Cal Classic championship | L 52–55 | 3–2 | Haas Pavilion (2,011) Berkeley, CA |
| 11/30/2017* 11:30 am | No. 24 | Seattle | W 87–67 | 4–2 | Haas Pavilion (4,362) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/02/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 24 | at Santa Clara | W 79–41 | 5–2 | Leavey Center (517) Santa Clara, CA |
| 12/07/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 25 | San Diego | W 89–64 | 6–2 | Haas Pavilion (1,126) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/10/2017* 2:00 pm | No. 25 | at Pacific | W 92–85 | 7–2 | Alex G. Spanos Center (479) Stockton, CA |
| 12/16/2017* 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 24 | BYU | W 70–45 | 8–2 | Haas Pavilion (1,461) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/21/2017* 9:00 am, SECN | No. 24 | at Kentucky | W 62–52 | 9–2 | Memorial Coliseum (4,753) Lexington, KY |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2017 6:00 pm | No. 20 | USC | W 76–64 | 10–2 (1–0) | Haas Pavilion (2,217) Berkeley, CA |
| 12/31/2017 11:00 am, P12N | No. 20 | No. 11 UCLA | L 46–82 | 10–3 (1–1) | Haas Pavilion (2,570) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/05/2018 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 23 | at No. 25 Arizona State | L 71–80 | 10–4 (1–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,239) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/07/2018 11:00 am, P12N | No. 23 | at Arizona | W 53–51 | 11–4 (2–2) | McKale Center (1,322) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/12/2018 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 24 | Washington | W 69–60 | 12–4 (3–2) | Haas Pavilion (1,478) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/14/2018 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 24 | Washington State | W 66–60 | 13–4 (4–2) | Haas Pavilion (1,758) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/19/2018 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 21 | at No. 13 UCLA | L 52–60 | 13–5 (4–3) | Pauley Pavilion (2,704) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/21/2018 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 21 | at USC | W 62–59 | 14–5 (5–3) | Galen Center (1,728) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/26/2018 7:00 pm | No. 23 | Arizona | W 63–39 | 15–5 (6–3) | Haas Pavilion (2,463) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/28/2018 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 23 | No. 25 Arizona State | L 42–57 | 15–6 (6–4) | Haas Pavilion (2,521) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/02/2018 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 25 | at No. 6 Oregon | L 54–91 | 15–7 (6–5) | Matthew Knight Arena (3,670) Eugene, OR |
| 02/04/2018 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 25 | at No. 16 Oregon State | L 48–68 | 15–8 (6–6) | Gill Coliseum (3,706) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/09/2018 7:00 pm, P12N | | Colorado | W 78–76 | 16–8 (7–6) | Haas Pavilion (1,774) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/11/2018 2:00 pm | | Utah | W 84–73 | 17–8 (8–6) | Haas Pavilion (2,507) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/15/2018 7:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 14 Stanford | L 69–74 | 17–9 (8–7) | Maples Pavilion (3,074) Stanford, CA |
| 02/17/2018 2:30 pm, P12N | | No. 14 Stanford | W 78–66 | 18–9 (9–7) | Haas Pavilion (4,211) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/23/2018 7:00 pm | | at Washington State | W 67–54 | 19–9 (10–7) | Beasley Coliseum (781) Pullman, WA |
| 02/25/2018 3:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington | W 83–67 | 20–9 (11–7) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,354) Seattle, WA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/01/2018 2:00 pm, P12N | (5) | vs. (12) Washington First Round | W 71–68 | 21–9 | KeyArena (3,532) Seattle, WA |
| 03/02/2018 2:00 pm, P12N | (5) | vs. (4) No. 9 UCLA Quarterfinals | L 74–77 | 21–10 | KeyArena (4,852) Seattle, WA |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/16/2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | (7 A) | vs. (10 A) Virginia First Round | L 62–68 | 21–11 | Colonial Life Arena Columbia, SC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |