# 2017–18 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Nebraska Cornhuskers women's basketball team represented the University of Nebraska during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cornhuskers, led by second-year head coach Amy Williams, played their home games at Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Nebraska and were a member of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 11–5 in Big Ten play, to finish in a three-way for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big Ten women's tournament where they lost to Maryland. They received an at-large bid to the 2018 Division I women's tournament where they lost to Arizona State in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| November 5, 2017* 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Minnesota State | W 88–55 | – | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,647) Lincoln, NE |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 11, 2017* 3:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Southern Illinois | W 62–53 | 1–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,523) Lincoln, NE |
| November 14, 2017* 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | UMKC | W 80–60 | 2–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,503) Lincoln, NE |
| November 16, 2017* 8:00 p.m., BTN | | Arkansas | W 80–69 | 3–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,459) Lincoln, NE |
| November 19, 2017* 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Creighton | L 49–64 | 3–1 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,324) Lincoln, NE |
| November 23, 2017* 3:15 p.m., NET | | vs. Buffalo San Juan Shootout | L 72–82 | 3–2 | Ocean Center (200) Daytona Beach, FL |
| November 24, 2017* 1:00 p.m., NET | | vs. Coastal Carolina San Juan Shootout | W 55–47 | 4–2 | Ocean Center (175) Daytona Beach, FL |
| November 30, 2017* 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Clemson ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 66–67 | 4–3 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,579) Lincoln, NE |
| December 2, 2017* 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 73–52 | 5–3 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,781) Lincoln, NE |
| December 6, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Kansas | W 66–49 | 6–3 | Allen Fieldhouse Lawrence, KS |
| December 9, 2017* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Drake | W 89–84 $^{2OT}$ | 7–3 | Knapp Center (2,683) Des Moines, IA |
| December 17, 2017* 2:00 p.m., MWN | | at San Jose State | W 81–55 | 8–3 | Event Center Arena (1,424) San Jose, CA |
| December 19, 2017* 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Florida Atlantic | W 86–69 | 9–3 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,635) Lincoln, NE |
| December 22, 2017* 1:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Washington State | L 61–73 | 9–4 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,404) Lincoln, NE |
| Big Ten Conference season ||||||
| December 28, 2017 7:00 p.m., BTN | | Ohio State | L 61–73 | 9–5 (0–1) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,383) Lincoln, NE |
| December 31, 2017 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Minnesota | W 79–74 | 10–5 (1–1) | Williams Arena (3,284) Minneapolis, MN |
| January 7, 2018 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Northwestern | W 69–59 | 11–5 (2–1) | Beardsley Gym (850) Evanston, IL |
| January 10, 2018 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Illinois | W 80–72 | 12–5 (3–1) | State Farm Center (1,039) Champaign, IL |
| January 13, 2018 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | No. 23 Michigan | L 64–69 $^{OT}$ | 12–6 (3–2) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,279) Lincoln, NE |
| January 16, 2018 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | No. 20 Iowa | W 74–65 | 13–6 (4–2) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (3,667) Lincoln, NE |
| January 21, 2018 5:00 p.m., BTN | | at No. 25 Rutgers | W 52–42 | 14–6 (5–2) | Louis Brown Athletic Center (1,887) Piscataway, NJ |
| January 24, 2018 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Purdue | W 75–51 | 15–6 (6–2) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,167) Lincoln, NE |
| January 28, 2018 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Iowa | W 92–74 | 16–6 (7–2) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (8,823) Iowa City, IA |
| February 1, 2018 7:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Illinois | W 62–47 | 17–6 (8–2) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,618) Lincoln, NE |
| February 4, 2018 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | No. 11 Maryland | L 57–64 | 17–7 (8–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,185) Lincoln, NE |
| February 11, 2018 2:00 p.m., BTN+ | | Wisconsin | W 51–48 | 18–7 (9–3) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (6,823) Lincoln, NE |
| February 14, 2018 6:00 p.m., BTN+ | | at Michigan State | W 79–69 | 19–7 (10–3) | Breslin Center (4,972) East Lansing, MI |
| February 17, 2018 11:00 a.m., BTN | | at Indiana | L 75–83 | 19–8 (10–4) | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (5,258) Bloomington, IN |
| February 22, 2018 7:00 p.m., BTN | | Penn State | W 59–51 | 20–8 (11–4) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (5,757) Lincoln, NE |
| February 25, 2018 11:00 a.m., BTN | | at No. 13 Maryland | L 75–77 | 20–9 (11–5) | Xfinity Center (10,239) College Park, MD |
| Big Ten women's tournament ||||||
| March 2, 2018 8:00 p.m., RSN | (3) | vs. (6) Michigan Quarterfinals | W 61–54 | 21–9 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,538) Indianapolis, IN |
| March 3, 2018 7:30 p.m., BTN | (3) | vs. (2) No. 17 Maryland Semifinals | L 53–66 | 21–10 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (7,499) Indianapolis, IN |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 17, 2018* 2:30 p.m., ESPN2 | (10 KC) | vs. (7 KC) Arizona State First round | L 62–73 | 21–11 | Frank Erwin Center (3,878) Austin, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. KC=Kansas City Region. All times are in Central. ||||||
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## Rankings

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