# 2017–18 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by third-year head coach Allison Guth, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium in New Haven, Connecticut as members of the Ivy League.
They finished the season at 19–13, 8–6 for fourth place in the Ivy League, which afforded them a spot in the conference playoff for a bid in the NCAA tournament. However, they were defeated in the first round by Princeton. The Bulldogs were then invited to the WBI, and they went on to win the championship, the first Ivy League team to win a postseason tournament.

## Previous season

The Bulldogs finished the 2016–17 season 15–12, 6–8 in Ivy League play, to finish in sixth place.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 10, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ILDN | | LIU Brooklyn | W 62–51 | 1–0 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (802) New Haven, CT |
| November 13, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ILDN | | Colgate | W 82–56 | 2–0 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (846) New Haven, CT |
| November 19, 2017* 8:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Kansas | L 75–81 | 2–1 | Allen Fieldhouse (1,918) Lawrence, KS |
| November 21, 2017* 7:30 p.m. | | at TCU | W 82–72 | 3–1 | Schollmaier Arena (1,796) Fort Worth, TX |
| November 26, 2017* 2:00 p.m. | | Army | L 65–82 | 3–2 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (502) New Haven, CT |
| November 29, 2017* 6:00 p.m., ILDN/ESPN3 | | Providence | L 51–55 | 3–3 | John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT |
| December 2, 2017* 12:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Binghamton | W 73–69 $^{OT}$ | 4–3 | Binghamton University Events Center (3,640) Vestal, NY |
| December 6, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Stony Brook | W 77–71 $^{2OT}$ | 5–3 | Island Federal Credit Union Arena Stony Brook, NY |
| December 9, 2017* 1:00 p.m. | | at Central Connecticut | W 75–62 | 6–3 | William H. Detrick Gymnasium (412) New Britain, CT |
| December 12, 2017* 7:00 p.m. | | at Saint Peter's | W 70–49 | 7–3 | Yanitelli Center (150) Jersey City, NJ |
| December 21, 2017* 1:00 p.m. | | Indiana | L 68–72 | 7–4 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (311) New Haven, CT |
| December 28, 2017* 3:30 p.m. | | vs. UC Davis Fordham Holiday Classic semifinals | L 61–71 | 7–5 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (832) The Bronx, NY |
| December 29, 2017* 1:00 p.m. | | vs. Hartford Fordham Holiday Classic 3rd-place game | L 70–78 | 7–6 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (862) Bronx, NY |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 12, 2018 12:00 p.m., ILDN/ELVN | | Brown | W 77–63 | 8–6 (1–0) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (605) New Haven, CT |
| January 19, 2018 5:30 p.m., ILDN/MyRITV | | at Brown | L 71–81 $^{OT}$ | 8–7 (1–1) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,553) Providence, RI |
| January 26, 2018 6:00 p.m., ILDN | | at Harvard | L 73–97 | 8–8 (1–2) | Lavietes Pavilion (561) Cambridge, MA |
| January 27, 2018 5:00 p.m., ILDN | | at Dartmouth | W 57–39 | 9–8 (2–2) | Leede Arena (1,098) Hanover, NH |
| February 2, 2018 6:00 p.m., ILDN | | Princeton | W 73–59 | 10–8 (3–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (688) New Haven, CT |
| February 3, 2018 5:00 p.m., ILDN/ESPN3 | | Penn | L 54–69 | 10–9 (3–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (654) New Haven, CT |
| February 9, 2018 7:00 p.m., ILDN/SNY | | at Columbia | W 73–50 | 11–9 (4–3) | Levien Gymnasium (412) New York, NY |
| February 10, 2018 5:00 p.m., ILDN/ESPN3 | | at Cornell | W 65–55 | 12–9 (5–3) | Newman Arena (379) Ithaca, NY |
| February 16, 2018 6:00 p.m., ILDN | | Dartmouth | L 62–64 $^{OT}$ | 12–10 (5–4) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (291) New Haven, CT |
| February 17, 2018 6:00 p.m., ILDN/ESPN3 | | Harvard | W 69–63 | 13–10 (6–4) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,006) New Haven, CT |
| February 23, 2018 6:00 p.m., ILDN | | Cornell | W 69–56 | 14–10 (7–4) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (543) New Haven, CT |
| February 24, 2018 5:00 p.m., ILDN | | Columbia | W 66–59 | 15–10 (8–4) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (612) New Haven, CT |
| March 2, 2018 7:00 p.m., ILDN/ESPN3 | | Penn | L 52–64 | 15–11 (8–5) | Palestra (313) Philadelphia, PA |
| March 3, 2018 5:00 p.m., ILDN | | at Princeton | L 53–64 | 15–12 (8–6) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,272) Princeton, NJ |
| Ivy League women's tournament ||||||
| March 10, 2018 6:00 p.m., ESPN3 | (4) | vs. (1) Princeton Semifinals | L 57–78 | 15–13 | Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| WBI ||||||
| March 15, 2018* 7:00 p.m. | | at Northeastern First round | W 68–58 | 16–13 | Cabot Center (232) Boston, MA |
| March 20, 2018* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Binghamton Quarterfinals | W 70–64 | 17–13 | Binghamton University Events Center (703) Vestal, NY |
| March 24, 2018* 5:00 p.m. | | South Alabama Semifinals | W 76–74 $^{OT}$ | 18–13 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (350) New Haven, CT |
| March 29, 2018* 8:00 p.m. | | at Central Arkansas Championship game | W 54–50 | 19–13 | Farris Center (3,526) Conway, AR |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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