# 2017–18 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Binghamton Bearcats women's basketball team represented Binghamton University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bearcats, led by fourth year head coach Linda Cimino, played their home games at Binghamton University Events Center as members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 20–12, 10–6 in the America East. They earned a bye through the quarterfinals in the conference tournament, where they lost to Hartford in overtime. They received an invitation to play in the 2018 WBI, beating Youngstown State before losing to Yale in the quarterfinals.
On May 18, Cimino resigns to become a new head coach at St. Francis Brooklyn. She finished at Binghamton with a four year record of 51–72.

## Media

All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WNBF and streamed online.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/10/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Army | L 61–73 | 0–1 | Christl Arena (728) West Point, NY |
| 11/13/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | SUNY Cortland | W 90–36 | 1–1 | Binghamton University Events Center (1,239) Vestal, NY |
| 11/15/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Penn | W 77–72 | 2–1 | Binghamton University Events Center (1,364) Vestal, NY |
| 11/15/2017* 9:30 pm | | at Southern Utah | W 72–66 | 3–1 | America First Events Center (480) Cedar City, UT |
| 11/21/2017* 9:30 pm | | vs. Tulsa Great Alaska Shootout Quarterfinals | L 55–60 | 3–2 | Alaska Airlines Center (1,700) Anchorage, AK |
| 11/23/2017* 4:00 pm | | vs. Maryland Eastern Shore Great Alaska Shootout 3rd place game | W 68–51 | 4–2 | Alaska Airlines Center (1,652) Anchorage, AK |
| 11/29/2017* 6:00 pm | | at Bucknell | L 59–64 | 4–3 | Sojka Pavilion (600) Lewisburg, PA |
| 12/02/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Yale | L 69–73 $^{OT}$ | 4–4 | Binghamton University Events Center (3,640) Vestal, NY |
| 12/07/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Bryant | W 57–47 | 5–4 | Chace Athletic Center (584) Smithfield, RI |
| 12/10/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | NJIT | W 67–36 | 6–4 | Binghamton University Events Center (1,170) Vestal, NY |
| 12/18/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Cornell | W 66–58 $^{OT}$ | 7–4 | Newman Arena (229) Ithaca, NY |
| 12/21/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Rider | W 76–54 | 8–4 | Alumni Gymnasium (714) Lawrenceville, NJ |
| 12/31/2017* 2:00 pm | | Dartmouth | W 80–64 | 9–4 | Binghamton University Events Center (1,441) Vestal, NY |
| America East regular season ||||||
| 01/06/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Maine | W 66–62 | 10–4 (1–0) | Cross Insurance Center (1,282) Bangor, ME |
| 01/10/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | New Hampshire | L 61–63 | 10–5 (1–1) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,523) Vestal, NY |
| 01/13/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Hartford | W 64–59 | 11–5 (2–1) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,552) Vestal, NY |
| 01/15/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Albany | L 46–63 | 11–6 (2–2) | SEFCU Arena (1,084) Albany, NY |
| 01/18/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Stony Brook | L 59–67 | 11–7 (2–3) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,432) Vestal, NY |
| 01/21/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMass Lowell | L 59–67 | 12–7 (3–3) | Costello Athletic Center (364) Lowell, MA |
| 01/24/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMBC | W 81–51 | 13–7 (4–3) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,161) Vestal, NY |
| 01/27/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at New Hampshire | W 54–52 | 14–7 (5–3) | Lundholm Gym (381) Durham, NH |
| 01/31/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Vermont | W 62–48 | 15–7 (6–3) | Patrick Gym (1,161) Burlington, VT |
| 02/03/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Maine | L 38–61 | 15–8 (6–4) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,343) Vestal, NY |
| 02/05/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Stony Brook | W 69–64 | 16–8 (7–4) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (562) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/08/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at UMBC | W 68–53 | 17–8 (8–4) | UMBC Event Center (518) Catonsville, MD |
| 02/14/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Vermont | W 52–38 | 18–8 (9–4) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,173) Vestal, NY |
| 02/17/2018 4:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UMass Lowell | W 52–38 | 19–8 (10–4) | Binghamton University Events Center (2,001) Vestal, NY |
| 02/22/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Albany | L 53–57 | 19–9 (10–5) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,672) Vestal, NY |
| 02/25/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Hartford | L 45–61 | 19–10 (10–6) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,218) West Hartford, CT |
| America East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2018 8:15 pm, ESPN3 | (3) | vs. (6) Hartford Quarterfinals | L 68–72 $^{OT}$ | 19–11 | Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME |
| WBI ||||||
| 03/14/2018* 7:00 pm | | at Youngstown State First Round | W 70–59 | 20–11 | Beeghly Center (830) Youngstown, OH |
| 03/20/2018* 7:00 pm | | Yale Second Round | L 64–70 | 20–12 | Binghamton University Events Center (703) Vestal, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||