2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball team represents the University of Utah during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, led by third year head coach Lynne Roberts, play their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and are members of the Pac-12 Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 18–14, 8–10 in Pac-12 play to finish in eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Colorado. They received an automatic to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UNLV in the first round before losing to Kansas State in the second round.

2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball
WNIT, Second Round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record1814 (810 Pac–12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Gavin Petersen
  • Danyelle Snelgro
  • Joanna Reitz
Home arenaJon M. Huntsman Center
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 6 Oregon162 .889335  .868
No. 15 Stanford143 .8242411  .686
No. 9 UCLA144 .778278  .771
No. 13 Oregon State144 .778268  .765
California117 .6112111  .656
Arizona State108 .5562213  .629
USC99 .5002011  .645
Utah810 .4441814  .563
Colorado513 .2781516  .484
Washington State314 .1761020  .333
Arizona216 .111624  .200
Washington117 .056723  .233
2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of 26 March 2018
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

They finished the season 16–15, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to UC Davis in the first round.

Roster

2017–18 Utah Utes women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Kiana Moore 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SoVanden HS Fairfield, CA
G/F 1 Jordan Cruz 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrC.K. McClatchy HS Sacramento, CA
G 2 Tori Williams 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) FrCentennial Boise, ID
F 5 Megan Huff 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS JrTodd Beamer HS
Hawaii
Federal Way, WA
G 11 Erika Bean 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) JrBradshaw Christian HS Sacramento, CA
F 12 Emily Potter 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) RS SrGlenlawn Collegiate Winnipeg, MB
G/F 13 Megan Jacobs 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoBishop Gorman HS Las Vegas, NV
F 14 Elli Koskinen 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) FrKerttulin lukio, Turku Salo, Finland
G 20 Dru Gylten 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) FrSt. Thomas More HS Rapid City, SD
F 21 Wendy Anae 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS SrCathedral Catholic HS San Diego, CA
F 22 Arianna Lalonde 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) FrChandler HS Phoenix, AZ
G/F 23 Daneesha Provo 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS JrKent School
Clemson
Dartmouth, NS
G 24 Tilar Clark 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrSkyline HS
Salt Lake CC
Idaho Falls, ID
F 25 Maurane Corbin 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) FrMontmorency (CEGEP) Saint-Bruno, QE
G/F 32 Tanaeya Boclair 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrBrennan HS San Antonio, TX
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: February 24, 2018

Schedule and results

[4]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2017*
11:00 am
Carroll (MT) W 70–46 
Jon M. Huntsman Center 
Salt Lake City, UT
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
5:30 pm
Nevada W 87–61  1–0
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,659)
Salt Lake City, UT
11/13/2017*
6:00 pm
at Alabama L 60–65  1–1
Coleman Coliseum (2,035)
Tuscaloosa, AL
11/17/2017*
7:00 pm
at Weber State
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 85–58  2–1
Dee Events Center (686)
Ogden, UT
11/20/2017*
7:00 pm, P12N
Purdue W 81–68  3–1
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,887)
Salt Lake City, UT
11/24/2017*
3:30 pm
Incarnate Word W 90–31  4–1
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,104)
Salt Lake City, UT
11/27/2017*
6:00 pm
Texas–Arlington W 71–41  5–1
Jon M. Huntsman Center (917)
Salt Lake City, UT
12/02/2017*
2:30 pm, P12N
Saint Mary's W 74–63  6–1
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,086)
Salt Lake City, UT
12/05/2017*
6:00 pm
Pepperdine W 89–65  7–1
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,308)
Salt Lake City, UT
12/09/2017*
2:00 pm
at BYU
First Desert Duel/Old Oquirrh Bucket
L 68–77  7–2
Marriott Center (1,189)
Provo, UT
12/18/2017*
7:00 pm
at Utah State
Old Oquirrh Bucket
W 79–44  8–2
Smith Spectrum (666)
Logan, UT
12/21/2017*
1:00 pm
Oral Roberts W 71–50  9–2
Jon M. Huntsman Center (933)
Salt Lake City, UT
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2017
6:00 pm
Arizona W 89–55  10–2 (1–0)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,828)
Salt Lake City, UT
12/31/2017
12:00 pm
Arizona State L 81–83  10–3 (1–1)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,463)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/05/2018
7:00 pm, P12N
at Washington W 74–65  11–3 (2–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,746)
Seattle, WA
01/07/2018
12:00 pm, P12N
at Washington State W 79–77  12–3 (3–1)
Beasley Coliseum (776)
Pullman, WA
01/12/2018
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 14 UCLA L 74–81  12–4 (3–2)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,281)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/14/2018
12:00 pm, P12N
USC L 47–58  12–5 (3–3)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,574)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/19/2018
11:00 am
at No. 22 Arizona State W 58–56  13–5 (4–3)
Wells Fargo Arena (5,787)
Tempe, AZ
01/21/2018
12:00 pm, P12N
at Arizona W 80–56  14–5 (5–3)
McKale Center (1,357)
Tucson, AZ
01/26/2018
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 17 Oregon State L 58–69  14–6 (5–4)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,566)
Salt Lake City, UT
01/28/2018
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 7 Oregon L 68–84  14–7 (5–5)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,728)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/01/2018
7:00 pm, P12N
Colorado L 65–69  14–8 (5–6)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,812)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/04/2018
12:00 pm, P12N
at Colorado W 78–74  15–8 (6–6)
Coors Events Center (1,591)
Boulder, CO
02/09/2018
8:00 pm
at No. 17 Stanford L 49–70  15–9 (6–7)
Maples Pavilion (3,200)
Stanford, CA
02/11/2018
3:00 pm
at California L 73–84  15–10 (6–8)
Haas Pavilion (2,507)
Berkeley, CA
02/16/2018
7:00 pm, P12N
Washington State W 54–50  16–10 (7–8)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,149)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/18/2018
2:00 pm, P12N
Washington W 81–46  17–10 (8–8)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,927)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/22/2018
7:00 pm, P12N
at USC L 52–53 OT 17–11 (8–9)
Galen Center (592)
Los Angeles, CA
02/24/2018
3:00 pm
at UCLA L 71–78 OT 17–12 (8–10)
Pauley Pavilion (3,866)
Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/01/2018
12:30 pm, P12N
(8) vs. (9) Colorado
First Round
L 56–66  17–13
KeyArena 
Seattle, WA
WNIT
03/15/2018*
7:00 pm
UNLV
First Round
W 78–68  18–13
Jon M. Huntsman Center (497)
Salt Lake City, UT
03/18/2018*
4:00 pm
at Kansas State
Second Round
L 57–74  18–14
Bramlage Coliseum (1,328)
Manhattan, KS
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
PollPre-
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Final
AP NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR RV NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR N/A
Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

2017–18 Utah Utes men's basketball team

References

  1. "University of Utah Athletics" (PDF). UtahUtes.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  2. "Utah Utes Women's Basketball - Utes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  3. Utah Utes. "Utah Utes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
  4. "University of Utah Athletics". UtahUtes.com. Retrieved February 24, 2018.
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