2017β18 Baylor Lady Bears basketball | |
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Junkanoo Jam champions Big 12 regular season champions Big 12 Tournament champions | |
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen | |
Conference | Big 12 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 9 |
AP | No. 2 |
Record | 33β2 (18β0 Big 12) |
Head coach |
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Home arena | Ferrell Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 2 Baylor β | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 33 | – | 2 | .943 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
No. 8 Texas | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 28 | – | 7 | .800 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma State | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oklahoma | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 16 | – | 15 | .516 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
TCU | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 23 | – | 13 | .639 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
West Virginia | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 25 | – | 12 | .676 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iowa State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas State | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 18 | – | 16 | .529 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kansas | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 12 | – | 18 | .400 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas Tech | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2018 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll [1] |
The 2017β18 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represented
Baylor University in the
2017β18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was
Hall of Famer
Kim Mulkey for her 18th season. The team played its home games at the
Ferrell Center in
Waco, Texas and were members of the
Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 33β2, 18β0 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the
Big 12 women's tournament and earned an automatic bid to the
NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Grambling State and Michigan in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Oregon State in the sweet sixteen.
For the 2016β17 season, Baylor finished 33β4, 17β1 in the Big 12 to win the regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's tournament, where they were upset by West Virginia. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament as a No. 1 seed, where they defeated Texas Southern and California in the first and second rounds, Louisville in the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Mississippi State in the Elite Eight.
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Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
Oct 31, 2017* 7:00 pm |
No. 3 | Tarleton State | W 122β44 |
Ferrell Center (4,931) Waco, TX | |||||||
Nov 06, 2017* 7:00 pm |
No. 3 | Washburn | W 117β33 | Ferrell Center (4,736) Waco, TX | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 pm |
No. 3 | Lamar | W 121β62 | 1β0 |
Ferrell Center (5,410) Waco, TX | ||||||
Nov 12, 2017* 2:00 pm |
No. 3 | Coppin State | W 100β54 | 2β0 |
Ferrell Center (4,939) Waco, TX | ||||||
Nov 14, 2017* 6:30 pm, FCS |
No. 3 | Central Arkansas | W 86β55 | 3β0 |
Ferrell Center (4,939) Waco, TX | ||||||
Nov 18, 2017* 1:00 pm |
No. 3 | at No. 8 UCLA | L 68β82 | 3β1 |
Pauley Pavilion (3,912) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
Nov 23, 2017* 7:00 pm |
No. 8 | vs.
Missouri State Junkanoo Jam Junkanoo Division semifinals |
W 100β58 | 4β1 |
Gateway Christian Academy Bimini, Bahamas | ||||||
Nov 25, 2017* 7:00 pm |
No. 8 | vs.
Georgia Tech Junkanoo Jam Junkanoo Division championship |
W 80β57 | 5β1 |
Gateway Christian Academy Bimini, Bahamas | ||||||
Nov 30, 2017* 7:00 pm, FCS |
No. 9 | No. 20
Kentucky Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge |
W 90β63 | 6β1 |
Ferrell Center (5,356) Waco, TX | ||||||
Dec 03, 2017* 11:00 am, FS1 |
No. 9 | No. 16 Stanford | W 81β57 | 7β1 |
Ferrell Center (8,012) Waco, TX | ||||||
Dec 05, 2017* 7:00 pm |
No. 8 | North Dakota | W 105β43 | 8β1 |
Ferrell Center (4,788) Waco, TX | ||||||
Dec 13, 2017* 12:00 pm, FSSW |
No. 6 | McNeese State | W 95β34 | 9β1 |
Ferrell Center (6,583) Waco, TX | ||||||
Dec 18, 2017* 7:00 pm, ELVN |
No. 6 | at Nicholls State | W 85β43 | 10β1 |
Stopher Gym (1,034) Thibodaux, LA | ||||||
Big 12 regular season | |||||||||||
Dec 28, 2017 7:00 pm, Cox Kansas |
No. 6 | at Kansas State | W 88β58 | 11β1 (1β0) |
Bramlage Coliseum (3,396) Manhattan, KS | ||||||
Dec 31, 2017 1:00 pm, ESPNU |
No. 6 | Texas Tech | W 97β49 | 12β1 (2β0) |
Ferrell Center (5,540) Waco, TX | ||||||
Jan 03, 2018 7:00 pm, FSSW+ |
No. 6 | Iowa State | W 89β49 | 13β1 (3β0) |
Ferrell Center (5,113) Waco, TX | ||||||
Jan 06, 2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 6 | at Kansas | W 83β48 | 14β1 (4β0) |
Allen Fieldhouse (2,216) Lawrence, KS | ||||||
Jan 14, 2018 1:00 pm, FS1 |
No. 5 | at Oklahoma | W 74β52 | 15β1 (5β0) |
Lloyd Noble Center (3,510) Norman, OK | ||||||
Jan 17, 2018 7:00 pm, FSN |
No. 4 | at Iowa State | W 79β50 | 16β1 (6β0) |
Hilton Coliseum (9,510) Ames, IA | ||||||
Jan 20, 2018 6:00 pm, FSSW |
No. 4 | Kansas State | W 75β50 | 17β1 (7β0) |
Ferrell Center (6,131) Waco, TX | ||||||
Jan 25, 2018 6:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 3 | No. 6 Texas | W 81β56 | 18β1 (8β0) |
Ferrell Center (9,286) Waco, TX | ||||||
Jan 28, 2018 2:00 pm, FS1 |
No. 3 | at No. 20 West Virginia | W 83β72 | 19β1 (9β0) |
WVU Coliseum (5,073) Morgantown, WV | ||||||
Jan 31, 2018 6:30 pm, FSSW |
No. 3 | No. 23 Oklahoma State | W 77β64 | 20β1 (10β0) |
Ferrell Center (5,260) Waco, TX | ||||||
Feb 03, 2018 2:00 pm |
No. 3 | at Texas Tech | W 90β44 | 21β1 (11β0) |
United Supermarkets Arena (3,207) Lubbock, TX | ||||||
Feb 05, 2018 8:00 pm, FS1 |
No. 3 | Oklahoma | W 74β65 | 22β1 (12β0) |
Ferrell Center (5,324) Waco, TX | ||||||
Feb 10, 2018 7:00 pm, FSSW+ |
No. 3 | No. 24 TCU | W 83β63 | 23β1 (13β0) |
Ferrell Center (6,524) Waco, TX | ||||||
Feb 13, 2018 7:00 pm, FSSW+ |
No. 3 | at No. 21 Oklahoma State | W 87β45 | 24β1 (14β0) |
Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,702) Stillwater, OK | ||||||
Feb 17, 2018 1:00 pm, FSSW |
No. 3 | Kansas | W 88β51 | 25β1 (15β0) |
Ferrell Center (6,416) Waco, TX | ||||||
Feb 19, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
No. 3 | at No. 6 Texas | W 93β87 | 26β1 (16β0) |
Frank Erwin Center (6,642) Austin, TX | ||||||
Feb 24, 2018 5:00 pm |
No. 3 | at TCU | W 85β53 | 27β1 (17β0) |
Schollmaier Arena (3,186) Fort Worth, TX | ||||||
Feb 26, 2018 8:00 pm, FS1 |
No. 3 | West Virginia | W 80β54 | 28β1 (18β0) |
Ferrell Center (6,671) Waco, TX | ||||||
Big 12 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 03, 2018 1:30 pm, FSN |
(1) No. 3 | vs. (8) Kansas State Quarterfinals |
W 83β54 | 29β1 |
Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,047) Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||
Mar 04, 2018 2:00 pm, FS1 |
(1) No. 3 | vs. (5) TCU Semifinals |
W 94β48 | 30β1 |
Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||
Mar 05, 2018 8:00 pm, FS1 |
(1) No. 2 | vs. (2) No. 8 Texas Championship Game |
W 77β69 | 31β1 |
Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,520) Oklahoma City, OK | ||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
Mar 16, 2018* 6:30 pm, ESPN2 |
(2 L) No. 2 | (15 L)
Grambling State First Round |
W 96β46 | 32β1 |
Ferrell Center (4,933) Waco, TX | ||||||
Mar 18, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(2 L) No. 2 | (7 L)
Michigan Second Round |
W 80β58 | 33β1 |
Ferrell Center (4,114) Waco, TX | ||||||
Mar 23, 2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(2 L) No. 2 | vs. (6 L) No. 13
Oregon State Sweet Sixteen |
L 67β72 | 33β2 |
Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from
AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
L=Lexington Region. All times are in Central Time. |
Source: [2]
Poll | Pre- Season |
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Week 3 |
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Week 6 |
Week 7 |
Week 8 |
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Week 10 |
Week 11 |
Week 12 |
Week 13 |
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Week 15 |
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Week 18 |
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Final |
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AP | 3 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | N/A |
Coaches | 3 | N/A | 9 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 |