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2017–18 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by second year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the Coors Events Center and were a member of the Pac-12 Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 15–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Utah in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament before losing to Oregon in the quarterfinals.

2017–18 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic Champions
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Record15–16 (5–13 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Toriano Towns
  • Alex Earl
  • Shandrika Lee
Home arenaCoors Events Center
Seasons
2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 6 Oregon † 16 – 2   .889 33 – 5   .868
No. 15 Stanford 14 – 3   .824 24 – 11   .686
No. 9 UCLA 14 – 4   .778 27 – 8   .771
No. 13 Oregon State 14 – 4   .778 26 – 8   .765
California 11 – 7   .611 21 – 11   .656
Arizona State 10 – 8   .556 22 – 13   .629
USC 9 – 9   .500 20 – 11   .645
Utah 8 – 10   .444 18 – 14   .563
Colorado 5 – 13   .278 15 – 16   .484
Washington State 3 – 14   .176 10 – 20   .333
Arizona 2 – 16   .111 6 – 24   .200
Washington 1 – 17   .056 7 – 23   .233
† 2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of 26 March 2018
Rankings from AP Poll

Previous season

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They finished the season 17–16, 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 Washington State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeat UNLV and South Dakota State in the first and second rounds before losing to Iowa in the third round.

Roster

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2017–18 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 0 Quinessa Caylao-Do 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Bellevue Tacoma, WA
F 1 Janea Bunn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Spring Central
Midland College 		Springfield, MA
G 2 Alexis Robinson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Paul G. Blazer Ashland, KY
G 12 Peyton Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Monarch Louisville, CO
G 13 Brecca Thomas 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr The Kinkaid School Stafford, TX
G 14 Kennedy Leonard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Carroll Southlake, TX
C 15 Zoe Correal 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Salesian San Francisco, CA
G/F 21 Mya Hollingshed 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Fr Bellaire Houston, TX
G 23 Mathilde Diop 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Lycee Gambetta
Arizona Western College 		Dakar, Senegal
G 24 Aubrey Knight 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Ventura Ventura, CA
F 25 Annika Jank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Edina Edina, MN
G 44 Sara Castro 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr IES Guanarteme Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
C 50 Jamie Curtis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Jr Rocklin
Sierra College 		Rocklin, CA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: February 24, 2018

Schedule

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Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017*
2:00 pm 		Colorado Christian W 90–55 
Coors Events Center (611)
Boulder, CO
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
5:00 pm 		at Samford W 71–60  1–0
 Pete Hanna Center (381)
Birmingham, AL
11/12/2017*
12:00 pm 		at North Carolina L 80–87 OT 1–1
 Carmichael Arena (2,181)
Chapel Hill, NC
11/15/2017*
7:00 pm 		Florida Atlantic W 76–69  2–1
 Coors Events Center (1,503)
Boulder, CO
11/18/2017*
1:00 pm 		Miami (FL) W 67–61  3–1
 Coors Events Center (1,450)
Boulder, CO
11/24/2017*
12:00 pm 		Mississippi Valley State
Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic semifinals 		W 85–48  4–1
 Coors Events Center (1,314)
Boulder, CO
11/25/2017*
2:30 pm 		George Mason
Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic championship 		W 76–61  5–1
 Coors Events Center (1,441)
Boulder, CO
11/29/2017*
7:00 pm 		North Dakota State W 108–59  6–1
 Coors Events Center (1,250)
Boulder, CO
12/06/2017*
7:00 pm 		at Colorado State W 70–67  7–1
 Moby Arena (1,461)
Fort Collins, CO
12/11/2017*
7:00 pm 		Dartmouth L 75–81  7–2
 Coors Events Center (1,651)
Boulder, CO
12/15/2017*
7:00 pm 		at Air Force W 68–43  8–2
 Clune Arena (287)
Colorado Springs, CO
12/21/2017*
7:00 pm 		Westminster (MO) W 106–47  9–2
 Coors Events Center (1,383)
Boulder, CO
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2017
7:00 pm, P12N 		Arizona State L 47–72  9–3 (0–1)
 Coors Events Center (1,860)
Boulder, CO
12/31/2017
1:00 pm 		Arizona W 79–60  10–3 (1–1)
 Coors Events Center (1,526)
Boulder, CO
01/05/2018
9:00 pm, P12N 		at Washington State L 75–89  10–4 (1–2)
 Beasley Coliseum (679)
Pullman, WA
01/07/2018
3:00 pm 		at Washington W 66–61  11–4 (2–2)
 Alaska Airlines Arena (2,141)
Seattle, WA
01/12/2018
6:00 pm, P12N 		USC L 51–86  11–5 (2–3)
 Coors Events Center (1,533)
Boulder, CO
01/14/2018
4:00 pm, P12N 		No. 14 UCLA L 55–89  11–6 (2–4)
 Coors Events Center (2,160)
Boulder, CO
01/19/2018
6:00 pm, P12N 		at Arizona L 63–72  11–7 (2–5)
 McKale Center (1,426)
Tucson, AZ
01/21/2018
2:00 pm, P12N 		at No. 22 Arizona State L 59–73  11–8 (2–6)
 Wells Fargo Arena (2,008)
Tempe, AZ
01/26/2018
8:00 pm, P12N 		No. 7 Oregon L 55–74  11–9 (2–7)
 Coors Events Center (1,525)
Boulder, CO
01/28/2018
2:00 pm, P12N 		No. 17 Oregon State L 51–86  11–10 (2–8)
 Coors Events Center (3,781)
Boulder, CO
02/01/2018
7:00 pm, P12N 		at Utah W 69–65  12–10 (3–8)
 Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,812)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/03/2018
12:00 pm, P12N 		Utah L 74–78  12–11 (3–9)
 Coors Events Center (1,591)
Boulder, CO
02/09/2018
8:00 pm, P12N 		at California L 76–78  12–12 (3–10)
 Haas Pavilion (1,774)
Berkeley, CA
02/11/2018
4:00 pm, P12N 		at No. 17 Stanford L 66–78  12–13 (3–11)
 Maples Pavilion (3,838)
Stanford, CA
02/16/2018
7:00 pm 		Washington W 76–56  13–13 (4–11)
 Coors Events Center (1,743)
Boulder, CO
02/18/2018
12:00 pm, P12N 		Washington State W 72–69  14–13 (5–11)
 Coors Events Center (3,423)
Boulder, CO
02/22/2018
9:00 pm, P12N 		at No. 10 UCLA L 55–89  14–14 (5–12)
 Pauley Pavilion (902)
Los Angeles, CA
02/24/2018
3:00 pm 		at USC L 53–65  14–15 (5–13)
 Galen Center (2,813)
Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/01/2018
12:30 pm, P12N 		(9) vs. (8) Utah
First Round 		W 66–56  15–15
 KeyArena 
Seattle, WA
03/02/2018
12:30 pm, P12N 		(9) vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon
Quarterfinals 		L 47–84  15–16
 KeyArena 
Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

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2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season		 Week
2		 Week
3		 Week
4		 Week
5		 Week
6		 Week
7		 Week
8		 Week
9		 Week
10		 Week
11		 Week
12		 Week
13		 Week
14		 Week
15		 Week
16		 Week
17		 Week
18		 Week
19		 Final
AP N/A
Coaches
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

References

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  1. ^ Print 2017-18 Women's Basketball Information Guide. "University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics". CUBuffs.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  2. ^ Mechelle Voepel. "Colorado Buffaloes Women's Basketball - Buffaloes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  3. ^ Colorado Buffaloes. "Colorado Buffaloes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
  4. ^ "University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics". CUBuffs.com. Retrieved February 25, 2018.
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