2017–18_Texas_Longhorns_women's_basketball_team

2017–18 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
2017–18 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 10
AP	No. 8
Record	28–7 (15–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Karen Aston (6th season);
Associate head coach	Tina Thompson
Assistant coaches	Jamie Carey; George Washington;
Home arena	Frank Erwin Center
	Seasons ← 2016–17 2018–19 →

2017–18 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

The 2017–18 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's sixth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 28–7, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament where they lost to Baylor. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they defeated Maine and Arizona State in the first and second rounds before losing to UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen.

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2017* 1:00 pm, LHN	No. 2	Oklahoma City	W 99–36		Frank Erwin Center (1,184) Austin, TX
Regular season
11/12/2017* 1:00 pm, LHN	No. 2	Stetson	W 95–59	1–0	Frank Erwin Center (3,415) Austin, TX
11/15/2017* 11:00 am, LHN	No. 2	McNeese State	W 100–34	2–0	Frank Erwin Center (7,651) Austin, TX
11/17/2017* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 2	UTSA	W 120–70	3–0	Frank Erwin Center (3,135) Austin, TX
11/24/2017* 5:30 pm	No. 2	vs. LSU South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 75–66	4–0	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
11/25/2017* 3:15 pm	No. 2	vs. Washington South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 92–68	5–0	South Point Arena Enterprise, NV
11/30/2017* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 2	Louisiana Tech	W 88–54	6–0	Frank Erwin Center (2,956) Austin, TX
12/03/2017* 3:00 pm, SECN	No. 2	at Georgia Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 81–53	7–0	Stegeman Coliseum (3,390) Athens, GA
12/10/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 2	at No. 11 Tennessee	L 75–82	7–1	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,651) Knoxville, TN
12/13/2017* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 8	Northwestern State	W 68–44	8–1	Frank Erwin Center (3,461) Austin, TX
12/17/2017* 11:30 am, FS1	No. 8	No. 12 Florida State	W 87–72	9–1	Frank Erwin Center (4,202) Austin, TX
12/28/2017 7:00 pm, FCSC	No. 8	at Oklahoma	W 88–78	10–1 (1–0)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,391) Norman, OK
12/31/2017 3:30 pm, FSN	No. 8	No. 9 West Virginia	W 79–58	11–1 (2–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,391) Austin, TX
01/03/2018 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 8	No. 20 Oklahoma State	W 84–79	12–1 (3–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,240) Austin, TX
01/07/2018 1:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 8	at Kansas State	W 75–64	13–1 (4–0)	Bramlage Coliseum (3,908) Manhattan, KS
01/10/2018 8:00 pm, FSSW+	No. 7	at TCU	L 77–79	13–2 (4–1)	Schollmaier Arena (2,150) Fort Worth, TX
01/13/2018 1:00 pm, LHN	No. 7	Kansas	W 79–62	14–2 (5–1)	Frank Erwin Center (4,015) Austin, TX
01/15/2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 9	No. 1 Connecticut	L 71–75	14–3	Frank Erwin Center (11,877) Austin, TX
01/20/2018 3:00 pm, FSN	No. 9	at Texas Tech	W 90–49	15–3 (6–1)	United Supermarkets Arena (5,330) Lubbock, TX
01/25/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	at No. 3 Baylor	L 56–81	15–4 (6–2)	Ferrell Center (9,286) Waco, TX
01/27/2018 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 6	Iowa State	W 87–55	16–4 (7–2)	Frank Erwin Center (4,446) Austin, TX
01/31/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 8	at Kansas	W 55–41	17–4 (8–2)	Allen Fieldhouse (1,625) Lawrence, KS
02/03/2018 12:00 pm, LHN	No. 8	No. 22 TCU	W 92–65	18–4 (9–2)	Frank Erwin Center (6,023) Austin, TX
02/05/2018 6:00 pm, FS1	No. 6	at West Virginia	W 73–55	19–4 (10–2)	WVU Coliseum (2,149) Morgantown, WV
02/10/2018 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 6	Kansas State	W 76–54	20–4 (11–2)	Frank Erwin Center (3,900) Austin, TX
02/14/2018 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 6	Texas Tech	W 87–72	21–4 (12–2)	Frank Erwin Center (3,082) Austin, TX
02/17/2018 2:00 pm, FSOK	No. 6	at No. 21 Oklahoma State	W 77–62	22–4 (13–2)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,131) Stillwater, OK
02/19/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	No. 3 Baylor	L 87–93	22–5 (13–3)	Frank Erwin Center (6,642) Austin, TX
02/24/2018 5:00 pm, FSN	No. 6	at Iowa State	W 72–59	23–5 (14–3)	Hilton Coliseum (10,061) Ames, IA
02/27/2018 6:00 pm, FS1	No. 7	Oklahoma	W 79–66	24–5 (15–3)	Frank Erwin Center (4,207) Austin, TX
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2018 6:00 pm, FSN	(2) No. 7	vs. (7) Iowa State Quarterfinals	W 81–69	25–5	Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK
03/04/2018 4:30 pm, FS1	(2) No. 7	vs. (6) West Virginia Semifinals	W 68–55	26–5	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,832) Oklahoma City, OK
03/05/2018 8:00 pm, FS1	(2) No. 8	vs. (1) No. 2 Baylor Championship Game	L 69–77	26–6	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,520) Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN2	(2 KC) No. 8	(15 KC) Maine First Round	W 83–54	27–6	Frank Erwin Center (3,878) Austin, TX
03/19/2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	(2 KC) No. 8	(7 KC) Arizona State Second Round	W 85–65	28–6	Frank Erwin Center (3,286) Austin, TX
03/23/2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	(2 KC) No. 8	vs. (3 KC) No. 9 UCLA Sweet Sixteen	L 75–84	28–7	Sprint Center (4,280) Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. KC=Kansas City Region. All times are in Central Time.

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"2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

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"2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".

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Name	Number	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Notes
Lang Kelsey	40	C	6'5"	Senior	The Woodlands, TX	Graduated
Brianna Taylor	20	G	5'9"	Senior	Houston, TX	Graduated
Tasia Forman	22	G	5'4"	Junior	Duncanville, TX	Transferred to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight
Destiny Littleton G	La Jolla, CA	The Bishop's School	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	N/A
Destiny Littleton G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97
Chastity Patterson G	Houston, TX	North Shore	5 ft 5 in (1.65 m)	N/A
Chastity Patterson G	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Rellah Boothe F	Ocala, FL	IMG Academy	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	N/A
Rellah Boothe F	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98
Overall recruiting rankings:
Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: "2017 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved November 6, 2017.

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	2	2	2	2	2	8	8	8	8	7	9	6	8	6	6	6	7	8	8	N/A
Coaches	6	N/A	4т	4	4	8	8	8	8	7	9	6	8	6	6	6	7	8	8	10

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

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2017–18 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

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v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Baylor †	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

† 2018 Big 12 Tournament winner Rankings from AP poll ^[1]