2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represents Oregon State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by eighth year head coach Scott Rueck, play their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Arizona State. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Western Kentucky and upset Tennessee in the first and second rounds, Baylor in the sweet sixteen before getting blown out by Louisville in the elite eight.
2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball | |
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NCAA Women's Tournament, Elite Eight | |
Conference | Pac-12 Conference |
Ranking | |
Coaches | No. 8 |
AP | No. 13 |
2017–18 record | 26–8 (14–4 Pac-12) |
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Home arena | Gill Coliseum |
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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
They finished the season 31–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win Pac-12 regular season title. They advanced to the championship game Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Tournament where they defeated Long Beach State and Creighton in the first and second rounds before losing to Florida State in the sweet sixteen.
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/05/2017* 2:00 pm |
No. 19 | Conordia (OR) | W 90–47 | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR | |||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/10/2017* 2:00 pm |
No. 19 | North Dakota | W 65–55 | 1–0 |
Gill Coliseum (3,737) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
11/15/2017* 6:00 pm |
No. 18 | Utah Valley | W 98–41 | 2–0 |
Gill Coliseum (2,925) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
11/19/2017* 11:00 am, P12N |
No. 18 | No. 6 Notre Dame | L 67–72 | 2–1 |
Gill Coliseum (7,570) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
11/22/2017* 11:00 am |
No. 18 | at North Carolina Central | W 97–44 | 3–1 |
McDougald–McLendon Gymnasium (219) Durham, NC | ||||||
11/25/2017* 12:00 pm |
No. 18 | at No. 16 Duke | L 65–72 | 3–2 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,408) Durham, NC | ||||||
12/01/2017* 9:00 pm |
No. 21 | vs. Nevada Maui Classic |
W 89–49 | 4–2 |
War Memorial Gym (785) Wailuku, HI | ||||||
12/02/2017* 9:00 pm |
No. 21 | vs. Utah State Maui Classic |
W 94–55 | 5–2 |
War Memorial Gym (590) Wailuku, HI | ||||||
12/10/2017* 2:00 pm |
No. 19 | San Jose State | W 110–62 | 6–2 |
Gill Coliseum (3,198) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
12/13/2017* 11:00 am |
No. 17 | Savannah State | W 84–36 | 7–2 |
Gill Coliseum (8,280) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
12/16/2017* 5:00 pm, P12N |
No. 17 | vs. UC Santa Barbara Dam City Classic |
W 74–49 | 8–2 |
Moda Center Portland, OR | ||||||
12/20/2017* 6:00 pm |
No. 17 | UC Davis | W 61–47 | 9–2 |
Gill Coliseum (3,474) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
Pac-12 regular season | |||||||||||
12/29/2017 2:00 pm |
No. 17 | Washington | W 75–63 | 10–2 (1–0) |
Gill Coliseum (4,247) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
12/31/2017 11:00 am, P12N |
No. 17 | Washington State | W 71–53 | 11–2 (2–0) |
Gill Coliseum (3,884) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
01/05/2018 6:00 pm, P12N |
No. 16 | at No. 14 UCLA | L 49–84 | 11–3 (2–1) |
Pauley Pavilion (1,986) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
01/07/2018 1:00 pm, P12N |
No. 16 | at USC | L 61–65 | 11–4 (2–2) |
Galen Center (592) Los Angeles, CA | ||||||
01/12/2018 6:00 pm, P12N |
No. 22 | No. 18 Arizona State | W 57–54 | 12–4 (3–2) |
Gill Coliseum (3,954) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
01/14/2018 1:00 pm, P12N |
No. 22 | Arizona | W 88–44 | 13–4 (4–2) |
Gill Coliseum (4,226) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
01/19/2018 8:00 pm, P12N |
No. 18 | No. 7 Oregon Civil War |
W 85–79 OT | 14–4 (5–2) |
Gill Coliseum (6,704) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
01/21/2018 5:00 pm, P12N |
No. 18 | at No. 7 Oregon Civil War |
L 63–75 | 14–5 (5–3) |
Matthew Knight Arena (7,249) Eugene, OR | ||||||
01/26/2018 5:00 pm, P12N |
No. 17 | at Utah | W 69–58 | 15–5 (6–3) |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,566) Salt Lake City, UT | ||||||
01/28/2018 1:00 pm, P12N |
No. 17 | at Colorado | W 86–71 | 16–5 (7–3) |
Coors Events Center (3,781) Boulder, CO | ||||||
02/02/2018 6:00 pm, P12N |
No. 16 | No. 24 Stanford | L 57–60 | 16–6 (7–4) |
Gill Coliseum (5,791) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
02/04/2018 1:00 pm, P12N |
No. 16 | No. 25 California | W 68–48 | 17–6 (8–4) |
Gill Coliseum (3,706) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
02/09/2018 6:00 pm, P12N |
No. 16 | at Washington State | W 63–61 OT | 18–6 (9–4) |
Beasley Coliseum (906) Pullman, WA | ||||||
02/11/2017 3:00 pm, P12N |
No. 16 | at Washington | W 95–57 | 19–6 (10–4) |
Alaska Airlines Arena (2,589) Seattle, WA | ||||||
02/16/2017 8:00 pm, P12N |
No. 15 | No. 7 UCLA | W 67–64 OT | 20–6 (11–4) |
Gill Coliseum (5,011) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
02/18/2018 1:00 pm, P12N |
No. 15 | USC | W 69–63 | 21–6 (12–4) |
Gill Coliseum (4,942) Corvallis, OR | ||||||
02/23/2018 7:00 pm, P12N |
No. 12 | at Arizona | W 65–40 | 22–6 (13–4) |
McKale Center (1,543) Tucson, AZ | ||||||
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, P12N |
No. 12 | at Arizona State | W 64–60 | 23–6 (14–4) |
Wells Fargo Arena (3,258) Tempe, AZ | ||||||
Pac-12 Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/02/2018 8:30 pm, P12N |
(3) No. 10 | vs. (6) Arizona State Quarterfinals |
L 51–57 | 23–7 |
KeyArena (4,741) Seattle, WA | ||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/16/2018* 9:00 am, ESPN2 |
(6 L) No. 13 | vs. (11 L) Western Kentucky First Round |
W 82–58 | 24–7 |
Thompson–Boling Arena Knoxville, TN | ||||||
03/18/2018* 11:00 am, ESPN2 |
(6 L) No. 13 | at (3 L) No. 12 Tennessee Second Round |
W 66–59 | 25–7 |
Thompson–Boling Arena (4,338) Knoxville, TN | ||||||
03/23/2018* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(6 L) No. 13 | vs. (2 L) No. 2 Baylor Sweet Sixteen |
W 72–67 | 26–7 |
Rupp Arena Lexington, KY | ||||||
03/25/2018* 9:00 am, ESPN |
(6 L) No. 13 | vs. (1 L) No. 3 Louisville Elite Eight |
L 43–76 | 26–8 |
Rupp Arena (6,268) Lexington, KY | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Pacific Time. |
Rankings
2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
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 |
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AP | 19 | 18 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 22 | 18 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 13 | N/A |
Coaches | 17 | N/A | 18 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 17 | 17 | 16 | 21 | 19 | 17 | 16 | 16 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
No Change | ||
(RV) | Received Votes | |
(NR) | Not Ranked |
References
- "Media Guide - OSUBeavers.com | Oregon State Athletics". OSUBeavers.com. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- "Oregon State Beavers Women's Basketball - Beavers News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- Oregon State Beavers. "Oregon State Beavers on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- "Oregon State Athletics". OSUBeavers.com. Retrieved 2018-02-24.