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2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine Black Bears in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by seventh year head coach Richard Barron and interim head coach Amy Vachon, play their home games at the Cross Insurance Center with 2 games played at Memorial Gym and are members of the America East Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 23–10, 15–1 in America East play to win the America East Regular Season. They also won the America East women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2004. They lost to Texas in the first round.
Quick Facts Maine Black Bears women's basketball, America East Regular Season and Tournament champions ...
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America East Regular Season and Tournament champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round | |
| Conference | America East Conference |
| Record | 23–10 (13–5 America East) |
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| Home arena | Memorial Gym Cross Insurance Center |
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More information Conf, Overall ...
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Maine † | 13 | – | 3 | .813 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Albany | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Binghamton | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stony Brook | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hartford | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| New Hampshire | 9 | – | 7 | .563 | 19 | – | 12 | .613 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vermont | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMBC | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 5 | – | 26 | .161 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| UMass Lowell | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2018 America East tournament winner As of 20 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.
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More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
| Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Exhibition | |||||||||||
| 10/28/2017* 5:00 pm |
Stonehill | L 49–68 | Cross Insurance Center (1,250) Bangor, ME | ||||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| 11/10/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Tulane Maine Tip-Off Tournament semifinals |
L 34–42 | 0–1 |
Memorial Gym (1,054) Orono, ME | |||||||
| 11/11/2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Harvard Maine Tip-Off Tournament 3rd place game |
W 76–51 | 1–1 |
Memorial Gym (855) Orono, ME | |||||||
| 11/14/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Bryant | W 70–68 OT | 2–1 |
Cross Insurance Center (1,137) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 11/16/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Maine–Fort Kent | W 100–40 | 3–1 |
Cross Insurance Center (1,082) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 11/24/2017* 4:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at Miami (FL) Miami Thanksgiving Tournament |
L 73–80 | 3–2 |
Watsco Center (713) Coral Gables, FL | |||||||
| 11/26/2017* 2:30 pm |
vs. Kennesaw State Miami Thanksgiving Tournament |
W 75–39 | 4–2 |
Watsco Center (884) Coral Gables, FL | |||||||
| 11/30/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Toledo | L 64–65 OT | 4–3 |
Savage Arena (3,208) Toledo, OH | |||||||
| 12/03/2017* 1:00 pm |
at No. 8 Ohio State | L 70–83 | 4–4 |
Value City Arena (5,879) Columbus, OH | |||||||
| 12/05/2017* 5:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Maine Maritime Academy | W 89–49 | 5–4 |
Cross Insurance Center (1,964) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 12/09/2017* 12:00 pm |
at Dartmouth | W 64–51 | 6–4 |
Leede Arena (571) Hanover, NH | |||||||
| 12/17/2017* 3:00 pm |
at No. 5 Mississippi State | L 43–83 | 6–5 |
Humphrey Coliseum (4,953) Starkville, MS | |||||||
| 12/19/2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at No. 14 Duke | L 39–69 | 6–6 |
Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,053) Durham, NC | |||||||
| 12/28/2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra |
at Boston College | W 61–40 | 7–6 |
Conte Forum (1,337) Chestnut Hill, MA | |||||||
| America East regular season | |||||||||||
| 01/03/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Stony Brook | W 64–56 | 8–6 (1–0) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,103) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 01/06/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Binghamton | L 62–66 OT | 8–7 (1–1) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,282) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 01/10/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3 |
at UMBC | W 64–50 | 9–7 (2–1) |
Retriever Activities Center (2,366) Catonsville, MD | |||||||
| 01/13/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Albany | L 54–68 | 9–8 (2–2) |
SEFCU Arena (921) Albany, NY | |||||||
| 01/15/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Vermont | W 64–55 | 10–8 (3–2) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,584) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 01/18/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Hartford | W 59–44 | 11–8 (4–2) |
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (790) West Hartford, CT | |||||||
| 01/24/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at New Hampshire | W 56–46 | 12–8 (5–2) |
Lundholm Gym (348) Durham, NH | |||||||
| 01/28/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UMBC | W 69–36 | 13–8 (6–2) |
Cross Insurance Center (2,469) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 01/31/2018 11:00 am, ESPN3 |
at UMass Lowell | W 69–51 | 14–8 (7–2) |
Tsongas Center (4,125) Lowell, MA | |||||||
| 02/03/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Binghamton | W 61–38 | 15–8 (8–2) |
Binghamton University Events Center (1,343) Vestal, NY | |||||||
| 02/05/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Hartford | W 59–56 | 16–8 (9–2) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,208) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 02/08/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
New Hampshire | W 77–46 | 17–8 (10–2) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,174) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 02/11/2018 2:00 pm |
at Stony Brook | L 68–76 | 17–9 (10–3) |
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,107) Stony Brook, NY | |||||||
| 02/14/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
UMass Lowell | W 70–65 | 18–9 (11–3) |
Cross Insurance Center (1,141) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| 02/22/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN3 |
at Vermont | W 79–47 | 19–9 (12–3) |
Patrick Gym (505) Burlington, VT | |||||||
| 02/25/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
Albany | W 74–69 OT | 20–9 (13–3) |
Cross Insurance Center (3,140) Bangor, ME | |||||||
| America East Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/03/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(1) | vs. (8) UMBC Quarterfinals |
W 65–43 | 21–9 |
Cross Insurance Arena (2,158) Portland, ME | ||||||
| 03/04/2018 2:00 pm, ESPN3 |
(1) | vs. (5) New Hampshire Semifinals |
W 64–48 | 22–9 |
Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME | ||||||
| 03/09/2018 4:00 pm, ESPNU |
(1) | (6) Hartford Championship Game |
W 75–64 | 23–9 |
Cross Insurance Center (3,373) Bangor, ME | ||||||
| NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/17/2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 |
(15 KC) | at (2 KC) No. 8 Texas First Round |
L 54–83 | 23–10 |
Frank Erwin Center (3,878) Austin, TX | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. KC=Kansas City Region. All times are in Eastern Time. | |||||||||||
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- "Maine Black Bears Women's Basketball - Black Bears News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- Maine Black Bears. "Maine Black Bears on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
- "University of Maine Athletics". Goblackbears.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.