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2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team
Intercollegiate basketball season
The 2017–18 Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball team represented Marquette University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Eagles, led by fourth year head coach Carolyn Kieger, play their home games at the Al McGuire Center and were members of the Big East Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 24–10, 16–2 in Big East in Big East play to share the Big East regular season title with DePaul. They advanced to the championship game of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to DePaul. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Dayton in the first round before losing to Louisville in the second round.
Quick Facts Marquette Golden Eagles women's basketball, Big East regular season co-champions ...
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Big East regular season co-champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round | |
| Conference | Big East |
| Record | 24–10 (15–3 Big East) |
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| Home arena | Al McGuire Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| DePaul † | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 27 | – | 8 | .771 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Marquette | 15 | – | 3 | .833 | 24 | – | 10 | .706 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Villanova | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 23 | – | 9 | .719 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Creighton | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 19 | – | 13 | .594 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| St. John's | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 19 | – | 15 | .559 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgetown | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Seton Hall | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 16 | – | 16 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Butler | 6 | – | 12 | .333 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Xavier | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Providence | 3 | – | 15 | .167 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| † 2018 Big East tournament winner As of 25 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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They finished the season 25–8, 13–5 in Big East play to finish in third place. They won the Big East tournament title for the first time in school history and earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they got upset by Quinnipiac in the first round.
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More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...
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Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| 11/06/2017* 1:00 pm |
No. 17 | Minnesota State | W 78–75 | Al McGuire Center Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
| 11/13/2017* 8:00 pm |
No. 16 | at New Mexico | L 87–88 | 0–1 |
Dreamstyle Arena (4,169) Albuquerque, NM | ||||||
| 11/19/2017* 3:00 pm |
No. 16 | Loyola (MD) | W 83–63 | 1–1 |
Al McGuire Center (806) Milwaukee, WI | ||||||
| 11/23/2017* 5:30 pm |
No. 20 | vs. No. 12 Tennessee Cancún Challenge Riviera Division |
L 99–101 OT | 1–2 |
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, Mexico | ||||||
| 11/24/2017* 8:00 pm |
No. 20 | vs. Montana Cancún Challenge Riviera Division |
W 87–68 | 2–2 |
Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (982) Cancún, Mexico | ||||||
| 11/28/2017* 11:30 am |
No. 23 | Loyola–Chicago | W 92–30 | 3–2 |
Al McGuire Center (3,700) Milwaukee, WI | ||||||
| 12/04/2017* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 |
No. 23 | at Green Bay | L 55–63 | 3–3 |
Kress Events Center (2,865) Green Bay, WI | ||||||
| 12/04/2017* 7:00 pm |
Wisconsin | W 88–65 | 4–3 |
Al McGuire Center (2,865) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 12/07/2017* 6:00 pm |
at No. 24 Michigan | L 76–82 | 4–4 |
Crisler Center (1,962) Ann Arbor, MI | |||||||
| 12/10/2017* 3:00 pm |
Army | W 83–53 | 5–4 |
Al McGuire Center (1,219) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 12/17/2017* 4:00 pm, FSWI |
at Milwaukee | W 83–68 | 6–4 |
Klotsche Center (874) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 12/20/2017* 2:00 pm, ACCN |
at No. 2 Notre Dame | L 85–91 OT | 6–5 |
Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,456) South Bend, IN | |||||||
| Big East regular season | |||||||||||
| 12/28/2017 7:30 pm, FS2 |
St. John's | W 74–72 OT | 7–5 (1–0) |
Al McGuire Center (1,479) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 12/30/2017 7:30 pm, BEDN |
Seton Hall | W 74–72 | 8–5 (2–0) |
Al McGuire Center (1,392) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 01/04/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI |
DePaul | W 93–81 | 9–5 (3–0) |
Al McGuire Center (1,626) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 01/07/2018 1:00 pm, FS2 |
at Creighton | W 92–77 | 10–5 (4–0) |
D. J. Sokol Arena (1,109) Omaha, NE | |||||||
| 01/10/2018 6:00 pm, BEDN |
at Providence | W 77–60 | 11–5 (5–0) |
Alumni Hall (257) Providence, RI | |||||||
| 01/12/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN |
Butler | W 69–67 | 12–5 (6–0) |
Al McGuire Center (1,707) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 01/14/2018 2:00 pm, BEDN |
Xavier | W 88–67 | 13–5 (7–0) |
Al McGuire Center (2,003) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 01/19/2018 6:00 pm, BEDN |
at Georgetown | L 58–85 | 13–6 (7–1) |
McDonough Gymnasium (877) Washington, D.C. | |||||||
| 01/21/2018 11:00 am, FS1 |
at Villanova | W 67–57 | 14–6 (8–1) |
Jake Nevin Field House (701) Villanova, PA | |||||||
| 01/29/2018 8:00 pm, FS1 |
at DePaul | L 83–95 | 14–7 (8–2) |
McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,381) Chicago, IL | |||||||
| 02/02/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN |
Providence | W 94–63 | 15–7 (9–2) |
Al McGuire Center (2,019) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 02/04/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI |
Creighton | L 73–74 | 15–8 (9–3) |
Al McGuire Center (1,612) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 02/09/2018 7:00 pm, FS2 |
at Xavier | W 80–63 | 16–8 (10–3) |
Cintas Center (1,483) Cincinnati, OH | |||||||
| 02/11/2018 12:00 pm, BEDN |
at Butler | W 78–59 | 17–8 (11–3) |
Hinkle Fieldhouse (1,317) Indianapolis, IN | |||||||
| 02/16/2018 11:30 am, BEDN |
Villanova | W 90–69 | 18–8 (12–3) |
Al McGuire Center (2,438) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 02/18/2018 2:00 pm, BEDN/FSWI |
Georgetown | W 71–68 | 19–8 (13–3) |
Al McGuire Center (2,245) Milwaukee, WI | |||||||
| 02/23/2018 6:00 pm, BEDN |
at Seton Hall | W 81–54 | 20–8 (14–3) |
Walsh Gymnasium (1,074) South Orange, NJ | |||||||
| 02/25/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN |
at St. John's | W 76–57 | 21–8 (15–3) |
Carnesecca Arena (1,069) Queens, NY | |||||||
| Big East Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/04/2018 12:00 pm, FS2 |
(1) | vs. (8) Butler Quarterfinals |
W 73–61 | 22–8 |
Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | ||||||
| 03/04/2018 3:00 pm, FS1 |
(1) | vs. (4) Creighton Semifinals |
W 76–70 | 23–8 |
Wintrust Arena Chicago, IL | ||||||
| 03/06/2018 6:00 pm, FS1 |
(1) | vs. (2) DePaul Championship Game |
L 63–98 | 23–9 |
Wintrust Arena (2,264) Chicago, IL | ||||||
| NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| 03/16/2018* 1:30 pm, ESPN2 |
(8 L) | vs. (9 L) Dayton First Round |
W 84–65 | 24–9 |
KFC Yum! Center (7,229) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| 03/18/2018* 11:00 am, ESPN2 |
(8 L) | at (1 L) No. 3 Louisville Second Round |
L 72–90 | 24–10 |
KFC Yum! Center (8,017) Louisville, KY | ||||||
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2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
More information Poll, Pre- season ...
| 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 | 17 | 16 | 20 | 23 | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A |
| Coaches | 19 | N/A | 20 | 23 | RV | NR | NR | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
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| Increase in ranking | ||
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| No Change | ||
| (RV) | Received Votes | |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |
- "2017-18 Preseason Information" (PDF). Marquette University. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 5, 2018. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
- "Marquette Golden Eagles Women's Basketball - Golden Eagles News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- "Marquette Golden Eagles on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved February 21, 2018.
- "Marquette Women's Basketball Official Schedule Marquette Golden Eagles Official Athletic Site". Gomarquette.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved February 21, 2018.