2017–18 BYU Cougars women's basketball team explained

Mode:Women's Basketball
Year:2017–18
Team:BYU Cougars
Conference:West Coast Conference
Short Conf:WCC
Record:16–14
Conf Record:11–7
Hc Year:17th
Asst Coach1:Ray Stewart
Ac1 Year:7th
Asst Coach2:Dan Nielson
Ac2 Year:5th
Asst Coach3:Ashley Garfield[1]
Ac3 Year:1st

The 2017–18 BYU Cougars women's basketball team will represent Brigham Young University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It will be head coach Jeff Judkins's seventeenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at the Marriott Center. They finished the season 16–14, 11–7 in WCC play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the WCC women's tournament to San Diego. They missed the postseason tournament for the first time since 2009.

Before the season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Jessica Chatman 2 F 6'0 Freshman
Makenzi Pulsipher 23 G 5'8 RS Senior Graduated[2]
Kristine Nelson 22 G/F 5'11 RS Senior Graduated[3]
Kalani Purcell 32 F 6'2" Senior Graduated; Invited to training camp with the Dallas Wings[4]
Micaelee Orton 34 F 6'2 Senior Graduated
Brooke Clawson (Romney) 35 F 6'1 RS Junior Graduated
Melinda Bendall XX Asst. Coach Retired from coaching

2017–18 media

BYU Radio Sports Network Affiliates

See also: 2017 BYU Cougars football team, 2017–18 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, 2017 BYU Cougars women's soccer team and 2017 BYU Cougars women's volleyball team.

Cougar games that don't conflict with men's basketball or football games will be featured live on BYU Radio, found nationwide on Dish Network 980, on Sirius XM 143, and online at www.byuradio.org. Home games will be a BYUtv simulcast. Select road games will air on TheW.tv powered by Stadium.

Schedule

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Game summaries

Exhibition: Colorado Mesa

Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Keilani Unga
Starting Lineups:

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Southern Utah

Broadcasters: Robbie Bullough & Makenzi Pulsipher
Series History: BYU leads 18–3
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Washington

Broadcasters: Gary Hill Jr. & Elise Woodward
Series History: Washington leads 6–5
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Eastern Washington

Broadcaster: Luke Byrnes
Series History: BYU leads 3–1
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Utah Valley

Broadcasters: Spencer Linton, Kristen Kozlowski, & Jason Shepherd
Series History: BYU leads 7–0
Starting Lineups:

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Georgia

Broadcaster: Dave McCann & Kristen Kozlowski
Series History: Georgia leads 2–0
Starting Lineups:

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See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Garfield promoted to assistant women's basketball coach. Deseret News. 2017-05-25.
  2. Web site: Banquet honors graduating athletes for academic achievement. Deseret News. 2016-04-22.
  3. Web site: BYU athletes graduating in April 2017. Deseret News. 2017-04-28.
  4. Web site: Dallas Wings of WNBA invite Kalani Purcell to training camp. The Daily Universe. 2017-04-21.