2017–18 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team explained

Mode:	Women's Basketball
Year:	2017–18
Team:	Northern Colorado Bears
Conference:	Big Sky Conference
Short Conf:	Big Sky
Record:	26–7
Conf Record:	15–3
Hc Year:	4th
Asst Coach1:	Kelly Moylan
Asst Coach3:	Katie Shepard
Champion:	Big Sky Regular season and tournament champions
Bowl Result:	first round

The 2017–18 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Northern Colorado during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears were led by fourth year head coach Kamie Ethridge, played their home games at the Bank of Colorado Arena as members of the Big Sky Conference.^{[1] [2] [3]} They finished the season 26–7, 15–3 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They defeated Montana, Idaho State, and Idaho to win the Big Sky women's tournament for the first time in program history. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, the school's first. As the No. 10 seed in the Lexington region, they lost to Michigan in the first round.

Ethridge left Northern Colorado on April 16 after four seasons for Washington State.^[4] On April 30, former UCLA assistant head coach Jennifer Roulier-Huth was named the new head coach for the Bears.^[5]

Schedule and results

^[6] |-!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition|-!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Big Sky regular season|-!colspan=9 style=| Big Sky Women's Tournament|-!colspan=9 style=| NCAA Women's Tournament

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

+ Regular season Polls	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	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR										N/A
Coaches	NR	N/A	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

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

See also

• 2017–18 Northern Colorado Bears men's basketball team

Notes and References

1. Web site: Northern Colorado Women's Basketball Game Notes . . April 29, 2022.
2. Web site: Graham Hays . Northern Colorado Bears Women's Basketball - Bears News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More . ESPN . 2017-12-21.
3. Web site: Northern Colorado Bears on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games . Sports.yahoo.com . 2017-12-21.
4. News: Kamie Ethridge named women's basketball coach at Washington St. . Associated Press . ESPN.com . April 16, 2018 . April 16, 2018.
5. News: @UNCBearsWBB Names Jennifer Roulier-Huth Head Coach . Associated Press . uncbears.com . April 30, 2018 . May 18, 2018.
6. Web site: University of Northern Colorado - 2017–18 Women's Basketball Schedule . Uncbears.com . 2017-12-21.