2017–18 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represents the University of Colorado Boulder during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by second year head coach JR Payne, play their home games at the Coors Events Center and were a member of the Pac-12 Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 15–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in ninth place. They defeated Utah in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament before losing to Oregon in the quarterfinals.

2017–18 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic Champions
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2017–18 record	15–16 (5–13 Pac-12)
Head coach	JR Payne (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Toriano Towns Alex Earl Shandrika Lee
Home arena	Coors Events Center

2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
	Conf							Overall
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 17–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Washington State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where defeat UNLV and South Dakota State in the first and second rounds before losing to Iowa in the third round.

Roster

2017–18 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Quinessa Caylao-Do 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Bellevue Tacoma, WA F 1 Janea Bunn 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Spring Central Midland College Springfield, MA G 2 Alexis Robinson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Paul G. Blazer Ashland, KY G 12 Peyton Carter 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Monarch Louisville, CO G 13 Brecca Thomas 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr The Kinkaid School Stafford, TX G 14 Kennedy Leonard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Carroll Southlake, TX C 15 Zoe Correal 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Salesian San Francisco, CA G/F 21 Mya Hollingshed 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Fr Bellaire Houston, TX G 23 Mathilde Diop 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Lycee Gambetta Arizona Western College Dakar, Senegal G 24 Aubrey Knight 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Ventura Ventura, CA F 25 Annika Jank 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Edina Edina, MN G 44 Sara Castro 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr IES Guanarteme Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain C 50 Jamie Curtis 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Jr Rocklin Sierra College Rocklin, CA	Head coach JR Payne (Saint Mary's) Assistant coach(es) Toriano Towns (Saint Mary's) Alex Earl (Arizona State) Shandrika Lee (Pepperdine) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 24, 2018

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017* 2:00 pm		Colorado Christian	W 90–55		Coors Events Center (611) Boulder, CO
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:00 pm		at Samford	W 71–60	1–0	Pete Hanna Center (381) Birmingham, AL
11/12/2017* 12:00 pm		at North Carolina	L 80–87 ^OT	1–1	Carmichael Arena (2,181) Chapel Hill, NC
11/15/2017* 7:00 pm		Florida Atlantic	W 76–69	2–1	Coors Events Center (1,503) Boulder, CO
11/18/2017* 1:00 pm		Miami (FL)	W 67–61	3–1	Coors Events Center (1,450) Boulder, CO
11/24/2017* 12:00 pm		Mississippi Valley State Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic semifinals	W 85–48	4–1	Coors Events Center (1,314) Boulder, CO
11/25/2017* 2:30 pm		George Mason Rocky Mountain Hoops Classic championship	W 76–61	5–1	Coors Events Center (1,441) Boulder, CO
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm		North Dakota State	W 108–59	6–1	Coors Events Center (1,250) Boulder, CO
12/06/2017* 7:00 pm		at Colorado State	W 70–67	7–1	Moby Arena (1,461) Fort Collins, CO
12/11/2017* 7:00 pm		Dartmouth	L 75–81	7–2	Coors Events Center (1,651) Boulder, CO
12/15/2017* 7:00 pm		at Air Force	W 68–43	8–2	Clune Arena (287) Colorado Springs, CO
12/21/2017* 7:00 pm		Westminster (MO)	W 106–47	9–2	Coors Events Center (1,383) Boulder, CO
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2017 7:00 pm, P12N		Arizona State	L 47–72	9–3 (0–1)	Coors Events Center (1,860) Boulder, CO
12/31/2017 1:00 pm		Arizona	W 79–60	10–3 (1–1)	Coors Events Center (1,526) Boulder, CO
01/05/2018 9:00 pm, P12N		at Washington State	L 75–89	10–4 (1–2)	Beasley Coliseum (679) Pullman, WA
01/07/2018 3:00 pm		at Washington	W 66–61	11–4 (2–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,141) Seattle, WA
01/12/2018 6:00 pm, P12N		USC	L 51–86	11–5 (2–3)	Coors Events Center (1,533) Boulder, CO
01/14/2018 4:00 pm, P12N		No. 14 UCLA	L 55–89	11–6 (2–4)	Coors Events Center (2,160) Boulder, CO
01/19/2018 6:00 pm, P12N		at Arizona	L 63–72	11–7 (2–5)	McKale Center (1,426) Tucson, AZ
01/21/2018 2:00 pm, P12N		at No. 22 Arizona State	L 59–73	11–8 (2–6)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,008) Tempe, AZ
01/26/2018 8:00 pm, P12N		No. 7 Oregon	L 55–74	11–9 (2–7)	Coors Events Center (1,525) Boulder, CO
01/28/2018 2:00 pm, P12N		No. 17 Oregon State	L 51–86	11–10 (2–8)	Coors Events Center (3,781) Boulder, CO
02/01/2018 7:00 pm, P12N		at Utah	W 69–65	12–10 (3–8)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,812) Salt Lake City, UT
02/03/2018 12:00 pm, P12N		Utah	L 74–78	12–11 (3–9)	Coors Events Center (1,591) Boulder, CO
02/09/2018 8:00 pm, P12N		at California	L 76–78	12–12 (3–10)	Haas Pavilion (1,774) Berkeley, CA
02/11/2018 4:00 pm, P12N		at No. 17 Stanford	L 66–78	12–13 (3–11)	Maples Pavilion (3,838) Stanford, CA
02/16/2018 7:00 pm		Washington	W 76–56	13–13 (4–11)	Coors Events Center (1,743) Boulder, CO
02/18/2018 12:00 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 72–69	14–13 (5–11)	Coors Events Center (3,423) Boulder, CO
02/22/2018 9:00 pm, P12N		at No. 10 UCLA	L 55–89	14–14 (5–12)	Pauley Pavilion (902) Los Angeles, CA
02/24/2018 3:00 pm		at USC	L 53–65	14–15 (5–13)	Galen Center (2,813) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/01/2018 12:30 pm, P12N	(9)	vs. (8) Utah First Round	W 66–56	15–15	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
03/02/2018 12:30 pm, P12N	(9)	vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon Quarterfinals	L 47–84	15–16	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

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																				N/A
Coaches

Legend

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

References

1. Print 2017-18 Women's Basketball Information Guide. "University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics". CUBuffs.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
2. Mechelle Voepel. "Colorado Buffaloes Women's Basketball - Buffaloes News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
3. Colorado Buffaloes. "Colorado Buffaloes on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.
4. "University of Colorado Buffaloes Athletics". CUBuffs.com. Retrieved 2018-02-25.