The 2017–18 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team represented the
University of Oklahoma
The University of Oklahoma (OU) is a Public university, public research university in Norman, Oklahoma. Founded in 1890, it had existed in Oklahoma Territory near Indian Territory for 17 years before the two Territories became the state of Oklahom ...
in the
2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 10, 2017 and ended with the Final Four title game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on April 1, 2018. Practices officially began in September 29, 2017.
Season headlin ...
. The Sooners were led by
Sherri Coale
Sherri Kay Coale (born January 19, 1965) is a retired college basketball coach. She was the head coach of the University of Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team for 25 years, from 1996 to 2021. Coale was inducted into the Women's Basketball H ...
in her twenty-second season. The team played its home games at the
Lloyd Noble Center
The Lloyd Noble Center is a 10,967-seat multi-purpose arena located in Norman, Oklahoma, some south of downtown Oklahoma City. It opened in 1975 and is home to the University of Oklahoma men's and women's basketball teams.
History
Before the co ...
in
Norman
Norman or Normans may refer to:
Ethnic and cultural identity
* The Normans, a people partly descended from Norse Vikings who settled in the territory of Normandy in France in the 10th and 11th centuries
** People or things connected with the Norm ...
,
Oklahoma
Oklahoma (; Choctaw language, Choctaw: ; chr, ᎣᎧᎳᎰᎹ, ''Okalahoma'' ) is a U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States, bordered by Texas on the south and west, Kansas on the nor ...
as a member of the
Big 12 Conference
The Big 12 Conference is a college athletic conference headquartered in Irving, Texas, USA. It consists of ten full-member universities. It is a member of Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for all sports. Its ...
. They finished the season 16–15, 11–7 in Big 12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the
Big 12 women's tournament to TCU. They received at-large bid of the
NCAA women's tournament where they lost to DePaul in the first round.
Roster
Schedule
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Big 12 Women's Tournament
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NCAA Women's Tournament
x- Sooner Sports Television (SSTV) is aired locally on
Fox Sports
Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world.
The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the Fo ...
. However the contract allows games to air on various affiliates. Those affiliates are
FSSW,
FSSW+,
FSOK,
FSOK+, and
FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific.
Rankings
2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Two human polls make up the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.
Notable events
Stanford failed to be in the top 25 in the AP Poll releas ...
See also
*
2017–18 Oklahoma Sooners men's basketball team
The 2017–18 Oklahoma Sooners basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. They were led by seventh-year head coach Lon Kruger and played their home games at the Lloyd Noble C ...
References
External links
Official Athletics Site of the Oklahoma Sooners - Women's Basketball
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2017-18
2017–18 Big 12 Conference women's basketball season
2018 in sports in Oklahoma
2017 in sports in Oklahoma
2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament participants