2017–18 Michigan State Spartans Women's Basketball Team
The 2017–18 Michigan State Spartans women's basketball team represented Michigan State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spartans, led by 11th-year head coach Suzy Merchant, played their home games at the Breslin Center in East Lansing, Michigan as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 7–9 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for ninth place. They lost in the second round of the 2018 Big Ten Conference women's basketball tournament, Big Ten women's tournament to 2017–18 Indiana Hoosiers women's basketball team, Indiana. They received an at-large bid to the 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament, Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated 2017–18 Cincinnati Bearcats women's basketball team, Cincinnati and 2017–18 Toledo Rockets women's basketball team, Toledo before losing to 2017v18 South Dakota Coyotes women's basketball team, South Dakota in the third round. Previous seaso ...
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Suzy Merchant
Suzy Merchant (born July 26, 1969) most recently served as head basketball coach for the Michigan State University Women's Basketball team. She is married to Gary Rakan and has two sons, Tyler Rakan and Brady Rakan. Coaching career Saginaw Valley State After inheriting a team with a losing record, Merchant quickly built the SVSU program into a winner, compiling a 54–29 record during her three-year tenure as head coach. During her first season, the team earned a 15–11 record before going 19–11 in the following year. The latter achievement earned the team a berth into the NCAA Division II Tournament for the second time in school history. In her final season, Saginaw Valley State collected a 20–7 record, and was ranked as high as 15th in the nation during the season. Eastern Michigan While at EMU, she compiled a record of 147–91 (.618), including three 20-win seasons, three postseason appearances and two Mid-American Conference West Division titles. Merchant's 2003†...
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