The 2017–18 Northern Colorado Bears women's basketball team represented the

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during 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 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Final Four 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, title game at Nationw ...

. 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

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. They finished the season 26–7, 15–3 in Big Sky play to win the Big Sky regular season championship. They defeated

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, Idaho State, and

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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

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in the first round. Ethridge left Northern Colorado on April 16 after four seasons for Washington State. On April 30, former UCLA assistant head coach Jennifer Roulier-Huth was named the new head coach for the Bears.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

References

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Roster

Schedule and results

Rankings

See also

References