The 2017–18 UCF Knights women's basketball team represented the

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during the 2017–18

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basketball season. The Knights competed in Division I of the

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(NCAA) and the

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(The American). The Knights, in the program's 41st season of basketball, were led by second-year head coach

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, and played their home games at the CFE Arena on the university's main campus in

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. They finished the season 22–11, 12–4 in AAC play to finish in third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the American Athletic women's tournament, where they lost to South Florida. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitational Tournament, where they defeated Jacksonville in the first round before losing to Alabama in the second round.

Media

All UCF games will have an audio or video broadcast available. For conference play, UCF games will typically be available on

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AAC Digital
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UCF Knights All-Access
Road games not on ESPN3 or AAC Digital will have an audio broadcast available on th
UCF Portal
All non-conference home games will be streamed exclusively on UCF Knights All-Access. Select non-conference road games will have a stream available through the opponents website. The audio broadcast for home games will only be available through UCF Knights All-Access.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

References

External links