2017–18 USC Trojans Women's Basketball Team
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The 2017–18 USC Trojans 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 Trojans, led by first year head coach, 6th overall
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, played their home games at the
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and were members of the
Pac-12 Conference The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate List of NCAA conferences, athletic conference in the Western United States. It participates at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) NCAA Division I, Division I level for all sports, and its Co ...
. They finished the season 20–11, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in seventh place. They defeated Washington State in the first round before losing to Stanford in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to Stanford. They would have clinched the automatic berth to the
2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament The 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament was an annual single-elimination tournament of 64 NCAA Division I teams that were not selected to participate in the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, 2018 Women's NCAA tournament. ...
, but declined to participate, despite being the highest-ranked non-NCAA team in the Pac-12.


Previous season

They finished the season 14–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to California. After that game, Coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke resigned.


Roster


Schedule

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Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings


See also

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2017–18 USC Trojans men's basketball team The 2017–18 USC Trojans men's basketball team represented the University of Southern California during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. Led by fifth-year head coach Andy Enfield, they played their home games at the Gale ...


References

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