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Ranking
CoachesNo. 8
APNo. 8
Associate head coachTina Thompson
2017–18 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 2 Baylor 18 0   1.000 33 2   .943
No. 8 Texas 15 3   .833 28 7   .800
Oklahoma State 11 7   .611 21 11   .656
Oklahoma 11 7   .611 16 15   .516
TCU 9 9   .500 23 13   .639
West Virginia 8 10   .444 25 12   .676
Iowa State 7 11   .389 14 17   .452
Kansas State 7 11   .389 18 16   .529
Kansas 3 15   .167 12 18   .400
Texas Tech 1 17   .056 7 23   .233
2018 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll [1]

The 2017–18 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represents the University of Texas at Austin in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It is head coach Karen Aston's sixth season at Texas. The Longhorns are members of the Big 12 Conference and play their home games at the Frank Erwin Center.

Previous season

They are coming off a season in which they finished the season 25–9, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place and advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to West Virginia. They received at-large bid of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament where they defeated Central Arkansas and NC State in the first and second rounds before losing to Stanford in the Sweet Sixteen.

Off-season

Departures

Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Notes
Lang Kelsey 40 C 6'5" Senior The Woodlands, TX Graduated
Brianna Taylor 20 G 5'9" Senior Houston, TX Graduated
Tasia Forman 22 G 5'4" Junior Duncanville, TX Transferred to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi

Joyner Holmes not on roster unil 23 December, 2017 due to undisclosed violation.

Recruits

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes
Name Hometown High school / college Height Weight Commit date
Destiny Littleton
G
La Jolla, CA The Bishop's School 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 97
Chastity Patterson
G
Houston, TX North Shore 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 98
Rellah Boothe
F
Ocala, FL IMG Academy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) N/A  
Recruiting star ratings: RivalsN/A   247SportsN/A    ESPN:5/5 stars   ESPN grade: 98
Overall recruiting rankings:
  • Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight.
  • In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale.

Sources:

  • "2017 Player Commits". ESPN.com. Retrieved 6 November 2017.

Roster

2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 4 Destiny Littleton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr The Bishop's School La Jolla, CA
G 1 Alecia Sutton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Parkway North St. Louis, MO
F 5 Jordan Hosey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Manvel Pearland, TX
G 10 Lashann Higgs 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Cedar Ridge Round Rock, TX
G 11 Brooke McCarty 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Sr Clear Springs League City, TX
G/F 12 Jada Underwood 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Horn Mesquite, TX
F 14 Olamide Aborowa 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Neumann-Goretti Ondo, Nigeria
G 15 Chastity Patterson 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Fr North Shore Houston, TX
G 23 Ariel Atkins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Duncanville Duncanville, TX
F 30 Khaléann Caron-Goudreau 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) RS Jr IMG Academy
Vanderbilt
Gatineau, QE
F 31 Audrey-Ann Caron-Goudreau 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr IMG Academy
Gulf Coast State College
Gatineau, QE
F 23 Rellah Boothe 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr IMG Academy Ocala, FL
F/C 40 Jatarie White 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Providence Day
South Carolina
Charlotte, NC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[2]

Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site
city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2017*
1:00 PM, LHN
No. 2 Oklahoma City W 99–36 
Frank Erwin Center (1,184)
Austin, TX
Regular season
11/12/2017*
1:00 PM, LHN
No. 2 Stetson W 95–59  1–0
Frank Erwin Center (3,415)
Austin, TX
11/15/2017*
11:00 AM, LHN
No. 2 McNeese State W 100–34  2–0
Frank Erwin Center (7,651)
Austin, TX
11/17/2017*
7:00 PM, LHN
No. 2 UTSA W 120–70  3–0
Frank Erwin Center (3,135)
Austin, TX
11/24/2017*
5:30 PM
No. 2 vs. LSU
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 75–66  4–0
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
11/25/2017*
3:15 PM
No. 2 vs. Washington
South Point Thanksgiving Shootout
W 92–68  5–0
South Point Arena 
Enterprise, NV
11/30/2017*
7:00 PM, LHN
No. 2 Louisiana Tech W 88–54  6–0
Frank Erwin Center (2,956)
Austin, TX
12/03/2017*
3:00 PM, SECN
No. 2 at Georgia
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge
W 81–53  7–0
Stegeman Coliseum (3,390)
Athens, GA
12/10/2017*
2:00 PM, ESPN2
No. 2 at No. 11 Tennessee L 75–82  7–1
Thompson–Boling Arena (9,651)
Knoxville, TN
12/13/2017*
7:00 PM, LHN
No. 8 Northwestern State W 68–44  8–1
Frank Erwin Center (3,461)
Austin, TX
12/17/2017*
11:30 AM, FS1
No. 8 No. 12 Florida State W 87–72  9–1
Frank Erwin Center (4,202)
Austin, TX
12/28/2017
7:00 PM, FCSC
No. 8 at Oklahoma W 88–78  10–1
(1–0)
Lloyd Noble Center (3,391)
Norman, OK
12/31/2017
3:30 PM, FSN
No. 8 No. 9 West Virginia W 79–58  11–1
(2–0)
Frank Erwin Center (3,391)
Austin, TX
01/03/2018
7:00 PM, LHN
No. 8 No. 20 Oklahoma State W 84–79  12–1
(3–0)
Frank Erwin Center (3,240)
Austin, TX
01/07/2018
1:00 PM, ESPNU
No. 8 at Kansas State W 75–64  13–1
(4–0)
Bramlage Coliseum (3,908)
Manhattan, KS
01/10/2018
8:00 PM, FSSW+
No. 7 at TCU L 77–79  13–2
(4–1)
Schollmaier Arena (2,150)
Fort Worth, TX
01/13/2018
1:00 PM, LHN
No. 7 Kansas W 79–62  14–2
(5–1)
Frank Erwin Center (4,015)
Austin, TX
01/15/2018*
6:00 PM, ESPN2
No. 9 No. 1 Connecticut L 71–75  14–3
Frank Erwin Center (11,877)
Austin, TX
01/20/2018
3:00 PM, FSN
No. 9 at Texas Tech W 90–49  15–3
(6–1)
United Supermarkets Arena (5,330)
Lubbock, TX
01/25/2018
6:00 PM, ESPN2
No. 6 at No. 3 Baylor L 56–81  15–4
(6–2)
Ferrell Center (9,286)
Waco, TX
01/27/2018
7:00 PM, LHN
No. 6 Iowa State W 87–55  16–4
(7–2)
Frank Erwin Center (4,446)
Austin, TX
01/31/2018
7:00 PM, ESPN3
No. 8 at Kansas W 55–41  17–4
(8–2)
Allen Fieldhouse (1,625)
Lawrence, KS
02/03/2018
12:00 PM, LHN
No. 8 No. 22 TCU W 92–65  18–4
(9–2)
Frank Erwin Center (6,023)
Austin, TX
02/05/2018
6:00 PM, FS1
No. 6 at West Virginia W 73–55  19–4
(10–2)
WVU Coliseum (2,149)
Morgantown, WV
02/10/2018
7:00 PM, LHN
No. 6 Kansas State W 76–54  20–4
(11–2)
Frank Erwin Center (3,900)
Austin, TX
02/14/2018
7:00 PM, LHN
No. 6 Texas Tech W 87–72  21–4
(12–2)
Frank Erwin Center (3,082)
Austin, TX
02/17/2018
2:00 PM, FSOK
No. 6 at No. 21 Oklahoma State W 77–62  22–4
(13–2)
Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,131)
Stillwater, OK
02/19/2018
6:00 PM, ESPN2
No. 6 No. 3 Baylor L 87–93  22–5
(13–3)
Frank Erwin Center (6,642)
Austin, TX
02/24/2018
5:00 PM, FSN
No. 6 at Iowa State W 72–59  23–5
(14–3)
Hilton Coliseum (10,061)
Ames, IA
02/27/2018
6:00 PM, FS1
No. 7 Oklahoma W 79–66  24–5
(15–3)
Frank Erwin Center (4,207)
Austin, TX
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2018
6:00 PM, FSN
(2) No. 7 vs. (7) Iowa State
Quarterfinals
W 81–69  25–5
Chesapeake Energy Arena 
Oklahoma City, OK
03/04/2018
4:30 PM, FS1
(2) No. 7 vs. (6) West Virginia
Semifinals
W 68–55  26–5
Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,832)
Oklahoma City, OK
03/05/2018
8:00 PM, FS1
(2) No. 8 vs. (1) No. 2 Baylor
Championship Game
L 69–77  26–6
Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,520)
Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018*
5:00 PM, ESPN2
(2 KC) No. 8 (15 KC) Maine
First Round
W 83–54  27–6
Frank Erwin Center (3,878)
Austin, TX
03/19/2018*
8:00 PM, ESPN2
(2 KC) No. 8 (7 KC) Arizona State
Second Round
W 85–65  28–6
Frank Erwin Center (3,286)
Austin, TX
03/23/2018*
8:00 PM, ESPN2
(2 KC) No. 8 vs. (3 KC) No. 9 UCLA
Sweet Sixteen
Sprint Center 
Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
KC=Kansas City Region.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
Season
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18
Week
19
Final
AP 2 2 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 7 9 6 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 N/A
Coaches 6 N/A 4 4 8 8 8 8 7 9 6 8 6 6 6 7 8 8
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

2017–18 media

Television & Radio information

Most University of Texas home games will be shown on the Longhorn Network, and select games will be available through FSN affiliates. Women's basketball games will also be carried on the radio via KVET.


See also

References