2017–18 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team

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Ranking
Coaches	No. 2
AP	No. 2

2017–18 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	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 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represent Baylor University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach is Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 17th season. The team plays its home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and are members of the Big 12 Conference.

Previous season

For the 2016–17 season, Baylor finished 33–4, 17–1 in the Big 12 to win the regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 Women's Tournament, where they were upset by West Virginia. They earned an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament as a No. 1 seed, where they defeated Texas Southern and California in the first and second rounds, Louisville in the sweet sixteen before losing to Mississippi State in the elite eight.

Roster

2017–18 Baylor Bears women's basketball team

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
F	1	Dekeiya Cohen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Sr	West Ashley HS	Charleston, SC
G	2	Didi Richards	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	Fr	Cypress Ranch HS	Cypress, TX
G	3	Trinity Oliver	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Fr	Trinity HS	Euless, TX
G	4	Kristy Wallace	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	Sr	John Paul College	Loganholme, Australia
G	11	Alexis Morris	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	Fr	Legacy Christian Academy	Beaumont, TX
G	12	Moon Ursin	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	Fr	Destrehan HS	Destrehan, LA
F	15	Lauren Cox	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	So	Flower Mound HS	Flower Mound, TX
G	20	Calveion Landrum	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	La Vega HS	Waco, TX
C	21	Kalani Brown	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	Jr	Salmen HS	Slidell, LA
G	24	Natalie Chou	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	So	Plano West HS	Plano, TX

Head coach

Kim Mulkey (Louisiana Tech)

Assistant coach(es)

Bill Brock (Southeastern Oklahoma State)
Sytia Messer (Arkansas)
Toyelle Wilson (Manhattan)

Legend

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

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
10/31/2017* 7:00 PM	No. 3	Tarleton State	W 122–44		Ferrell Center (4,931) Waco, TX
11/06/2017* 7:00 PM	No. 3	Washburn	W 117–33		Ferrell Center (4,736) Waco, TX
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 PM	No. 3	Lamar	W 121–62	1–0	Ferrell Center (5,410) Waco, TX
11/12/2017* 2:00 PM	No. 3	Coppin State	W 100–54	2–0	Ferrell Center (4,939) Waco, TX
11/14/2017* 6:30 PM, FCS	No. 3	Central Arkansas	W 86–55	3–0	Ferrell Center (4,939) Waco, TX
11/18/2017* 1:00 PM	No. 3	at No. 8 UCLA	L 68–82	3–1	Pauley Pavilion (3,912) Los Angeles, CA
11/23/2017* 7:00 PM	No. 8	vs. Missouri State Junkanoo Jam semifinals	W 100–58	4–1	Gateway Christian Academy Bimini, Bahamas
11/25/2017* 7:00 PM	No. 8	vs. Georgia Tech Junkanoo Jam finals	W 80–57	5–1	Gateway Christian Academy Bimini, Bahamas
11/30/2017* 7:00 PM, FCS	No. 9	No. 20 Kentucky Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 90–63	6–1	Ferrell Center (5,356) Waco, TX
12/03/2017* 11:00 AM, FS1	No. 9	No. 16 Stanford	W 81–57	7–1	Ferrell Center (8,012) Waco, TX
12/05/2017* 7:00 PM	No. 8	North Dakota	W 105–43	8–1	Ferrell Center (4,788) Waco, TX
12/13/2017* 12:00 PM, FSSW	No. 6	McNeese State	W 95–34	9–1	Ferrell Center (6,583) Waco, TX
12/18/2017* 7:00 PM, ELVN	No. 6	at Nicholls State	W 85–43	10–1	Stopher Gym (1,034) Thibodaux, LA
Big 12 regular season
12/28/2017 7:00 PM, Cox Kansas	No. 6	at Kansas State	W 88–58	11–1 (1–0)	Bramlage Coliseum (3,396) Manhattan, KS
12/31/2017 1:00 PM, ESPNU	No. 6	Texas Tech	W 97–49	12–1 (2–0)	Ferrell Center (5,540) Waco, TX
01/03/2018 7:00 PM, FSSW+	No. 6	Iowa State	W 89–49	13–1 (3–0)	Ferrell Center (5,113) Waco, TX
01/06/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3	No. 6	at Kansas	W 83–48	14–1 (4–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (2,216) Lawrence, KS
01/14/2018 1:00 PM, FS1	No. 5	at Oklahoma	W 74–52	15–1 (5–0)	Lloyd Noble Center (3,510) Norman, OK
01/17/2018 7:00 PM, FSN	No. 4	at Iowa State	W 79–50	16–1 (6–0)	Hilton Coliseum (9,510) Ames, IA
01/20/2018 6:00 PM, FSSW	No. 4	Kansas State	W 75–50	17–1 (7–0)	Ferrell Center (6,131) Waco, TX
01/25/2018 6:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 3	No. 6 Texas	W 81–56	18–1 (8–0)	Ferrell Center (9,286) Waco, TX
01/28/2018 2:00 PM, FS1	No. 3	at No. 20 West Virginia	W 83–72	19–1 (9–0)	WVU Coliseum (5,073) Morgantown, WV
01/31/2018 6:30 PM, FSSW	No. 3	No. 23 Oklahoma State	W 77–64	20–1 (10–0)	Ferrell Center (5,260) Waco, TX
02/03/2018 2:00 PM	No. 3	at Texas Tech	W 90–44	21–1 (11–0)	United Supermarkets Arena (3,207) Lubbock, TX
02/05/2018 8:00 PM, FS1	No. 3	Oklahoma	W 74–65	22–1 (12–0)	Ferrell Center (5,324) Waco, TX
02/10/2018 7:00 PM, FSSW+	No. 3	No. 24 TCU	W 83–63	23–1 (13–0)	Ferrell Center (6,524) Waco, TX
02/13/2018 7:00 PM, FSSW+	No. 3	at No. 21 Oklahoma State	W 87–45	24–1 (14–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,702) Stillwater, OK
02/17/2018 1:00 PM, FSSW	No. 3	Kansas	W 88–51	25–1 (15–0)	Ferrell Center (6,416) Waco, TX
02/19/2018 7:00 PM, ESPN2	No. 3	at No. 6 Texas	W 93–87	26–1 (16–0)	Frank Erwin Center (6,642) Austin, TX
02/24/2018 5:00 PM	No. 3	at TCU	W 85–53	27–1 (17–0)	Schollmaier Arena (3,186) Fort Worth, TX
02/26/2018 8:00 PM, FS1	No. 3	West Virginia	W 80–54	28–1 (18–0)	Ferrell Center (6,671) Waco, TX
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2018 1:30 PM, FSN	(1) No. 3	vs. (8) Kansas State Quarterfinals	W 83–54	29–1	Chesapeake Energy Arena (4,047) Oklahoma City, OK
03/04/2018 2:00 PM, FS1	(1) No. 3	vs. (5) TCU Semifinals	W 94–48	30–1	Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK
03/05/2018 8:00 PM, FS1	(1) No. 2	vs. (2) No. 8 Texas Championship Game	W 77–69	31–1	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,520) Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2018* 6:30 PM, ESPN2	(2 L) No. 2	(15 L) Grambling State First Round	W 96–46	32–1	Ferrell Center (4,933) Waco, TX
03/18/2018* 7:00 PM, ESPN2	(2 L) No. 2	(7 L) Michigan Second Round	W 80–58	33–1	Ferrell Center (4,114) Waco, TX
03/23/2018* 6:00 PM, ESPN	(2 L) No. 2	vs. (6 L) No. 13 Oregon State Sweet Sixteen			Rupp Arena Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Central Time.

Source: ^[2]

Rankings

Regular season ranking movement
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. ██ Not ranked the previous week. RV=Received votes.
Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	3	3	8	9	8	6	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	N/A
Coaches	3	N/A	9	9	8	6	6	6	6	5	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2

References

^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
^ "Baylor Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". baylorbears.com.

[1] "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.

[2] "Baylor Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". baylorbears.com.

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