2017–18 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by thirty-second year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 24–11, 14–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Gonzaga and Florida Gulf Coast in the first and second rounds before losing to Louisville in the sweet sixteen.

2017–18 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 13
AP	No. 15
Record	24–11 (14–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Tara VanDerveer (32nd season)
Assistant coaches	Lindy La Rocque Tempie Brown Kate Paye
Home arena	Maples Pavilion

2017–18 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 6 Oregon †	16	–	2		.889			33	–	5		.868
No. 15 Stanford	14	–	3		.824			24	–	11		.686
No. 9 UCLA	14	–	4		.778			27	–	8		.771
No. 13 Oregon State	14	–	4		.778			26	–	8		.765
California	11	–	7		.611			21	–	11		.656
Arizona State	10	–	8		.556			22	–	13		.629
USC	9	–	9		.500			20	–	11		.645
Utah	8	–	10		.444			18	–	14		.563
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			15	–	16		.484
Washington State	3	–	14		.176			10	–	20		.333
Arizona	2	–	16		.111			6	–	24		.200
Washington	1	–	17		.056			7	–	23		.233
† 2018 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of 26 March 2018 Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2017–18 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown C 2 Shannon Coffee 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Jr Centerville Dayton, OH G 3 Anna Wilson 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Bellevue Bellevue, WA F 4 Nadia Fingall 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Choctawhatchee Navarre, FL F 5 Kaylee Johnson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Natrona County Casper, WY F 10 Alyssa Jerome 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Harbord Collegiate Toronto, ON F 11 Alanna Smith 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Wesley College Melbourne, Australia G 12 Brittany McPhee 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Mount Rainier Normandy Park, WA G 13 Marta Sniezek 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr National Cathedral McLean, VA G 14 Mikaela Brewer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Innisdale Secondary School Barrie, ON F 15 Maya Dodson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr St. Francis Alpharetta, GA F 20 Estella Moschkau 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Edgewood Madison, WI G 21 DiJonai Carrington 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Horizon Christian Academy San Diego, CA G 22 Alexa Romano 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr La Cueva Albuquerque, NM G 23 Kiana Williams 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Karen Wagner San Antonio, TX	Head coach Tara VanDerveer (Indiana) Assistant coach(es) Lindy La Rocque (Stanford) Tempie Brown (Michigan) Kate Paye (Stanford) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 12, 2017

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/04/2017* 4:00 pm	No. 10	UC San Diego	W 60–46		Maples Pavilion (2,523) Stanford, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 3:00 pm, BTN	No. 10	at No. 5 Ohio State	L 64–85	0–1	St. John Arena (5,854) Columbus, OH
11/12/2017* 10:30 am, ESPN	No. 10	vs. No. 1 Connecticut Countdown to Columbus/Rivalry	L 53–78	0–2	Nationwide Arena (9,711) Columbus, OH
11/17/2017* 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 14	UC Riverside	W 53–43	1–2	Maples Pavilion (2,266) Stanford, CA
11/19/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 14	Cal State Bakersfield	W 57–34	2–2	Maples Pavilion (2,238) Stanford, CA
11/23/2017* 5:30 pm	No. 14	vs. Kent State Play4Kay Shootout Quarterfinals	W 79–54	3–2	Mandalay Bay Events Center (1,207) Paradise, NV
11/24/2017* 8:00 pm	No. 14	vs. Belmont Play4Kay Shootout Semifinals	W 74–53	4–2	Mandalay Bay Events Center (1,221) Paradise, NV
11/25/2017* 8:00 pm	No. 14	vs. No. 9 Ohio State Play4Kay Shootout Championship	L 82–94 OT	4–3	Mandalay Bay Events Center (1,232) Paradise, NV
11/29/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 16	at San Francisco	W 86–66	5–3	War Memorial Gymnasium (775) San Francisco, CA
12/03/2017* 11:00 am, FS1	No. 16	at No. 9 Baylor	L 57–81	5–4	Ferrell Center (8,012) Waco, TX
12/16/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 18	UNLV	W 74–33	6–4	Maples Pavilion (2,763) Stanford, CA
12/18/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 18	Western Illinois	L 64–71	6–5	Maples Pavilion (2,254) Stanford, CA
12/21/2017* 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 18	No. 7 Tennessee Rivalry	L 71–83	6–6	Maples Pavilion (3,084) Stanford, CA
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2017 5:30 pm, P12N		No. 11 UCLA	W 76–65	7–6 (1–0)	Maples Pavilion (3,102) Stanford, CA
12/31/2017 1:00 pm, P12N		USC	W 72–65	8–6 (2–0)	Maples Pavilion (2,494) Stanford, CA
01/05/2018 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	at Arizona	W 61–46	9–6 (3–0)	McKale Center (1,452) Tucson, AZ
01/07/2018 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 24	at No. 25 Arizona State	L 66–73	9–7 (3–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (3,096) Tempe, AZ
01/12/2018 6:00 pm, P12N		Washington State	W 70–57	10–7 (4–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,696) Stanford, CA
01/14/2018 3:00 pm, P12N		Washington	W 71–45	11–7 (5–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,052) Stanford, CA
01/19/2018 8:00 pm, P12N		at USC	W 59–55	12–7 (6–1)	Galen Center (882) Los Angeles, CA
01/21/2018 3:00 pm, P12N		at No. 13 UCLA	L 53–64	12–8 (6–2)	Pauley Pavilion (2,948) Los Angeles, CA
01/26/2018 7:00 pm, P12N		No. 25 Arizona State	W 74–50	13–8 (7–2)	Maples Pavilion (2,905) Stanford, CA
01/28/2018 5:00 pm, P12N		Arizona	W 79–42	14–8 (8–2)	Maples Pavilion (3,136) Stanford, CA
02/02/2018 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	at No. 16 Oregon State	W 60–57	15–8 (9–2)	Gill Coliseum (5,791) Corvallis, OR
02/04/2018 12:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 24	at No. 6 Oregon	W 78–65	16–8 (10–2)	Matthew Knight Arena (5,126) Eugene, OR
02/09/2018 7:00 pm	No. 17	Utah	W 70–49	17–8 (11–2)	Maples Pavilion (3,200) Stanford, CA
02/11/2018 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 17	Colorado	W 62–53	18–8 (12–2)	Maples Pavilion (3,838) Stanford, CA
02/15/2018 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 14	California	W 74–69	19–8 (13–2)	Maples Pavilion (3,074) Stanford, CA
02/17/2018 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 14	at California	L 66–78	19–9 (13–3)	Haas Pavilion (4,211) Berkeley, CA
02/23/2018 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	at Washington	W 86–79	20–9 (14–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,848) Seattle, WA
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 16	at Washington State	Cancelled		Beasley Coliseum  Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/02/2018 6:00 pm, P12N	(2) No. 16	vs. (7) USC Quarterfinals	W 69–59	21–9	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
03/03/2018 8:30 pm, P12N	(2) No. 16	vs. (6) Arizona State Semifinals	W 58–46	22–9	KeyArena (6,889) Seattle, WA
03/04/2018 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(2) No. 16	vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon Championship Game	L 57–77	22–10	KeyArena (5,387) Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018* 3:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 S) No. 15	(13 L) Gonzaga First Round	W 82–68	23–10	Maples Pavilion (2,686) Stanford, CA
03/19/2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 S) No. 15	(12 L) Florida Gulf Coast Second Round	W 90–70	24–10	Maples Pavilion (2,049) Stanford, CA
03/23/2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN	(4 S) No. 15	vs. (1 L) No. 3 Louisville Sweet Sixteen	L 59–86	24–11	Rupp Arena (5,715) Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

• The February 25th game versus Washington State cougars was cancelled due to the death of the Cougars' director of strength and conditioning David Lang.

Rankings

2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

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	10	14	14	16	18	18	18	RV	24	RV	RV	RV	24	17	14	16	16	15	15	N/A
Coaches	9	12	14	18	18	17	24	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	21	20	20	20	20	19	13

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

See also

2017–18 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team