2017–18 California Golden Bears women's basketball team

The 2017–18 California Golden Bears women's basketball team represented University of California, Berkeley during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Bears, led by seventh year head coach Lindsay Gottlieb, played their home games at the Haas Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 21–11, 11–7 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they were upset by Virginia in the first round.

2017–18 California Golden Bears women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Record	21–11 (11–7 Pac-12)
Head coach	Lindsay Gottlieb (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Charmin Smith Kai Felton Wendale Farrow
Home arena	Haas 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 California Golden Bears women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Asha Thomas 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Bishop O'Dowd Oakland, CA F 3 Mikayla Cowling 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Saint Mary's College (HS) Benicia, CA F 4 Alaysia Styles 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr La Jolla Country Day School San Diego, CA C 5 Chen Yue 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) Jr Tsinghua University Beijing, China G 11 Sara Anastasieska 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Monte Sant Angelo Mercy UTSA Sydney, Australia F 12 Penina Davidson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Rangitoto College Auckland, New Zealand G 14 Kianna Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Troy Moreno Valley, CA F 20 MeAne Mosley 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Saint Mary's College HS Oakland, CA G 21 Mi'Cole Cayton 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Saint Mary's College HS Stockton, CA G 22 Archer Olson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Henry M. Gunn Palo Alto, CA F 30 Celeste West 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Garces Memorial Bakersfield, CA F 31 Kristine Anigwe 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Desert Vista Phoenix, AZ G 33 Jaelyn Brown 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Vista Murrieta Murrieta, CA	Head coach Lindsay Gottlieb (Brown) Assistant coach(es) Charmin Smith (Stanford) Kai Felton (Randolph–Macon) Wendale Farrow (Eastern Michigan) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 17, 2017

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/02/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 20	Vanguard	W 71–57		Haas Pavilion  Berkeley, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 5:00 pm	No. 20	Saint Mary's	W 87–80	1–0	Haas Pavilion (2,768) Berkeley, CA
11/17/2017* 4:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3	No. 20	at No. 1 Connecticut	L 47–82	1–1	Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,103) Storrs, CT
11/19/2017* 9:00 am	No. 20	at Brown	W 89–79	2–1	Pizzitola Sports Center (361) Providence, RI
11/24/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 21	Manhattan Cal Classic semifinals	W 87–66	3–1	Haas Pavilion (1,723) Berkeley, CA
11/25/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 21	No. 23 Missouri Cal Classic championship	L 52–55	3–2	Haas Pavilion (2,011) Berkeley, CA
11/30/2017* 11:30 am	No. 24	Seattle	W 87–67	4–2	Haas Pavilion (4,362) Berkeley, CA
12/02/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 24	at Santa Clara	W 79–41	5–2	Leavey Center (517) Santa Clara, CA
12/07/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 25	San Diego	W 89–64	6–2	Haas Pavilion (1,126) Berkeley, CA
12/10/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 25	at Pacific	W 92–85	7–2	Alex G. Spanos Center (479) Stockton, CA
12/16/2017* 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	BYU	W 70–45	8–2	Haas Pavilion (1,461) Berkeley, CA
12/21/2017* 9:00 am, SECN	No. 24	at Kentucky	W 62–52	9–2	Memorial Coliseum (4,753) Lexington, KY
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2017 6:00 pm	No. 20	USC	W 76–64	10–2 (1–0)	Haas Pavilion (2,217) Berkeley, CA
12/31/2017 11:00 am, P12N	No. 20	No. 11 UCLA	L 46–82	10–3 (1–1)	Haas Pavilion (2,570) Berkeley, CA
01/05/2018 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 23	at No. 25 Arizona State	L 71–80	10–4 (1–2)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,239) Tempe, AZ
01/07/2018 11:00 am, P12N	No. 23	at Arizona	W 53–51	11–4 (2–2)	McKale Center (1,322) Tucson, AZ
01/12/2018 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	Washington	W 69–60	12–4 (3–2)	Haas Pavilion (1,478) Berkeley, CA
01/14/2018 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 24	Washington State	W 66–60	13–4 (4–2)	Haas Pavilion (1,758) Berkeley, CA
01/19/2018 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	at No. 13 UCLA	L 52–60	13–5 (4–3)	Pauley Pavilion (2,704) Los Angeles, CA
01/21/2018 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 21	at USC	W 62–59	14–5 (5–3)	Galen Center (1,728) Los Angeles, CA
01/26/2018 7:00 pm	No. 23	Arizona	W 63–39	15–5 (6–3)	Haas Pavilion (2,463) Berkeley, CA
01/28/2018 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 23	No. 25 Arizona State	L 42–57	15–6 (6–4)	Haas Pavilion (2,521) Berkeley, CA
02/02/2018 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	at No. 6 Oregon	L 54–91	15–7 (6–5)	Matthew Knight Arena (3,670) Eugene, OR
02/04/2018 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 25	at No. 16 Oregon State	L 48–68	15–8 (6–6)	Gill Coliseum (3,706) Corvallis, OR
02/09/2018 7:00 pm, P12N		Colorado	W 78–76	16–8 (7–6)	Haas Pavilion (1,774) Berkeley, CA
02/11/2018 2:00 pm		Utah	W 84–73	17–8 (8–6)	Haas Pavilion (2,507) Berkeley, CA
02/15/2018 7:00 pm, P12N		at No. 14 Stanford	L 69–74	17–9 (8–7)	Maples Pavilion (3,074) Stanford, CA
02/17/2018 2:30 pm, P12N		No. 14 Stanford	W 78–66	18–9 (9–7)	Haas Pavilion (4,211) Berkeley, CA
02/23/2018 7:00 pm		at Washington State	W 67–54	19–9 (10–7)	Beasley Coliseum (781) Pullman, WA
02/25/2018 3:00 pm, P12N		at Washington	W 83–67	20–9 (11–7)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,354) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/01/2018 2:00 pm, P12N	(5)	vs. (12) Washington First Round	W 71–68	21–9	KeyArena (3,532) Seattle, WA
03/02/2018 2:00 pm, P12N	(5)	vs. (4) No. 9 UCLA Quarterfinals	L 74–77	21–10	KeyArena (4,852) Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/16/2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN2	(7 A)	vs. (10 A) Virginia First Round	L 62–68	21–11	Colonial Life Arena  Columbia, SC
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

Main article: 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	20	20	21	24	25	24	24	20	23	24	21	23	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	N/A
Coaches	25т	N/A	23	RV	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

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

See also

2017–18 California Golden Bears men's basketball team