2017–18 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team represented Creighton University in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bluejays, led by fifteenth year head coach Jim Flanery, played their home games at D. J. Sokol Arena and were members of the Big East Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 11–7 in Big East play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's tournament, where they lost to Marquette. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Iowa in the first round before losing to UCLA in the second round.

2017–18 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
Conference	Big East
Record	19–13 (11–7 Big East)
Head coach	Jim Flanery (15th season)
Assistant coaches	Carli Tritz Chevelle Saunsoci Linda Sayavongchanh
Home arena	D. J. Sokol Arena

2017–18 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
DePaul †	15	–	3		.833			27	–	8		.771
Marquette	15	–	3		.833			24	–	10		.706
Villanova	12	–	6		.667			23	–	9		.719
Creighton	11	–	7		.611			19	–	13		.594
St. John's	9	–	9		.500			19	–	15		.559
Georgetown	9	–	9		.500			16	–	16		.500
Seton Hall	7	–	11		.389			16	–	16		.500
Butler	6	–	12		.333			15	–	17		.469
Xavier	3	–	15		.167			10	–	20		.333
Providence	3	–	15		.167			10	–	21		.323
† 2018 Big East tournament winner As of 25 March 2018 Rankings from AP poll

Previous season

They finished the season 24–8, 16–2 in Big East play to share the Big East regular season title with DePaul. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big East women's tournament where they lost to Marquette. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Toledo in the first round before losing to Oregon State in the second round.

Roster

2017–18 Creighton Bluejays women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Jade Owens 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) RS Jr Fenwick River Forest, IL G 2 Myah Mellman 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Mason City Mason City, IA G 4 Aimee Rischard 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Sr Mount Saint Mary Catholic Oklahoma City, OK F 5 Jaylyn Agnew 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS So Andover Andover, KS F 11 Bailey Norby 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Sr Forest Lake Forest Lake, MN F 12 Gracey Griglione 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Interstate 35 Truro, IA G 14 Sydney Lamberty 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Park Cottage Grove, MN G 15 Tatum Rembao 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Loveland Loveland, CO G 21 Olivia Elger 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS So Richwoods Peoria, IL G 22 Brooke Kissinger 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) RS Jr Minden Illinois Minden, NE G 24 Temi Carda 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Lakeville North Lakeville, MN F 33 Kylie Brown 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Sr Simley Inver Grove Heights, MN F 40 Ali Greene 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Mahtomedi Lino Lakes, MN F 45 Audrey Faber 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr Dowling Catholic Clive, IA	Head coach Jim Flanery (Creighton) Assistant coach(es) Carli Tritz (Creighton) Chevelle Saunsoci (Creighton) Linda Sayavongchanh (Drake) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: February 21, 2018

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2017* 6:00 pm		Northern State	W 68–63		D. J. Sokol Arena  Omaha, NE
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 11:30 am		Wichita State	W 66–61	1–0	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,323) Omaha, NE
11/14/2017* 7:00 pm		at South Dakota	L 68–73	1–1	Sanford Coyote Sports Center (1,997) Vermillion, SD
11/19/2017* 7:00 pm		at Nebraska	W 64–49	2–1	Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,324) Lincoln, NE
11/21/2017* 6:00 pm		Northern Iowa	W 89–78 2OT	3–1	D. J. Sokol Arena (632) Omaha, NE
11/24/2017* 1:00 pm		vs. Washington South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 64–67	3–2	South Point Arena (175) Enterprise, NV
11/25/2017* 3:30 pm		vs. No. 5 UCLA South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	L 63–72	3–3	South Point Arena (550) Enterprise, NV
12/03/2017* 2:00 pm		at Drake	W 108–100 4OT	4–3	Knapp Center (2,863) Des Moines, IA
12/10/2017* 1:00 pm		at Omaha	W 72–51	5–3	Baxter Arena (2,043) Omaha, NE
12/15/2017* 4:00 pm		South Dakota State	W 72–65	6–3	D. J. Sokol Arena (780) Omaha, NE
12/21/2017* 6:00 pm		No. 13 Florida State	L 82–92	6–4	D. J. Sokol Arena (760) Omaha, NE
Big East regular season
12/28/2017 7:00 pm, BEDN		No. 18 Villanova	W 69–54	7–4 (1–0)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,120) Omaha, NE
12/30/2017 1:00 pm, BEDN		Georgetown	W 69–58	8–4 (2–0)	D. J. Sokol Arena (745) Omaha, NE
01/02/2018 6:00 pm, FS2		at Seton Hall	W 68–51	9–4 (3–0)	Walsh Gymnasium (625) South Orange, NJ
01/05/2018 6:00 pm, BEDN		at St. John's	L 65–72 OT	9–5 (3–1)	Carnesecca Arena (625) Queens, NY
01/07/2018 1:00 pm, FS2		Marquette	L 77–92	9–6 (3–2)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,109) Omaha, NE
01/10/2018 8:00 pm, BEDN		DePaul	L 54–82	9–7 (3–3)	D. J. Sokol Arena (672) Omaha, NE
01/13/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		Providence	W 73–56	10–7 (4–3)	D. J. Sokol Arena (951) Omaha, NE
01/19/2018 6:00 pm, BEDN		at Butler	L 53–59	10–8 (4–4)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (922) Indianapolis, IN
01/22/2018 11:00 am, BEDN		at Xavier	W 71–64 OT	11–8 (5–4)	Cintas Center (922) Cincinnati, OH
01/26/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		St. John's	L 65–72	11–9 (5–5)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,316) Omaha, NE
01/28/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		Seton Hall	W 53–39	12–9 (6–5)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,015) Omaha, NE
02/02/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		at DePaul	L 67–77	12–10 (7–5)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (1,828) Chicago, IL
02/04/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		at Marquette	W 74–73	13–10 (8–5)	Al McGuire Center (1,612) Milwaukee, WI
02/10/2018 11:00 am, BEDN		at Providence	W 87–84 2OT	14–10 (9–5)	Alumni Hall (439) Providence, RI
02/16/2018 7:00 pm, BEDN		Xavier	W 65–54	15–10 (10–5)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,002) Omaha, NE
02/18/2018 1:00 pm, BEDN		Butler	W 64–55	16–10 (11–5)	D. J. Sokol Arena (1,261) Omaha, NE
02/23/2018 10:00 am, BEDN		at Georgetown	L 67–70	16–11 (11–6)	McDonough Gymnasium (2,257) Washington, D.C.
02/25/2018 1:00 pm, FS1		Villanova	W 55–48	17–11 (12–6)	Jake Nevin Field House (801) Villanova, PA
Big East Women's Tournament
03/04/2018 2:30 pm, FS2	(4)	vs. (5) St. John's Quarterfinals	W 66–58	18–11	Wintrust Arena (1,991) Chicago, IL
03/05/2018 3:00 pm, FS1	(4)	vs. (1) Marquette Semifinals	L 70–76	18–12	Wintrust Arena  Chicago, IL
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018* 5:00 pm, ESPN2	(11 KC)	vs. (6 KC) Iowa First Round	W 76–70	19–12	Pauley Pavilion (2,304) Los Angeles, CA
03/19/2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN2	(11 KC)	at (3 KC) No. 9 UCLA Second Round	L 64–86	19–13	Pauley Pavilion (1,860) Los Angeles, CA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. KC=Kansas City Region. All times are in Central.

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																				N/A
Coaches

Legend

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

See also

• 2017–18 Creighton Bluejays men's basketball team