2017–18 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

The 2017–18 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by seventh year head coach Cori Close, played their home games at the Pauley Pavilion and are members of the Pac-12 Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 27–8, 14–4 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament where they lost to Oregon. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament in which they defeated American and Creighton in the first and second rounds, respectively. They went on to defeat Texas in the Sweet Sixteen and advance to the program's first Elite Eight since 1999. They lost to Mississippi State in the Elite Eight.

2017–18 UCLA Bruins women's basketball
NCAA Tournament, Elite Eight
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 7
AP	No. 9
2017–18 record	27–8 (14–4 Pac-12)
Head coach	Cori Close (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Jenny Huth Tony Newnan Shannon Perry
Home arena	Pauley 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

Offseason

Departures

Name	Pos.	Height	Year	Hometown	Reason for Departure
Nicole Kornet	G	6'1"	RS Sr.	Lantana, Texas	Graduated
Kari Korver	G	6'1"	RS Sr.	Paramount, California	Graduated
Dominique Williams	G	5'8"	RS Jr.	Phoenix, Arizona	Medically retired; will serve as an undergraduate assistant during the 2017-18 season
Paulina Hersler	F	6'3"	RS Jr.	Malmö, Sweden	Graduated; transferred to Florida

2017 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes

Name	Hometown	High school / college	Height	Weight	Commit date
Michaela Onyenwere F	Aurora, CO	Grandview	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 98
Chantel Horvat G	Geelong, Australia	Geelong College	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 98
Kayla Owens W	Houston, TX	Langham Creek	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 97
Lauryn Miller F	Kirkwood, MO	Kirkwood	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	N/A
	Recruiting star ratings: Scout: N/A   Rivals: N/A   247Sports: N/A    ESPN:   ESPN grade: 90
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:

Roster

2017–18 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Chantel Horvat 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Geelong College Geelong, Australia G 1 Kayla Owens   6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Langham Creek Houston, TX G 3 Jordin Canada 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Windward Los Angeles, CA F 4 Ashley Hearn   6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Sachse Rowlett, TX G 5 Lindsey Corsaro   6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Fr Roncalli Indianapolis, IN F 10 Ally Rosenblum 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So Mater Dei Newport Coast, CA F 11 Lajahna Drummer 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Long Beach Poly HS Inglewood, CA F 21 Michaela Onyenwere 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Grandview Aurora, CO G 22 Kennedy Burke 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Sierra Canyon School Northridge, CA G 23 Kelli Hayes 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Sr Archbishop Mitty San Jose, CA G 24 Japreece Dean 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Vista Ridge Texas Tech Austin, TX F 25 Monique Billings 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Sr Santiago Corona, CA G 32 Chrissy Baird 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Wheaton North Wheaton, IL F 33 Lauryn Miller 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Kirkwood Kirkwood, MO	Head coach Cori Close (UC Santa Barbara) Assistant coach(es) Shannon Perry (Iowa) Jenny Huth (Colorado) Tony Newnan (UC Santa Barbara) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster Last update: November 21, 2017

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/05/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 8	Vanguard	W 87–40		Pauley Pavilion (759) Los Angeles, CA
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 8	San Jose State	W 129–69	1–0	Pauley Pavilion (1,437) Los Angeles, CA
11/12/2017* 2:00 pm	No. 8	Presbyterian	W 76–40	2–0	Pauley Pavilion (1,101) Los Angeles, CA
11/18/2017* 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	No. 3 Baylor	W 82–68	3–0	Pauley Pavilion (3,912) Los Angeles, CA
11/21/2017* 7:30 pm, ESPNU	No. 5	No. 1 Connecticut	L 60–78	3–1	Pauley Pavilion (9,263) Los Angeles, CA
11/24/2017* 1:15 pm	No. 5	vs. Kansas State South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 64–55	4–1	South Point Arena (550) Las Vegas, NV
11/25/2017* 3:30 pm	No. 5	vs. Creighton South Point Thanksgiving Shootout	W 72–63	5–1	South Point Arena (550) Las Vegas, NV
11/28/2017* 7:00 pm	No. 7	UC Riverside	W 68–48	6–1	Pauley Pavilion (1,890) Los Angeles, CA
12/03/2017* 1:30 pm, P12N	No. 7	UC Santa Barbara	W 74–44	7–1	Pauley Pavilion (2,044) Los Angeles, CA
12/08/2017* 5:00 pm, FSOK	No. 7	at Oklahoma State	L 72–87	7–2	Gallagher-Iba Arena (2,969) Stillwater, OK
12/17/2017* 10:00 am	No. 11	at Seton Hall	W 77–68	8–2	Walsh Gymnasium (1,165) South Orange, NJ
12/20/2017* 4:00 pm	No. 11	at Fordham	W 67–30	9–2	Rose Hill Gymnasium (1,327) Bronx, NY
Pac-12 regular season
12/29/2017 5:30 pm, P12N	No. 11	at Stanford	L 65–76	9–3 (0–1)	Maples Pavilion (3,102) Stanford, CA
12/31/2017 11:00 am, P12N	No. 11	at No. 20 California	W 82–46	10–3 (1–1)	Haas Pavilion (2,570) Berkeley, CA
01/05/2018 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 14	No. 16 Oregon State	W 84–49	11–3 (2–1)	Pauley Pavilion (1,986) Los Angeles, CA
01/07/2018 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 14	No. 9 Oregon	L 61–70	11–4 (2–2)	Pauley Pavilion (7,190) Los Angeles, CA
01/12/2018 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 14	at Utah	W 81–74	12–4 (3–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,281) Salt Lake City, UT
01/14/2018 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 14	at Colorado	W 93–55	13–4 (4–2)	Coors Events Center (2,160) Boulder, CO
01/19/2018 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	No. 21 California	W 60–52	14–4 (5–2)	Pauley Pavilion (2,704) Los Angeles, CA
01/21/2018 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	Stanford	W 64–53	15–4 (6–2)	Pauley Pavilion (2,948) Los Angeles, CA
01/26/2018 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	at Washington	W 86–69	16–4 (7–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,688) Seattle, WA
01/28/2018 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 13	at Washington State	W 79–71	17–4 (8–2)	Beasley Coliseum (1,093) Pullman, WA
02/02/2018 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	USC Rivalry	W 59–46	18–4 (9–2)	Pauley Pavilion (6,057) Los Angeles, CA
02/05/2018 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	at USC Rivalry	W 84–70	19–4 (10–2)	Galen Center (876) Los Angeles, CA
02/09/2018 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	Arizona	W 69–46	20–4 (11–2)	Pauley Pavilion (1,883) Los Angeles, CA
02/11/2018 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	No. 25 Arizona State	W 71–63	21–4 (12–2)	Pauley Pavilion (3,690) Los Angeles, CA
02/16/2018 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	at No. 15 Oregon State	L 64–67 ^OT	21–5 (12–3)	Gill Coliseum (5,011) Corvallis, OR
02/19/2018 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 10	at No. 8 Oregon	L 94–101 ^OT	21–6 (12–4)	Matthew Knight Arena (7,098) Eugene, OR
02/22/2018 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	Colorado	W 73–67	22–6 (13–4)	Pauley Pavilion (902) Los Angeles, CA
02/24/2018 2:00 pm	No. 10	Utah	W 78–71 ^OT	23–6 (14–4)	Pauley Pavilion (3,866) Los Angeles, CA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/02/2018 2:00 pm, P12N	(4) No. 9	vs. (5) California Quarterfinals	W 77–74	24–6	KeyArena (4,852) Seattle, WA
03/03/2018 6:00 pm, P12N	(4) No. 9	vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon Semifinals	L 62–65	24–7	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018* 12:30 pm, ESPN2	(3 KC) No. 9	(14 KC) American First Round	W 71–60	25–7	Pauley Pavilion (2,304) Los Angeles, CA
03/19/2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(3 KC) No. 9	(11 KC) Creighton Second Round	W 86–64	26–7	Pauley Pavilion (1,860) Los Angeles, CA
03/23/2018* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(3 KC) No. 9	vs. (2 KC) No. 8 Texas Sweet Sixteen	W 84–75	27–7	Sprint Center (4,280) Kansas City, MO
03/25/2018* 4:30 pm, ESPN	(3 KC) No. 9	vs. (1 KC) No. 4 Mississippi State Elite Eight	L 73–89	27–8	Sprint Center (4,089) Kansas City, MO
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. KC=Kansas City Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

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	8	8	5	7	7	11	11	14	14	14	13	13	9	8	7	10	9	9	9	N/A
Coaches	7	N/A	4T	7	7	12	12	12	14	14	13	12	9	7	7	10	9	9	9	7

Legend

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

See also

2017–18 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team

Notes

• Jan. 29 – Jordin Canada named Pac-12 Player of the Week
• Feb. 27 – Jordin Canada and Monique Billings named to the All-Pac-12 and All-Defensive teams. Michaela Onyenwere was named to the All-Freshman team and junior Kennedy Burke was honorable mention All-Pac-12 and honorable mention All-Defensive team
• March 25 – Jordin Canada and Monique Billings were named to the NCAA Tournament Kansas City Region All-Regional team

References

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