The 2017–18 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by eleventh year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League.
The Tigers finished the season with a 24–6 overall record and 12–2 in the Ivy League. They finished first in the conference and defeated Penn in a playoff to earn a 12-seed for the NCAA tournament. However, they lost in the first round to 5-seed Maryland.
Previous season The Tigers finished the 2016–17 season with a 16–14 overall record and 9–5 in the Ivy League. They finished second in the conference to play Penn in a playoff to determine which Ivy League team will get a first-round bid for the NCAA tournament.Princeton Tripped Up By Penn, 57-48, In Ivy Tournament Championship Penn won, but the Tigers' postseason continued with play in the Women's National Invitation Tournament. However, they lost in the first round to Villanova.
During the season, freshman Bella Alarie was named USBWA National Freshman of the Week once, Ivy League Player of the Week three times, and Ivy League Rookie of the Week nine times. She went on to be named Ivy League Rookie of the Year, made the Ivy League All-Tournament Team (with junior Leslie Robinson), as well as the All-Ivy League team (also with Robinson).Princeton reaches eighth straight postseason tournament
Alarie was also named to the 2017 USA Basketball Women's U19 National Team.Ivy League Duo Forms Special Bond As USA U19 Teammates The team won a silver medal, after losing to Russia in the finals.Alarie and USA Basketball Win Silver At U-19 FIBA World Cup Coach Courtney Banghart was on the coaching staff of the U23 National Team. The team competed in and won the inaugural U24 Four Nations Tournament in Tokyo, Japan.
Roster
2017-18 Ivy Awards and Recognition Bella Alarie – Player of the Year; First Team All-Ivy Courtney Banghart – Coach of the Year Leslie Robinson – First Team All-Ivy
Schedule
!colspan=8 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6F00;"| Regular season
!colspan=8 style="background:#000000; color:#FF6F00;"| Ivy League regular season
!colspan=8 style="background:#000000;"| Ivy League Tournament
!colspan=12 style=""|NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings + Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP RV N/A Coaches + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked previous week
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