The 2017–18 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. This was the Cougars' fifth season as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Cougars, led by fourth-year head coach Ronald Hughey, played their home games at Health and Physical Education Arena due to renovations at Hofheinz Pavilion, which was to be renamed Fertitta Center, and would reopen during the 2018–19 season. They finished the season 20–12, 9–7 in The American play to finish in a tie for fifth place. They lost to Tulsa in the first round of the American Athletic Conference women's tournament. They received an at-large bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to South Dakota.
Media All Cougars games home and away are aired on the Houston Cougars IMG Sports Network, streamed online via the Houston Portal,Houston Portal with Gerald Sanchez and Louis Ray on the call. Before conference season home games streamed on Houston All-Access.Houston All-Access Conference home games rotated between ESPN3, AAC Digital,AAC Digital and the Houston Portal. Road games typically were streamed on the opponents' websites, though some conference road games also appeared on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.
Roster
Schedule and results
! colspan="12" style="background:#c00; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
! colspan="12" style="background:#c00; color:white;"| AAC regular season
! colspan="12" style="background:#c00; color:white;"| AAC Women's Tournament
! colspan="12" style="background:#c00; color:white;"| WNIT
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 N/A Coaches N/A RV RV RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
See also 2017–18 Houston Cougars men's basketball team
References
External links Official website