The 2017–18 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's sixth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 28–7, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament, where they lost to Baylor. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Maine and Arizona State in the first and second rounds before losing to UCLA in the Sweet Sixteen.

Previous season The Longhorns were coming off a season in which they finished the season 25–9, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place and advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament, where they lost to West Virginia. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Central Arkansas and NC State in the first and second rounds before losing to Stanford in the Sweet Sixteen.

Off-season

Departures Name Number Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure 40 C 6'5" Senior The Woodlands, TX Graduated 20 G 5'9" Senior Houston, TX Graduated 22 G 5'4" Junior Duncanville, TX Transferred to Texas A&M–Corpus Christi

Joyner Holmes was not on the roster until 23 December 2017 due to an undisclosed violation.

Recruits

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Roster

Schedule

!colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| Regular season

!colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| Big 12 Women's Tournament

!colspan=12 style="background:#CC5500; color:#FFFFFF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament

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 2 2 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 7 9 6 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 N/A Coaches 6 N/A 4т 4 4 8 8 8 8 7 9 6 8 6 6 6 7 8 8 10 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   No change (RV)   Received votes (NR)   Not ranked

2017–18 media

Television and radio information Most University of Texas home games were shown on the Longhorn Network, with national telecasts on the Big 12 Conference's television partners. On the radio, women's basketball games aired on KTXX-HD4 "105.3 The Bat", with select games on KTXX-FM 104.9.

See also 2017–18 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team

References