The 2017–18 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrapins, led by sixteenth-year head coach Brenda Frese, played their home games at the Xfinity Center as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 12–4 in Big Ten play to finish in second place. They defeated Indiana and Nebraska to advance to the championship of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they lost to Ohio State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament as the No. 5 seed in the Kansas City region. There, they defeated Princeton before losing to NC State in the second round.
Previous season The Terrapins finished the 2017–18 season 32–3, 15–1 in Big Ten play to win, sharing the regular season title with Ohio State. They defeated Minnesota and Michigan State to advance to the championship of the Big Ten women's tournament, where they defeated Purdue to win the tournament championship for the third consecutive year. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's basketball tournament as the No. 3 seed in the Bridgeport region. There, they defeated Bucknell and West Virginia to advance to the Sweet Sixteen before losing to Oregon.
Roster
Schedule and results
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big Ten regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Big Ten Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style=|NCAA Women's Tournament
Source
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 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 13 11 14 14 11 10 10 13 17 17 16 N/A Coaches 13 15 15 15 15 15 14 15 13 11 14 13 10 9 9 13 17 16 16 18 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
See also 2017–18 Maryland Terrapins men's basketball team
References
External links Official team website