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 were members of the Pac-12 Conference. 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.

Offseason

Departures Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure G Lantana, TX Graduated G Paramount, CA Graduated G Phoenix, AZ Medically retired; will serve as an undergraduate assistant during the 2017–18 season F Malmö, Sweden Graduated; transferred to Florida

2017 recruiting class

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:gold;"| Exhibition

!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:gold;"| Non-conference regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#; color:gold;"| Pac-12 regular season

!colspan=9 style="background:#;"| Pac-12 women's tournament

!colspan=9 style="background:#;"| NCAA women's tournament

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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 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

Awards January 29 – Jordin Canada named Pac-12 Player of the Week February 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 named to the NCAA Tournament Kansas City Region All-Regional team

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