The 2017–18 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represented Oregon State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by eighth-year head coach Scott Rueck, played their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 26–8, 14–4 in Pac-12 play, to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Western Kentucky and upset Tennessee in the first and second rounds, and Baylor in the Sweet Sixteen, before getting blown out by Louisville in the Elite Eight.
Previous season They finished the season 31–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play, to win the Pac-12 regular season title. They advanced to the championship game of the Pac-12 women's tournament, where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Long Beach State and Creighton in the first and second rounds before losing to Florida State in the Sweet Sixteen.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=9 style=|Pac-12 women's tournament
!colspan=9 style=|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 19 18 18 21 19 18 17 17 16 22 18 17 16 16 15 12 10 13 13 N/A Coaches 17 N/A 18 19 19 17 17 17 16 21 19 17 16 16 14 11 10 12 12 8 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
See also 2017–18 Oregon State Beavers men's basketball team
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