The 2017–18 Washington State Cougars women's basketball team represented Washington State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cougars, led by eleventh-year head coach June Daugherty, played their home games at the Beasley Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 10–20, 3–14 in the Pac-12 to finish in tenth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to USC.
On March 13, June Daugherty was fired. She finished at Washington State with a record of 130–218. WSU hired Northern Colorado head coach Kamie Ethridge on April 16.
Previous season The Cougars finished the season 16–20, 6–12 in the Pac-12 to finish in a tie for seventh place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament, where they lost to Stanford. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated BYU, Wyoming and UC Davis in the first, second and third rounds, Iowa in the quarterfinals before losing to Georgia Tech in the semifinals.
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
Rankings 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
See also 2017–18 Washington State Cougars men's basketball team
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