The 2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Colonels, led by tenth year head coach DoBee Plaisance, played their home games at Stopher Gym and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 11–7 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They won their first Southland women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to their first NCAA women's tournament in school history, where they lost in the first round to Mississippi State.
Previous season The Colonels finished the season 10–20 overall and 7–11 in Southland play a three-way tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the Southland women's tournament to McNeese State.
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!colspan=12 style=";"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=12 style=";"| Southland regular season
!colspan=12 style=";"| Southland Women's Tournament
!colspan=12 style=";"| Southland 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 RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
See also 2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels men's basketball team
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