The 2017–18 Mercer Bears women's basketball team represented Mercer University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bears, led by eighth-year head coach Susie Gardner, played their home games at the Hawkins Arena as members of the Southern Conference (SoCon). They finished the season 30–3, 14–0 in Southern Conference play win the Southern Conference regular season. They won the SoCon women's tournament for the first time in school history and earns their first automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they lost to Georgia in the first round.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style=| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style=| SoCon Regular Season
!colspan=9 style=| SoCon Tournament
!colspan=9 style=| NCAA 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 RV RV RV RV RV RV RV 25 25 25 N/A Coaches N/A RV RV RV RV 25 25 23 24 RV + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes (NR) Not Ranked
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