2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team
The 2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball team represents Quinnipiac University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bobcats are led by twenty-third year head coach, Tricia Fabbri.[1] They play their home games in TD Bank Sports Center and are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference.[2][3][4] They finished the season 28–6, 18–0 in MAAC play to win MAAC regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament. They defeated Miami in the first round before losing to Connecticut in the second round.
2017–18 Quinnipiac Bobcats women's basketball | |
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MAAC Regular Season and Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Women's Tournament, Second Round | |
Conference | Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference |
2017–18 record | 28–6 (18–0 MAAC) |
Head coach | Tricia Fabbri (23rd season) |
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Home arena | TD Bank Sports Center |
2017–18 MAAC women's basketball standings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Quinnipiac † | 18 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 28 | – | 6 | .824 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Marist | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Siena | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rider | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Fairfield | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 13 | – | 17 | .433 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manhattan | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Niagara | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Canisius | 8 | – | 10 | .444 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Monmouth | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Iona | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 2 | – | 28 | .067 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Peter's | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 MAAC Tournament winner As of March 19, 2018; Rankings from AP Poll |
Previous season
They finished the season 29–7, 17–3 in MAAC play to win MAAC regular season and tournament titles to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA Women's Tournament.. They upset Marquette and Miami (FL) in the first and second rounds before falling to eventual champions South Carolina in the sweet sixteen.[5][6]
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/10/2017* 6:00 PM |
at Iowa Hawkeye Challenge semifinals |
L 67–83 | 0–1 |
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,758) Iowa City, IA | |||||||
11/11/2017* 3:00 PM |
vs. No. 16 Missouri Hawkeye Challenge 3rd place game |
L 51–66 | 0–2 |
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (1,027) Iowa City, IA | |||||||
11/17/2017* 7:00 PM |
at No. 9 Ohio State | L 63–95 | 0–3 |
Value City Arena (3,793) Columbus, OH | |||||||
11/22/2017* 1:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Northern Colorado | W 60–49 | 1–3 |
TD Bank Sports Center (604) Hamden, CT | |||||||
11/28/2017* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Dayton | W 72–66 | 2–3 |
TD Bank Sports Center (556) Hamden, CT | |||||||
12/01/2017* 7:00 PM |
at Richmond | W 81–65 | 3–3 |
Robins Center (423) Richmond, VA | |||||||
12/03/2017* 1:00 PM |
at Hampton | W 62–58 | 4–3 |
Hampton Convocation Center (2,124) Hampton, VA | |||||||
12/06/2017* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Providence | W 62–36 | 5–3 |
TD Bank Sports Center (517) Hamden, CT | |||||||
12/09/2017* 1:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Princeton | L 46–60 | 5–4 |
TD Bank Sports Center (502) Hamden, CT | |||||||
12/19/2017* 9:00 PM |
at Michigan State | L 55–74 | 5–5 |
Breslin Center (4,220) East Lansing, MI | |||||||
12/21/2017* 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Central Michigan | W 84–70 | 6–5 |
McGuirk Arena (1,645) Mount Pleasant, MI | |||||||
MAAC regular season | |||||||||||
12/28/2017 5:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Siena | W 68–54 | 7–5 (1–0) |
TD Bank Sports Center (1,068) Hamden, CT | |||||||
12/31/2017 2:00 PM |
at Manhattan | W 80–64 | 8–5 (2–0) |
Draddy Gymnasium (160) Riverdale, NY | |||||||
01/04/2018 7:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Niagara | W 77–61 | 9–5 (3–0) |
TD Bank Sports Center (37) Hamden, CT | |||||||
01/06/2018 1:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Iona | W 74–38 | 10–5 (4–0) |
Hynes Athletic Center (556) New Rochelle, NY | |||||||
01/11/2018 10:00 AM, ESPNU |
Marist | W 62–56 | 11–5 (5–0) |
TD Bank Sports Center (2,514) Hamden, CT | |||||||
01/13/2018 1:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Saint Peter's | W 86–39 | 12–5 (6–0) |
TD Bank Sports Center (602) Hamden, CT | |||||||
01/15/2018 6:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Rider | W 73–66 | 13–5 (7–0) |
TD Bank Sports Center (337) Hamden, CT | |||||||
01/18/2018 11:30 AM |
at Monmouth | W 76–55 | 14–5 (8–0) |
OceanFirst Bank Center (2,530) West Long Branch, NJ | |||||||
01/20/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Fairifeld | W 77–45 | 15–5 (9–0) |
TD Bank Sports Center (1,197) Hamden, CT | |||||||
01/26/2018 11:00 AM, ESPN3 |
at Canisius | W 84–55 | 16–5 (10–0) |
Koessler Athletic Center (2,196) Buffalo, NY | |||||||
01/28/2018 2:00 PM |
at Niagara | W 84–55 | 17–5 (11–0) |
Gallagher Center (391) Lewiston, NY | |||||||
02/02/2018 7:00 PM |
at Fairifeld | W 58–39 | 18–5 (12–0) |
Alumni Hall (652) Fairfield, CT | |||||||
02/04/2018 12:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Iona | W 90–47 | 19–5 (13–0) |
TD Bank Sports Center (1,452) Hamden, CT | |||||||
02/09/2018 5:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Canisius | W 64–39 | 20–5 (14–0) |
TD Bank Sports Center (1,297) Hamden, CT | |||||||
02/11/2017 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Siena | W 83–72 | 21–5 (15–0) |
Alumni Recreation Center (1,136) Loundonville, NY | |||||||
02/18/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
at Marist | W 80–74 2OT | 22–5 (16–0) |
McCann Field House (2,048) Poughkeepsie, NY | |||||||
02/23/2018 7:00 PM |
at Rider | W 80–59 | 23–5 (17–0) |
Alumni Gymnasium (1,241) Lawrenceville, NJ | |||||||
02/25/2018 2:00 PM, ESPN3 |
Monmouth | W 77–57 | 24–5 (18–0) |
TD Bank Sports Center (2,112) Hamden, CT | |||||||
MAAC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/02/2018 1:00 PM, ESPN3 |
(1) | vs. (9) Monmouth Quarterfinals |
W 83–44 | 25–5 |
Times Union Center Albany, NY | ||||||
03/04/2018 11:30 AM, ESPN3 |
(1) | vs. (5) Rider Semifinals |
W 82–62 | 26–5 |
Times Union Center Albany, NY | ||||||
03/05/2018 2:30 PM, ESPNU |
(1) | vs. (2) Marist Championship Game |
W 67–58 | 27–5 |
Times Union Center (2,437) Albany, NY | ||||||
NCAA Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
03/17/2018* 1:30 PM, ESPN2 |
(9 A) | vs. (8 A) Miami (FL) First Round |
W 86–72 | 28–5 |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (6,154) Storrs, CT | ||||||
03/19/2018* 6:30 PM, ESPN2 |
(9 A) | at (1 A) No. 1 Connecticut Second Round |
L 46–71 | 28–6 |
Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (8,957) Storrs, CT | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region. All times are in Eastern Time. |
Rankings
2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
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AP | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | N/A | |||||||||||||
Coaches | RV | N/A | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV |
Increase in ranking | ||
Decrease in ranking | ||
Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes |
References
- Quinnipiac Women's Basketball Head Coach Tricia Fabbri Signs Contract Extension Through 2021-22 Season MAACsports.com
- TD Bank Center
- "Quinnipiac Bobcats Women's Basketball - Bobcats News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- Quinnipiac Bobcats. "Quinnipiac Bobcats on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
- Women's basketball bound for Sweet 16
- South Carolina Ends Quinnipiac's Magical Run With 100-58 Rout Hartford Courant
- "Quinnipiac Athletics". Quinnipiacbobcats.com. Retrieved 2018-03-10.