2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team
The 2017–18 UT Arlington Mavericks women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Arlington in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mavericks, led by fifth-year head coach Krista Gerlich, played their home games at the College Park Center and were members of the Sun Belt Conference.[1] They finished the season 18–12, 12–6 in Sun Belt play, to finish in a tie for third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament to Louisiana.
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Conference | Sun Belt Conference |
Record | 18–12 (12–6 Sun Belt) |
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Home arena | College Park Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Little Rock † | 17 | – | 1 | .944 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Texas State | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 23 | – | 10 | .697 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
UT Arlington | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 12 | .600 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Troy | 12 | – | 6 | .667 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
South Alabama | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 21 | – | 13 | .618 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coastal Carolina | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 14 | .548 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 17 | – | 16 | .515 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arkansas State | 10 | – | 8 | .556 | 15 | – | 15 | .500 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Appalachian State | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 8 | – | 23 | .258 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia State | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 8 | – | 22 | .267 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Georgia Southern | 2 | – | 16 | .111 | 5 | – | 25 | .167 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Louisiana–Monroe | 1 | – | 17 | .056 | 4 | – | 26 | .133 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2018 Sun Belt tournament winner As of March 19, 2018 Rankings from AP poll |
Previous season
editThe Mavericks finished the season 22–9, 14–4 in Sun Belt play, to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Sun Belt women's tournament where they lost to Troy. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Tulane in the first round.
Roster
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Schedule
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Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
November 11, 2017* 2:30 p.m., ESPN3 |
Incarnate Word | W 61–48 | 1–0 |
College Park Center (1,972) Arlington, TX | |||||||
November 13, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Oral Roberts | W 70–46 | 2–0 |
College Park Center (797) Arlington, TX | |||||||
November 15, 2017* 7:00 p.m. |
at UTSA | W 69–68 OT | 3–0 |
Convocation Center (265) San Antonio, TX | |||||||
November 19, 2017* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
SMU | W 58–55 | 4–0 |
College Park Center (649) Arlington, TX | |||||||
November 24, 2017* 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Fresno State | W 67–54 | 5–0 |
College Park Center (735) Arlington, TX | |||||||
November 27, 2017* 7:00 p.m. |
at Utah | L 41–71 | 5–1 |
Jon M. Huntsman Center (917) Salt Lake City, UT | |||||||
December 1, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Houston | L 58–62 | 5–2 |
College Park Center (761) Arlington, TX | |||||||
December 6, 2017* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
at Kansas State | L 56–70 | 5–3 |
Bramlage Coliseum (2,974) Manhattan, KS | |||||||
December 10, 2017* 1:00 p.m., ACCN Extra |
at Georgia Tech | L 52–80 | 5–4 |
Hank McCamish Pavilion (718) Atlanta, GA | |||||||
December 17, 2017* 2:00 p.m. |
at Arkansas | L 57–91 | 5–5 |
Bud Walton Arena (1,481) Fayetteville, AR | |||||||
December 21, 2017* 4:30 p.m., ESPN3 |
San Francisco | W 56–54 | 6–5 |
College Park Center (1,937) Arlington, TX | |||||||
Sun Belt regular season | |||||||||||
December 29, 2017 2:30 p.m. |
at Coastal Carolina | L 76–89 | 6–6 (0–1) |
HTC Center (293) Conway, SC | |||||||
December 31, 2017 11:00 a.m. |
at Appalachian State | W 64–60 | 7–6 (1–1) |
Holmes Center (275) Boone, NC | |||||||
January 4, 2018 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Troy | W 76–57 | 8–6 (2–1) |
College Park Center (1,868) Arlington, TX | |||||||
January 6, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
South Alabama | L 63–76 | 8–7 (2–2) |
College Park Center (1,914) Arlington, TX | |||||||
January 11, 2018 5:00 p.m. |
at Little Rock | L 57–59 | 8–8 (2–3) |
Jack Stephens Center (2,091) Little Rock, AR | |||||||
January 13, 2018 3:00 p.m. |
at Arkansas State | L 80–85 | 8–9 (2–4) |
First National Bank Arena (791) Jonesboro, AR | |||||||
January 18, 2018 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Louisiana | W 63–61 | 9–9 (3–4) |
College Park Center (2,384) Arlington, TX | |||||||
January 20, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Louisiana–Monroe | W 70–61 | 10–9 (4–4) |
College Park Center Arlington, TX | |||||||
January 25, 2018 4:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
at Georgia State | W 81–76 OT | 11–9 (5–4) |
GSU Sports Arena (323) Atlanta, GA | |||||||
January 27, 2018 1:00 p.m. |
at Georgia Southern | L 68–73 | 11–10 (5–5) |
Hanner Fieldhouse (343) Statesboro, GA | |||||||
February 1, 2018 5:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Appalachian State | W 49–48 | 13–9 (6–5) |
College Park Center (2,330) Arlington, TX | |||||||
February 3, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Coastal Carolina | W 65–63 | 13–10 (7–5) |
College Park Center Arlington, TX | |||||||
February 10, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Texas State | W 61–59 OT | 14–10 (8–5) |
College Park Center (2,602) Arlington, TX | |||||||
February 15, 2018 5:00 p.m. |
at Louisiana–Monroe | W 80–53 | 15–10 (9–5) |
Fant–Ewing Coliseum (1,439) Monroe, LA | |||||||
February 17, 2018 4:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
at Louisiana | W 38–34 | 16–10 (10–5) |
Cajundome (733) Lafayette, LA | |||||||
February 22, 2018 11:30 a.m., ESPN3 |
Georgia Southern | W 70–49 | 17–10 (11–5) |
College Park Center (5,590) Arlington, TX | |||||||
February 24, 2018 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 |
Georgia State | W 62–57 | 18–10 (12–5) |
College Park Center Arlington, TX | |||||||
March 3, 2018 2:00 p.m. |
at Texas State | L 58–75 | 18–11 (12–6) |
Strahan Coliseum (1,699) San Marcos, TX | |||||||
Sun Belt women's tournament | |||||||||||
March 8, 2018 7:30 p.m., ESPN3 |
(3) | vs. (6) Louisiana Quarterfinals |
L 48–54 | 18–12 |
Lakefront Arena (854) New Orleans, LA | ||||||
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Rankings
editPoll | Pre- season |
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Week 3 |
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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 | N/A | |||||||||||||||||||
Coaches | RV | N/A | RV | RV |
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(RV) | Received votes | |
(NR) | Not ranked previous week |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "UTA Lady Maverick Basketball Prospectus" (PDF). University of Texas at Arlington. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 14, 2018. Retrieved April 30, 2022.
- ^ "The Official Site of UT Arlington Mavericks Women's Basketball". UTAMavs.com. January 9, 2018. Archived from the original on May 22, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2018.