2017–18 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball team represented the University of Minnesota during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Golden Gophers, led by fourth-year head coach Marlene Stollings, played their home games at Williams Arena as members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 24–9, 11–5 in Big Ten play to finish in a three-way tie for third place. They defeated Iowa in the quarterfinals of the Big Ten women's tournament before losing to Ohio State in the semifinals. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament as the No. 7 seed in the Spokane region. There they defeated Green Bay before losing to Oregon in the Second Round.

2017–18 Minnesota Golden Gophers women's basketball
Lady Rebel Round-Up Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record249 (115 Big Ten)
Head coach
  • Marlene Stollings (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Nikita Lowry Dawkins
  • Marty McGillan
  • Gail Striegler
Home arenaWilliams Arena
2017–18 Big Ten women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 10 Ohio State133 .813287  .800
No. 16 Maryland124 .750268  .765
Iowa115 .688248  .750
Minnesota115 .688249  .727
Nebraska115 .6882111  .656
Michigan106 .6252310  .697
Indiana97 .5632314  .622
Purdue97 .5632014  .588
Rutgers79 .4382012  .625
Michigan State79 .4381914  .576
Penn State610 .3751616  .500
Northwestern412 .2501220  .375
Wisconsin214 .125921  .300
Illinois016 .000921  .300
2018 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

On April 9, 2018, head coach Marlene Stollings resigned from Minnesota to accept the head coaching job at Texas Tech. She finished with a four-year record of 82–47. On April 12, the school hired the second all-time leading scorer for the Gophers, Lindsay Whalen, as head coach. As part of her contract with the school, Whalen will continue to play for the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx while she is head coach.

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