2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team represented the University of Maine Black Bears in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Black Bears, led by seventh year head coach Richard Barron and interim head coach Amy Vachon, play their home games at the Cross Insurance Center with 2 games played at Memorial Gym and are members of the America East Conference.[1][2][3] They finished the season 23–10, 15–1 in America East play to win the America East Regular Season. They also won the America East women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the first time since 2004. They lost to Texas in the first round.

2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball
America East Regular Season and Tournament champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceAmerica East Conference
Record23–10 (13–5 America East)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Jhasmin Player
  • Courtney Anderson England
  • Garett Sherman
Home arenaMemorial Gym
Cross Insurance Center
Seasons
2017–18 America East Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Maine133 .8132310 .697
Albany124 .750248 .750
Binghamton106 .6252012 .625
Stony Brook106 .6251812 .600
Hartford97 .5631913 .594
New Hampshire97 .5631912 .613
Vermont511 .313822 .267
UMBC313 .188526 .161
UMass Lowell115 .063426 .133
2018 America East tournament winner
As of 20 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Media

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All home games and conference road games will stream on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Most road games will stream on the opponents website. All games will be broadcast on the radio on WGUY and online on the Maine Portal.

Roster

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2017–18 Maine Black Bears women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G2Sierra Tapley5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)SoMount Desert IslandBar Harbor, ME
G4Maddy McVicar5 ft 4 in (1.63 m)JrCalaisCalais, ME
F5Maeve Carroll5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)FrGeorgetown Visitation PreparatoryOakton, VA
G10Julie Brosseau5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)SoCollège MontmorencyRepentigny, QE
G12Parise Rossignol5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)JrVan BurenVan Buren, ME
G15Dor Saar5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)FrIsraeli Basketball AcademyMa'anit, Israel
G20Kelly Fogarty5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)FrWalpoleWalpole, MA
G22Blanca Millan5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)SoColegio Manuel PeleteiroSantiago de Compostela, Spain
G23Tanesha Sutton5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)RS JrSs. Neumann and Goretti
Duquesne
Philadelphia, PA
C31Kat Williams6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)FrMarjory Stoneman DouglasCoral Springs, FL
F32Kira Barra6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)FrTheo Koch SchuleDillingen, Germany
F33Kirsten Johnson6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)SrAcademy of Our Lady PeaceSan Diego, CA
F51Fanny Wadling6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)SoLuleå Praktiska GymnasiumNacka, Sweden
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/28/2017*
5:00 pm
StonehillL 49–68 
Cross Insurance Center (1,250)
Bangor, ME
Non-conference regular season
11/10/2017*
6:00 pm, ESPN3
Tulane
Maine Tip-Off Tournament semifinals
L 34–42 0–1
Memorial Gym (1,054)
Orono, ME
11/11/2017*
4:00 pm, ESPN3
Harvard
Maine Tip-Off Tournament 3rd place game
W 76–51 1–1
Memorial Gym (855)
Orono, ME
11/14/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
BryantW 70–68 OT2–1
Cross Insurance Center (1,137)
Bangor, ME
11/16/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine–Fort KentW 100–40 3–1
Cross Insurance Center (1,082)
Bangor, ME
11/24/2017*
4:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at Miami (FL)
Miami Thanksgiving Tournament
L 73–80 3–2
Watsco Center (713)
Coral Gables, FL
11/26/2017*
2:30 pm
vs. Kennesaw State
Miami Thanksgiving Tournament
W 75–39 4–2
Watsco Center (884)
Coral Gables, FL
11/30/2017*
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at ToledoL 64–65 OT4–3
Savage Arena (3,208)
Toledo, OH
12/03/2017*
1:00 pm
at No. 8 Ohio StateL 70–83 4–4
Value City Arena (5,879)
Columbus, OH
12/05/2017*
5:00 pm, ESPN3
Maine Maritime AcademyW 89–49 5–4
Cross Insurance Center (1,964)
Bangor, ME
12/09/2017*
12:00 pm
at DartmouthW 64–51 6–4
Leede Arena (571)
Hanover, NH
12/17/2017*
3:00 pm
at No. 5 Mississippi StateL 43–83 6–5
Humphrey Coliseum (4,953)
Starkville, MS
12/19/2017*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at No. 14 DukeL 39–69 6–6
Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,053)
Durham, NC
12/28/2017*
7:00 pm, ACCN Extra
at Boston CollegeW 61–40 7–6
Conte Forum (1,337)
Chestnut Hill, MA
America East regular season
01/03/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Stony BrookW 64–56 8–6 (1–0)
Cross Insurance Center (1,103)
Bangor, ME
01/06/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
BinghamtonL 62–66 OT8–7 (1–1)
Cross Insurance Center (1,282)
Bangor, ME
01/10/2018
11:00 am, ESPN3
at UMBCW 64–50 9–7 (2–1)
Retriever Activities Center (2,366)
Catonsville, MD
01/13/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at AlbanyL 54–68 9–8 (2–2)
SEFCU Arena (921)
Albany, NY
01/15/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
VermontW 64–55 10–8 (3–2)
Cross Insurance Center (1,584)
Bangor, ME
01/18/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at HartfordW 59–44 11–8 (4–2)
Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (790)
West Hartford, CT
01/24/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at New HampshireW 56–46 12–8 (5–2)
Lundholm Gym (348)
Durham, NH
01/28/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
UMBCW 69–36 13–8 (6–2)
Cross Insurance Center (2,469)
Bangor, ME
01/31/2018
11:00 am, ESPN3
at UMass LowellW 69–51 14–8 (7–2)
Tsongas Center (4,125)
Lowell, MA
02/03/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
at BinghamtonW 61–38 15–8 (8–2)
Binghamton University Events Center (1,343)
Vestal, NY
02/05/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
HartfordW 59–56 16–8 (9–2)
Cross Insurance Center (1,208)
Bangor, ME
02/08/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
New HampshireW 77–46 17–8 (10–2)
Cross Insurance Center (1,174)
Bangor, ME
02/11/2018
2:00 pm
at Stony BrookL 68–76 17–9 (10–3)
Island Federal Credit Union Arena (1,107)
Stony Brook, NY
02/14/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
UMass LowellW 70–65 18–9 (11–3)
Cross Insurance Center (1,141)
Bangor, ME
02/22/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at VermontW 79–47 19–9 (12–3)
Patrick Gym (505)
Burlington, VT
02/25/2018
1:00 pm, ESPN3
AlbanyW 74–69 OT20–9 (13–3)
Cross Insurance Center (3,140)
Bangor, ME
America East Women's Tournament
03/03/2018
12:00 pm, ESPN3
(1) vs. (8) UMBC
Quarterfinals
W 65–43 21–9
Cross Insurance Arena (2,158)
Portland, ME
03/04/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
(1) vs. (5) New Hampshire
Semifinals
W 64–48 22–9
Cross Insurance Arena 
Portland, ME
03/09/2018
4:00 pm, ESPNU
(1) (6) Hartford
Championship Game
W 75–64 23–9
Cross Insurance Center (3,373)
Bangor, ME
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018*
6:00 pm, ESPN2
(15 KC) at (2 KC) No. 8 Texas
First Round
L 54–83 23–10
Frank Erwin Center (3,878)
Austin, TX
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
KC=Kansas City Region.
All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "University of Maine Athletics" (PDF). Goblackbears.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  2. ^ "Maine Black Bears Women's Basketball - Black Bears News, Scores, Stats, Rumors & More". ESPN. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  3. ^ Maine Black Bears. "Maine Black Bears on Yahoo! Sports - News, Scores, Standings, Rumors, Fantasy Games". Sports.yahoo.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.
  4. ^ "University of Maine Athletics". Goblackbears.com. Retrieved November 2, 2017.