2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team

2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball
NCAA tournament, first round
ConferenceSouthland Conference
Record19–13 (11–7 Southland)
Head coach
  • DoBee Plaisance (10th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Justin Payne
  • Kris Goff
  • Jenny Nash
Home arenaStopher Gym
2017–18 Southland Conference women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
Lamar 17 1   .944 22 7   .759
Stephen F. Austin 16 2   .889 25 6   .806
Central Arkansas 14 4   .778 25 10   .714
Texas A&M-CC 11 7   .611 19 12   .613
Nicholls State 11 7   .611 19 13   .594
New Orleans 11 7   .611 15 15   .500
Abilene Christian 9 9   .500 16 14   .533
McNeese State 8 10   .444 12 18   .400
Southeastern Louisiana 7 11   .389 8 21   .276
Houston Baptist 6 12   .333 10 18   .357
Incarnate Word 4 14   .222 5 24   .172
Northwestern State 2 16   .111 7 22   .241
Sam Houston State 1 17   .056 4 23   .148
2018 Southland tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Nicholls State Colonels women's basketball team represented Nicholls State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Colonels, led by tenth year head coach DoBee Plaisance, played their home games at Stopher Gym and were members of the Southland Conference. They finished the season 19–13, 11–7 in Southland play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. They won their first Southland women's tournament and earned an automatic trip to their first NCAA women's tournament in school history, where they lost in the first round to Mississippi State.