2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team

2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball
WNIT, Third Round
ConferenceBig Ten Conference
Record20–14 (9–7 Big Ten)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Nadine Morgan
  • Beth Couture
  • Lindsay Wisdom-Hylton
Home arenaMackey Arena
2017–18 Big Ten women's basketball standings
Conf. Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 10 Ohio State 13 3   .813 28 7   .800
No. 16 Maryland 12 4   .750 26 8   .765
Iowa 11 5   .688 24 8   .750
Minnesota 11 5   .688 24 9   .727
Nebraska 11 5   .688 21 11   .656
Michigan 10 6   .625 23 10   .697
Indiana 9 7   .563 23 14   .622
Purdue 9 7   .563 20 14   .588
Rutgers 7 9   .438 20 12   .625
Michigan State 7 9   .438 19 14   .576
Penn State 6 10   .375 16 16   .500
Northwestern 4 12   .250 12 20   .375
Wisconsin 2 14   .125 9 21   .300
Illinois 0 16   .000 9 21   .300
2018 Big Ten tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 Purdue Boilermakers women's basketball team represented Purdue University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Boilermakers, led by 12th year head coach Sharon Versyp, played their home games at Mackey Arena and were a members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 20–14, 9–7 in Big Ten play to finish in tie for seventh place. They lost in the second round of the Big Ten women's tournament to Rutgers. They received an at-large bid of the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated IUPUI and Ball State in the first and second rounds before losing to their Big Ten member and their rival Indiana in the third round.