2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team

2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record16–15 (7–9 AAC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Rich Conover
  • Darren Guensch
  • Nicole Mealing
Home arenaWilliams Arena
2017–18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 1 UConn160 1.000361  .973
No. 19 South Florida133 .813268  .765
UCF124 .7502211  .667
Cincinnati106 .6251913  .594
Houston97 .5632012  .625
Wichita State97 .5631417  .452
East Carolina79 .4381615  .516
Tulane511 .3131417  .452
Memphis511 .3131020  .333
SMU412 .2501020  .333
Temple313 .1881219  .387
Tulsa313 .1881021  .323
2018 American Tournament winner
As of 30 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 East Carolina Pirates women's basketball team represented East Carolina University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Pirates, led by eighth-year head coach Heather Macy, played their home games at Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum in Greenville, North Carolina and were fourth-year members of the American Athletic Conference (AAC). They finished the season 16–15, 2–14 AAC play, to finish in seventh place. They defeated SMU in the first round before losing in the quarterfinals of the AAC women's tournament to South Florida.