The 2017–18 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents the University of Kentucky in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The team plays its home games in Lexington, Kentucky at Memorial Coliseum with three games at Rupp Arena. The team is led by Matthew Mitchell in his eleventh season as head coach. They are a member of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 15–17, 6–10 in SEC play to finish in ninth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament where they lost to Mississippi State. They missed the postseason for the first time since 2004.