The 2017–18 Memphis Tigers women's basketball team will represent the University of Memphis during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marks the fifth for the Tigers as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Tigers, led by tenth year head coach Melissa McFerrin, plays their home games at the Elma Roane Fieldhouse. They finished the season 10–20, 5–11 in AAC play to finish in a tie for eighth place. They lost in the first round of the American Athletic women's tournament to Tulane.