2017–18 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team

The 2017–18 Central Arkansas Sugar Bears basketball team represented the University of Central Arkansas during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season.

The Sugar Bears were led by sixth-year head coach Sandra Rushing and played their home games at the Farris Center in Conway, Arkansas.

They advanced to the semifinals of the Southland women's tournament where they lost to Stephen F. Austin.

They received an invite to the WBI where they defeated SIU Edwardsville, Weber State and Nevada in the first round, quarterfinals and semifinals, respectively, to advanced to the championship game where they lost to Yale in the championship game.

[1] They won the Southland women's tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament for the second year in a row.