The Northwestern Wildcats women's basketball team is the intercollegiate women's basketball program representing Northwestern University. The school competes in the Big Ten Conference in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Wildcats play home basketball games at Welsh-Ryan Arena on the university campus in Evanston, Illinois, but played the 2017–18 season at Beardsley Gym on the nearby campus of Evanston Township High School alongside the Northwestern women’s volleyball team during renovations to Welsh–Ryan Arena. All other Northwestern Athletics home events were played at other on-campus venues, or within the Chicagoland area. However, women’s fencing played their home invite at Notre Dame University