2017–18 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represents Florida State University during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I basketball season. Florida State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles are led by head coach Sue Semrau, in her twenty-first year, and play their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

2017–18 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 13
APNo. 11
Record26–7 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaDonald L. Tucker Center
(Capacity: 12,100)
Seasons
2017–18 ACC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Louisville *†151 .938363 .923
No. 5 Notre Dame151 .938353 .921
No. 11 Florida State124 .750267 .788
No. 21 NC State115 .688269 .743
No. 20 Duke115 .688249 .727
Syracuse106 .625229 .710
Miami (FL)106 .6252111 .656
Virginia106 .6251914 .576
Virginia Tech610 .3752314 .622
Georgia Tech610 .3752014 .588
Wake Forest511 .3131417 .452
North Carolina412 .2501516 .484
Pittsburgh214 .1251020 .333
Boston College214 .125723 .233
Clemson115 .0631119 .367
2018 ACC tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of 31 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

Florida State finished the season 26–7, 12–4 in ACC play, to finish in third place. The Seminoles advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Little Rock in the first round before getting upset by Buffalo in the second round. Shakayla Thomas and Imani Wright went on to be selected in the WNBA draft.[1]

Previous season

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For the 2016–17 season, the Seminoles achieved their best start in school history, reaching twenty wins faster than any other FSU team. Leticia Romero, Brittany Brown, Ivey Slaughter, and Kai James were among the senior class with the most wins in program history.[2] Romero and James went on to be selected in the 2017 WNBA draft.[3]

Florida State finished second in the ACC but was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament. The Seminoles received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a three-seed, their fifth consecutive tournament appearance, reaching the Elite Eight for just the third time in school history.

Roster

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2017–18 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearHometown
G3Sayawni Lassiter5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)FrDorchester, MA
G4A. J. Alix5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)FrHouston, TX
F11Iho López6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)RS FrBlanes, Spain
G12Nicole Ekhomu5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)SoBolingbrook, IL
G13Nausia Woolfolk5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)SoFort Valley, GA
F15Kiah Gillespie6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)RS SoMeriden, CT
F20Shakayla Thomas5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)SrSylacauga, AL
C25Ama Degbeon6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)SrGrünberg, Germany
G31Savannah Wilkinson5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)FrLondon, England
G32Imani Wright5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)RS JrHooks, TX
C50Chatrice White6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)SrShelby, NE
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: January 11, 2018

Rankings

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre12345678910111213141516171819Final
AP18181713131312131311131281012129111111Not released
Coaches141414^1111101013131212118111212911111413

^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll. The pre-season ranking is used for comparison.

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank#Opponent#ResultRecordSite (attendance)
city, state
Non–Conference Regular season
November 10*
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 18 North FloridaW 109–51 1–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,637)
Tallahassee, FL
November 12*
4:30 p.m.
No. 18 at Jacksonville StateW 75–51 2–0
Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,191)
Jacksonville, AL
November 17*
7:00 p.m.
No. 17 at FloridaW 84–54 3–0
O'Connell Center (2,989)
Gainesville, FL
November 19*
5:00 p.m.
No. 17 at Grambling StateW 96–53 4–0
Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (661)
Grambling, LA
November 24*
4:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 Sacred HeartW 101–52 5–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,233)
Tallahassee, FL
November 26*
2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 SamfordW 87–62 6–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,502)
Tallahassee, FL
November 29*
8:00 p.m., BTN
No. 13 at Iowa
ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge
W 94–93 7–0
Carver–Hawkeye Arena (4,202)
Iowa City, IA
December 3*
2:00 p.m.
No. 13 at James MadisonW 79–63 8–0
JMU Convocation Center (2,092)
Harrisonburg, VA
December 7*
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 StetsonW 84–39 9–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,403)
Tallahassee, FL
December 10*
2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 Arizona StateW 77–66 10–0
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,671)
Tallahassee, FL
December 17*
12:30 p.m.
No. 12 at No. 8 TexasL 72–87 10–1
Frank Erwin Center (4,202)
Austin, TX
December 21*
7:00 p.m.
No. 13 at CreightonW 92–82 11–1
D. J. Sokol Arena (760)
Omaha, NE
December 28*
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 JacksonvilleW 82–50 12–1
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,900)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Regular season
December 31
2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 13 North CarolinaW 102–65 13–1
(1–0)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,219)
Tallahassee, FL
January 4
7:00 p.m.
No. 11 at ClemsonW 69–47 14–1
(2–0)
Littlejohn Coliseum (589)
Clemson, SC
January 7
1:00 p.m.
No. 11 at SyracuseL 69–76 14–2
(2–1)
Carrier Dome (1,803)
Syracuse, NY
January 11
7:00 p.m.
No. 13 Miami (FL)W 105–67 15–2
(3–1)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,281)
Tallahassee, FL
January 14
2:30 p.m.
No. 13 Virginia TechW 107–62 16–2
(4–1)
Donald L. Tucker Center (4,983)
Tallahassee, FL
January 18
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 12 at Wake ForestW 81–79 OT17–2
(5–1)
LJVM Coliseum (379)
Winston-Salem, NC
January 21
5:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 12 at No. 2 LouisvilleW 50–49 18–2
(6–1)
KFC Yum! Center (14,248)
Louisville, KY
January 28
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 8 No. 2 Notre DameL 69–100 18–3
(6–2)
Donald L. Tucker Center (9,498)
Tallahassee, FL
February 1
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 10 at NC StateL 56–65 18–4
(6–3)
Reynolds Coliseum (2,253)
Raleigh, NC
February 4
1:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 10 at PittsburghW 66–59 19–4
(7–3)
Petersen Events Center (1,755)
Pittsburgh, PA
February 8
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 12 VirginiaW 77–62 20–4
(8–3)
Donald L. Tucker Center (2,843)
Tallahassee, FL
February 11
4:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 12 at Miami (FL)W 91–71 21–4
(9–3)
BankUnited Center (2,527)
Coral Gables, FL
February 15
4:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 12 ClemsonW 91–43 22–4
(10–3)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,102)
Tallahassee, FL
February 19
6:00 p.m., ESPN2
No. 9 at No. 20 DukeL 66–79 22–5
(10–4)
Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,127)
Durham, NC
February 22
7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
No. 9 Boston CollegeW 67–39 23–5
(11–4)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,090)
Tallahassee, FL
February 25
1:00 p.m.
No. 9 Georgia TechW 64–61 24–5
(12–4)
Donald L. Tucker Center (3,357)
Tallahassee, FL
ACC Women's Tournament
March 2
8:00 p.m., ACCN Extra
(3) No. 11 vs. (6) Miami (FL)
Quarterfinals
W 73–69 25–5
Greensboro Coliseum (4,316)
Greensboro, NC
March 3
2:30 p.m., ESPNU
(3) No. 11 vs. (2) No. 5 Notre Dame
Semifinals
L 80–90 25–6
Greensboro Coliseum (6,160)
Greensboro, NC
NCAA Women's Tournament
March 17*
11:00 a.m., ESPN2
(3 A) No. 11 (14 A) Little Rock
First Round
W 91–49 26–6
Donald L. Tucker Center 
Tallahassee, FL
March 19*
6:30 p.m., ESPN2
(3 A) No. 11 (11 A) Buffalo
Second Round
L 65–86 26–7
Donald L. Tucker Center (4,119)
Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
A=Albany Region[4].
All times are in Eastern Time.

References

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  1. ^ "Two Noles Selected in WNBA Draft". Seminoles.com. April 12, 2018. Retrieved April 14, 2018.
  2. ^ "Senior Class Goes for Wins Record at B.C." Seminoles.com. February 1, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  3. ^ "Two Noles Picked in WNBA Draft". Seminoles.com. April 13, 2017. Retrieved January 10, 2018.
  4. ^ "2017–18 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball Schedule". Florida State Athletics.
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