# 2018–19 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team

The 2018–19 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represents Florida State University during the 2018–19 NCAA Division I women's 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-second year, and play their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
The Seminoles finished the season with a record of 24–9, going 10–6 in ACC play to finish in sixth place. Florida State reached the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament. The Seminoles received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a fifth-seed, their seventh consecutive tournament appearance, where they reached the second round.

## Previous season

For the 2017–18 season, the Seminoles finished with a record of 26–7, 12–4 in the ACC, to finish in third place. Florida State was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament by Notre Dame. The Seminoles received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a three-seed, their sixth consecutive tournament appearance, and were upset in the second round of the tournament by Buffalo.

## Off-season
### Recruiting Class

Source:
US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Izabela Nicoletti G | São Paulo, Brazil | Neuse Christian Academy | 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 98 ||||||
| Kourtney Weber G | New Orleans, LA | Ursuline Academy | 2 ft 10 in (0.86 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 96 ||||||
| Valencia Myers F | Solon, OH | Solon High School | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Morgan Jones G | Jonesboro, GA | Our Lady of Mercy | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Amaya Brown G | Albuquerque, NM | Cibola | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 91 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking — = Not ranked RV = Received votes т = Tied with team above or below :
| | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
| AP | RV | RV | — | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 22 | RV | 22 | 24 | 24 | 21 | 22 | 22 | 22-T | 25 | Not released |
| Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | 25 | 23 | 18 | 21 | 19 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 21 | 22 | 23 |

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| October 28, 2018* 2:00 pm | | Flagler | W 101–49 | – | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| Non–Conference Regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2018* 11:00 am, ACCN Extra | | Troy | W 103–67 | 1–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,895) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 9, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | North Florida | W 74–53 | 2–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,191) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 11, 2018* 3:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Florida Rivalry | W 63–56 | 3–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,994) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 15, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Jacksonville | W 79–46 | 4–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,367) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 18, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | LSU | L 45–58 | 4–1 | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,002) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 23, 2018* 3:00 pm, FloHoops | | vs. Eastern Kentucky Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division semifinal | W 62–45 | 5–1 | Gateway Christian Academy Bimini, Bahamas |
| November 24, 2018* 6:45 pm, FloHoops | | vs. No. 12 Iowa Junkanoo Jam Bimini Division championship | W 71–67 | 6–1 | Gateway Christian Academy Bimini, Bahamas |
| November 29, 2018* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Penn State ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 87–58 | 7–1 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,501) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 5, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Mercer | W 57–56 | 8–1 | Hawkins Arena (1,072) Macon, GA |
| December 9, 2018* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at St. John's | W 57–53 | 9–1 | Carnesecca Arena (893) Queens, New York |
| December 16, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Creighton | W 71–52 | 10–1 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,501) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 20, 2018* 8:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Milwaukee | W 87–62 | 11–1 | Klotsche Center (766) Milwaukee, WI |
| December 29, 2018* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Georgia State | W 79–43 | 12–1 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,578) Tallahassee, FL |
| ACC Regular season ||||||
| January 3, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Virginia | W 63–61 | 13–1 (1–0) | John Paul Jones Arena (2,376) Charlottesville, VA |
| January 6, 2019 1:00 pm, RSN | | at North Carolina | W 64–63 | 14–1 (2–0) | Carmichael Arena (2,497) Chapel Hill, NC |
| January 13, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 22 | Clemson | L 45–57 | 14–2 (2–1) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,317) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 17, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Boston College | W 91–71 | 15–2 (3–1) | Conte Forum (935) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| January 20, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Duke | W 66–62 | 16–2 (4–1) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,636) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 24, 2019 7:00 pm, RSN | No. 22 | No. 4 Louisville | L 49–68 | 16–3 (4–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,446) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 27, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 22 | at Virginia Tech | W 56–54 | 17–3 (5–2) | Cassell Coliseum (1,915) Blacksburg, VA |
| January 31, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 24 | Miami (FL) Rivalry | W 62–58 | 18–3 (6–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,570) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 3, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 24 | Wake Forest | W 85–61 | 19–3 (7–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,114) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 7, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 24 | No. 9 NC State | W 75–70 | 20–3 (8–2) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,734) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 10, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN | No. 24 | at No. 4 Notre Dame | L 70–97 | 20–4 (8–3) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,950) South Bend, IN |
| February 14, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 21 | at Clemson | L 68–73 | 20–5 (8–4) | Littlejohn Coliseum (658) Clemson, SC |
| February 17, 2019 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 21 | Pittsburgh | W 78–46 | 21–5 (9–4) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,134) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 24, 2019 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 22 | at No. 14 Miami (FL) Rivalry | L 54–64 | 21–6 (9–5) | Watsco Center (2,339) Coral Gables, FL |
| February 28, 2019 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 22 | No. 17 Syracuse | L 88–94 | 21–7 (9–6) | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,732) Tallahassee, FL |
| March 3, 2019 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 22 | at Georgia Tech | W 64–55 | 22–7 (10–6) | McCamish Pavilion (1,567) Atlanta, GA |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 7, 2019 8:00 pm, ACCRSN | (6) No. 22 | vs. (11) Duke Second Round | W 51–41 | 23–7 | Greensboro Coliseum (4,024) Greensboro, NC |
| March 8, 2019 8:00 pm, ACCRSN | (6) No. 22 | vs. (3) No. 9 NC State Quarterfinals | L 62–69 | 23–8 | Greensboro Coliseum (5,646) Greensboro, NC |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| March 22, 2019* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | (5 G) No. 25 | vs. (12 G) Bucknell Round of 64 | W 70–67 | 24–8 | Dale F. Halton Arena (1,750) Charlotte, NC |
| March 24, 2019* 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | (5 G) No. 25 | vs. (4 G) No. 15 South Carolina Round of 32 | L 64–72 | 24–9 | Dale F. Halton Arena (2,030) Charlotte, NC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. G=Greensboro Region . All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Awards

* All-ACC
** First Team
       Kiah Gillespie
** Freshman Team
       Valencia Myers