# 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.
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.

## Previous season

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. Romero and James went on to be selected in the 2017 WNBA draft.
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.

## Rankings

Ranking movements Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking :
| | Week | 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 | 19 | Final |
| AP | 18 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | Not released |
| Coaches | 14 | 14 | 14^ | 11 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 13 |
^Coaches' Poll did not release a second poll. The pre-season ranking is used for comparison.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non–Conference Regular season ||||||
| November 10* 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | No. 18 | North Florida | W 109–51 | 1–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (2,637) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 12* 4:30 p.m. | No. 18 | at Jacksonville State | W 75–51 | 2–0 | Pete Mathews Coliseum (1,191) Jacksonville, AL |
| November 17* 7:00 p.m. | No. 17 | at Florida | W 84–54 | 3–0 | O'Connell Center (2,989) Gainesville, FL |
| November 19* 5:00 p.m. | No. 17 | at Grambling State | W 96–53 | 4–0 | Fredrick C. Hobdy Assembly Center (661) Grambling, LA |
| November 24* 4:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | No. 13 | Sacred Heart | W 101–52 | 5–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,233) Tallahassee, FL |
| November 26* 2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | No. 13 | Samford | W 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 Madison | W 79–63 | 8–0 | JMU Convocation Center (2,092) Harrisonburg, VA |
| December 7* 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | No. 13 | Stetson | W 84–39 | 9–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,403) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 10* 2:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | No. 13 | Arizona State | W 77–66 | 10–0 | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,671) Tallahassee, FL |
| December 17* 12:30 p.m. | No. 12 | at No. 8 Texas | L 72–87 | 10–1 | Frank Erwin Center (4,202) Austin, TX |
| December 21* 7:00 p.m. | No. 13 | at Creighton | W 92–82 | 11–1 | D. J. Sokol Arena (760) Omaha, NE |
| December 28* 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | No. 13 | Jacksonville | W 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 Carolina | W 102–65 | 13–1 (1–0) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,219) Tallahassee, FL |
| January 4 7:00 p.m. | No. 11 | at Clemson | W 69–47 | 14–1 (2–0) | Littlejohn Coliseum (589) Clemson, SC |
| January 7 1:00 p.m. | No. 11 | at Syracuse | L 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 Tech | W 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 Forest | W 81–79 $^{OT}$ | 17–2 (5–1) | LJVM Coliseum (379) Winston-Salem, NC |
| January 21 5:00 p.m., ESPN2 | No. 12 | at No. 2 Louisville | W 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 Dame | L 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 State | L 56–65 | 18–4 (6–3) | Reynolds Coliseum (2,253) Raleigh, NC |
| February 4 1:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | No. 10 | at Pittsburgh | W 66–59 | 19–4 (7–3) | Petersen Events Center (1,755) Pittsburgh, PA |
| February 8 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | No. 12 | Virginia | W 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 | Clemson | W 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 Duke | L 66–79 | 22–5 (10–4) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,127) Durham, NC |
| February 22 7:00 p.m., ACCN Extra | No. 9 | Boston College | W 67–39 | 23–5 (11–4) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,090) Tallahassee, FL |
| February 25 1:00 p.m. | No. 9 | Georgia Tech | W 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 . All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||