2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season

The 2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2017, followed by the start of the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in late December 2017 and will conclude in March with the 2018 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament at the Greensboro Coliseum in Greensboro, NC. The regular season and tournament champions were the Louisville Cardinals.

2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams15
TV partner(s)ACC Network, ESPN, Regional Sports Networks
WNBA Draft
Top draft pickLexie Brown, Duke
Picked byConnecticut Sun
2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
Regular Season ChampionsLouisville
Runners-upNotre Dame
Season MVPAsia Durr – Louisville
Top scorerArike Ogunbowale – Notre Dame
ACC Tournament
ChampionsLouisville
Finals MVPMyisha Hines-Allen
2017–18 ACC women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 3 Louisville *†15–1 .938  36–3  .923
No. 5 Notre Dame15–1 .938  35–3  .921
No. 11 Florida State12–4 .750  26–7  .788
No. 21 NC State11–5 .688  26–9  .743
No. 20 Duke11–5 .688  24–9  .727
Syracuse10–6 .625  22–9  .710
Miami (FL)10–6 .625  21–11  .656
Virginia10–6 .625  19–14  .576
Virginia Tech6–10 .375  23–14  .622
Georgia Tech6–10 .375  20–14  .588
Wake Forest5–11 .313  14–17  .452
North Carolina4–12 .250  15–16  .484
Pittsburgh2–14 .125  10–20  .333
Boston College2–14 .125  7–23  .233
Clemson1–15 .063  11–19  .367
† 2018 ACC Tournament winner
*Tournament #1 seed
As of 31 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Head coaches

Coaching changes

There were no coaching changes prior to the 2017–18 season. However, after the season ended, Erik Johnson resigned as the head coach of Boston College.[1] Also after the season concluded it was announced that Audra Smith would not be returning as coach of Clemson.[2]

Coaches
Team Head coach Previous job Years at school Record at school ACC record ACC titles NCAA Tournaments NCAA Final Fours NCAA Championships
Boston College Erik Johnson Denver 6 61–92 17–63 0 0 0 0
Clemson Audra Smith UAB 5 41–80 8–55 0 0 0 0
Duke Joanne P. McCallie Michigan State 11 273–71 121–33 4 9 0 0
Florida State Sue Semrau Wisconsin (Assistant) 21 401–233 174–134 2 13 0 0
Georgia Tech MaChelle Joseph Georgia Tech (Assistant) 15 274–177 100–112 0 7 0 0
Louisville Jeff Walz Maryland (Assistant) 11 263–93 113–47 0 3 2 0
Miami Katie Meier Charlotte 13 231–152 89–93 1 6 0 0
NC State Wes Moore Chattanooga 5 86–43 40–24 0 2 0 0
North Carolina Sylvia Hatchell Francis Marion 32 718–296 285–187 7 22 3 1
Notre Dame Muffet McGraw Lehigh 31 763–226 389–84 4 4 7 1
Pittsburgh Suzie McConnell-Serio Duquesne 5 57–57 20–44 0 1 0 0
Syracuse Quentin Hillsman Syracuse (Assistant) 11 95–39 45–29 0 4 1 0
Virginia Joanne Boyle California 7 110–85 43–55 0 5 0 0
Virginia Tech Kenny Brooks James Madison 2 20–14 4–12 0 0 0 0
Wake Forest Jennifer Hoover High Point 6 74–87 24–58 0 0 0 0

Notes:

  • Year at school includes 2017–18 season.
  • Overall and ACC records are from time at current school and are through the end the 2016–17 season.
  • NCAA Tournament appearances are from time at current school only.
  • NCAA Final Fours and Championship include time at other schools

Preseason

Preseason watch lists

Below is a table of notable preseason watch lists.[3]

Lieberman Drysdale Miller McClain Leslie
Lexie Brown – Duke
Chanette Hicks – Virginia Tech		 Asia Durr – Louisville
Rebecca Greenwell – Duke
Arike Ogumbowale – Notre Dame		 Shakayla Thomas – Florida State Myisha Hines Allen – Louisville
Erykah Davenport – Miami
Leonna Odom – Duke		 Akela Maize – NC State
Erin Mathias – Florida State
Chatrice White – Florida State

ACC Preseason Media Day

Prior to the start of the season, the ACC hosted a media day at the Westin Hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the media day, the head coaches voted on the finishing order of the teams, an All-ACC team, a Preseason Player of the Year, and Newcomers to watch. The media day was hosted on October 19, 2017. A selected group of student athletes also took questions from the media on this day.[4][5]

ACC preseason polls

At ACC Media Day, the ACC Head Coaches voted on a final finishing order for all ACC teams, as well as a Blue Ribbon Panel. The results are shown below.

Head Coaches Poll

First place votes shown in parenthesis.

  1. Notre Dame (8) – 212
  2. Louisville (1) – 205
  3. Duke (3) – 200
  4. Florida State (3) – 188
  5. Virginia – 148
  6. Georgia Tech – 141
  7. Syracuse – 122
  8. Miami – 113
  9. North Carolina – 103
  10. NC State – 97
  11. Wake Forest – 90
  12. Virginia Tech – 82
  13. Clemson – 43
  14. Boston College – 37
  15. Pittsburgh – 19
Blue Ribbon Panel

First place votes shown in parenthesis.

  1. Notre Dame (35) – 858
  2. Louisville (5) – 809
  3. Duke (10) – 799
  4. Florida State (10) – 752
  5. Miami – 515
  6. Virginia – 505
  7. Syracuse – 497
  8. NC State – 463
  9. Georgia Tech – 456
  10. North Carolina – 434
  11. Virginia Tech – 334
  12. Wake Forest – 316
  13. Pittsburgh – 193
  14. Clemson – 164
  15. Boston College – 86

Preseason All-ACC Teams
2017 ACC Women's Basketball Preseason All-ACC Teams
Head Coaches Blue Ribbon Panel

Lexie Brown, R-Sr., G, Duke
Rebecca Greenwell, R-Sr., G, Duke
Shakayla Thomas, Sr., F, Florida State
Francesca Pan, So., G, Georgia Tech
Asia Durr, Jr., G, Louisville
Myisha Hines-Allen, Sr., F, Louisville
Paris Kea, R-Jr., G, North Carolina
Arike Ogunbowale, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Marina Mabrey, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Elisa Penna, So., G, Wake Forest

Lexie Brown, R-Sr., G, Duke
Rebecca Greenwell, R-Sr., G, Duke
Shakayla Thomas, Sr., F, Florida State
Asia Durr, Jr., G, Louisville
Myisha Hines-Allen, Sr., F, Louisville
Stephanie Watts, Jr., G, North Carolina
Paris Kea, R-Jr., G, North Carolina
Arike Ogunbowale, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Marina Mabrey, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Chanette Hicks, Jr., G, Virginia Tech

Preseason ACC Player of the Year
2017 ACC Women's Basketball Preseason Player of the Year
Head Coaches Blue Ribbon Panel

Asia Durr, Jr., G, Louisville

Lexie Brown, R-Sr., G, Duke

Newcomer Watchlist
2017 ACC Women's Basketball Newcomer Watchlists
Head Coaches Blue Ribbon Panel

Mikayla Boykin, Fr., G, Duke
Lorela Cubaj, Fr., F, Georgia Tech
Dana Evans, Fr., G, Louisville
Janelle Bailey, Fr., C, North Carolina
Lili Thompson, GS, G, Notre Dame

Mikayla Boykin, Fr., G, Duke
Bego Faz Davalos, R-Sr., C, Duke
Dana Evans, Fr., G, Louisville
Janelle Bailey, Fr., C, North Carolina
Lili Thompson, GS, G, Notre Dame

Regular season

Rankings
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Duke AP 12 11 16 14 14 14 14 14 17 16 15 18 19 19 17 20 18 20 20
C 12 12 17 16 14 14 15 15 18 18 15 18 19 19 16 16 15 18 18 12
Florida State AP 18 17 13 13 13 12 13 13 11 13 12 8 10 12 12 9 11 11 11
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Note: The Coaches Poll releases a final poll after the NCAA tournament, but the AP Poll does not release a poll at this time.

Conference matrix

This table summarizes the head-to-head results between teams in conference play. Each team will play 16 conference games, and at least 1 against each opponent.

  Boston College Clemson Duke Florida State Georgia Tech Louisville Miami North Carolina NC State Notre Dame Pittsburgh Syracuse Virginia Virginia Tech Wake Forest
vs. Boston College –1–01–01–01–01–01–00–11–02–00–12–01–01–01–0
vs. Clemson 0–1–1–02–02–01–01–01–01–01–01–01–01–01–01–0
vs. Duke 0–10–1–0–10–11–01–01–10–11–00–11–00–10–10–2
vs. Florida State 0–10–21–0–0–10–10–20–11–01–00–11–00–10–10–1
vs. Georgia Tech 0–10–21–01–0–1–00–10–11–02–01–01–01–01–00–1
vs. Louisville 0–10–10–11–00–1–0–10–10–10–10–20–10–20–10–1
vs. Miami 0–10–10–12–01–01–0–0–10–11–00–10–10–10–21–0
vs. North Carolina 1–00–11–11–01–01–01–0–2–01–00–11–01–01–00–1
vs. NC State 0–10–11–00–10–11–01–00–2–1–00–10–11–00–10–2
vs. Notre Dame 0–20–10–10–10–21–00–10–10–1–0–10–10–10–10–1
vs. Pittsburgh 1–00–11–01–00–12–01–01–01–01–0–2–01–01–01–0
vs. Syracuse 0–20–10–10–10–11–01–00–11–01–00–2–1–01–00–1
vs. Virginia 0–10–11–01–00–12–01–00–10–11–00–10–1–0–20–1
vs. Virginia Tech 0–10–11–01–00–11–02–00–11–01–00–10–12–0–1–0
vs. Wake Forest 0–10–12–01–01–01–00–11–02–01–00–11–01–00–1–
Total 2–141–1511–512–46–1015–110–64–1211–515–12–1410–610–66–105–11

Player of the week

Throughout the conference regular season, the Atlantic Coast Conference offices named a Player(s) of the week and a Rookie(s) of the week.

Week Player of the week Rookie of the week Reference
November 13, 2017 Asia Durr, Louisville Mykea Grey, Miami [6]
November 20, 2017 Myisha Hines-Allen, Louisville Janelle Bailey, North Carolina [7]
November 27, 2017 Jackie Young, Notre Dame Mykea Grey (2), Miami [8]
Tiana Mangakahia, Syracuse
December 4, 2017 Shakayla Thomas, Florida State Janelle Bailey (2), North Carolina [9]
December 11, 2017 Lexie Brown, Duke Digna Strautmane, Syracuse [10]
December 18, 2017 Jessica Shepard, Notre Dame Janelle Bailey (3), North Carolina [11]
December 26, 2017 Lexie Brown (2), Duke Milan Bolden-Morris, Boston College [12]
January 2, 2018 Asia Durr (2), Louisville Janelle Bailey (4), North Carolina [13]
Imani Wright, Florida State
January 8, 2018 Tiana Mangakahia (2), Syracuse Milan Bolden-Morris (2), Boston College [14]
January 15, 2018 Asia Durr (3), Louisville Janelle Bailey (5), North Carolina [15]
January 22, 2018 Arike Ogunbowale, Notre Dame Amaya Finklea-Guity, Syracuse [16]
January 29, 2018 Jessica Shepard (2), Notre Dame Digna Strautmane (2), Syracuse [17]
February 5, 2018 Asia Durr (4), Louisville Digna Strautmane (3), Syracuse [18]
February 12, 2018 Taylor Emery, Virginia Tech Janelle Bailey (6), North Carolina [19]
February 19, 2018 Elisa Penna, Wake Forest Kierra Fletcher, Georgia Tech [20]
February 26, 2018 Lexie Brown (3), Duke Janelle Bailey (7), North Carolina [21]

Postseason

ACC Tournament
Main article: 2018 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament
  First round
Wednesday, February 28		 Second round
Thursday, March 1		 Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2		 Semifinals
Saturday, March 3		 Championship
Sunday, March 4
                                               
4 Duke 45  
    5 NC State 51  
5 NC State 77
12 North Carolina 64  
  5 NC State 59  
  1 Louisville 64  
1 Louisville 73
    9 Virginia Tech 70  
8 Syracuse 70
    9 Virginia Tech 85  
12 North Carolina 69
13 Boston College 64  
1 Louisville 74
2 Notre Dame 72
2 Notre Dame 83  
    7 Virginia 47  
7 Virginia 60
    10 Georgia Tech 58  
10 Georgia Tech 61
15 Clemson 52  
  2 Notre Dame 90
  3 Florida State 80  
3 Florida State 73
    6 Miami 69  
6 Miami 68
    11 Wake Forest 60  
11 Wake Forest 72
14 Pittsburgh 38  

NCAA Tournament
Main article: 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Tournament
Seed Region School 1st Round 2nd Round Sweet 16 Elite Eight Final Four Championship
1 Lexington Louisville W 74–42 vs. #16 Boise State – (Louisville) W 90–72 vs. #8 Marquette – (Louisville) W 86–59 vs. #4 Stanford – (Lexington) W 76–43 vs. #6 Oregon State – ([Lexington) L 63–73 (OT) vs. #1 Mississippi State – (Columbus)
1 Spokane Notre Dame W 99–81 vs. #16 Cal State Northridge – (South Bend) W 98–72 vs. #9 Villanova – (South Bend) W 90–84 vs. #4 Texas A&M – (Spokane) W 84–74 vs. #2 Oregon – (Spokane) W 91–89 (OT) vs. #1 Connecticut – (Columbus) W 61–58 vs. #1 Mississippi State – (Columbus)
3 Albany Florida State W 91–49 vs. #14 Little Rock – (Tallahassee) L 65–86 vs. #11 Buffalo – (Tallahassee)
4 Kansas City NC State W 62–35 vs. #13 Elon – (Raleigh) W 74–60 vs. #5 Maryland – (Raleigh) L 57–71 vs. #1 Mississippi State – (Kansas City)
5 Albany Duke W 72–58 vs. #12 Belmont – (Athens) W 66–40 vs. #4 Georgia – (Athens) L 59–72 vs. #1 Connecticut – (Albany)
8 Albany Miami L 72–86 vs. #9 Quinnipiac – (Storrs)
8 Kansas City Syracuse L 57–84 vs. #9 Oklahoma State – (Starkville)
10 Albany Virginia W 68–62 vs. #7 Cal – (Columbia) L 56–66 vs. #2 South Carolina – (Columbia)
W–L (%): 6–2 (.750) 4–2 (.667) 2–2 (.500) 2–0 (1.000) 1–1 (.500) 1–0 (1.000) Total: 16–7 (.696)

National Invitation Tournament
Main article: 2018 Women's National Invitation Tournament
School 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round Quarterfinals Semifinals Championship
Georgia Tech W 85–32 vs. Bethune–Cookman – (Atlanta) W 91–47 vs. UAB – (Atlanta) L 59–61 vs. Alabama – (Tuscaloosa)
Virginia Tech W 56–55 vs. Navy – (Blacksburg) W 78–69 vs. George Mason – (Blacksburg) W 81–50 vs. Fordham – (Blacksburg) W 74–67 vs. Alabama – (Blacksburg) W 64–61 vs. West Virginia – (Morgantown) L 57–65 vs. Indiana – (Bloomington)
W–L (%): 2–0 (1.000) 2–0 (1.000) 1–1 (.500) 1–0 (1.000) 1–0 (1.000) 0–1 (.000) Total: 7–2 (.778)

Honors and awards

ACC Awards
2017 ACC Women's Basketball Individual Awards[22]
Award Recipient(s)
Player of the Year Asia Durr – Louisville
Coach of the Year Jeff Walz – Louisville
Defensive Player of the Year Lexie Brown – Duke
Freshman of the Year Janelle Bailey – North Carolina
Sixth Player of the Year Zaire O’Neil – Georgia Tech
2017 ACC Women's Basketball All-Conference Teams[23]
First Team Second Team Freshman Team

Lexie Brown, R-Sr., G, Duke
Shakayla Thomas, Sr., F, Florida State
Imani Wright, R-Sr., G, Florida State
Asia Durr, Jr., G, Louisville
Myisha Hines-Allen, Sr., F, Louisville
Paris Kea, R-Jr., G, North Carolina
Chelsea Nelson, Sr., F, NC State
Arike Ogunbowale, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Jessica Shepard, Jr., F, Notre Dame
Tiana Mangakahia, So., G, Syracuse

Rebecca Greenwell, R-Sr., G, Duke
Erykah Davenport, Sr., F/C, Miami
Marina Mabrey, Jr., G, Notre Dame
Taylor Emery, Jr., G, Virginia Tech
Elisa Penna, Jr, F, Wake Forest

Milan Bolden-Morris, Fr., G, Boston College
Jade Williams, Fr., F, Duke
Kierra Fletcher, Fr., G, Georgia Tech
Dana Evans, Fr., G, Louisville
Mykea Gray, Fr., G, Miami
Kelsey Marshall, Fr., G, Miami
Janelle Bailey, Fr., F, North Carolina
Digna Strautmane, Fr., F, Syracuse

WNBA Draft
Main article: 2018 WNBA Draft

The ACC had 5 players selected in the 2018 WNBA draft.

PlayerTeamRoundPick #PositionSchool
Lexie BrownConnecticut Sun19GDuke
Myisha Hines-AllenWashington Mystics219FLouisville
Shakayla ThomasLos Angeles Sparks223FFlorida State
Imani WrightPhoenix Mercury326GFlorida State
Rebecca GreenwellWashington Mystics331GDuke

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