2017–18_Atlantic_Coast_Conference_women's_basketball_season

2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season

2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season

Sports 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.

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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

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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]

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Lexie Brown – Duke
Chanette Hicks – Virginia Tech
Asia Durr – Louisville
Rebecca Greenwell – Duke
Arike Ogunbowale – Notre Dame
Shakayla Thomas – Florida State Myisha Hines-Allen – Louisville
Erykah Davenport – Miami
Leaonna 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 parentheses.

  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 parentheses.

  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

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Preseason ACC Player of the Year

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Newcomer Watchlist

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Regular season

Rankings

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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.

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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.

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Postseason

ACC tournament

First round
Wednesday, February 28
Second round
Thursday, March 1
Quarterfinals
Friday, March 2
Semifinals
Saturday, March 3
Championship
Sunday, March 4
4Duke45
5NC State775NC State51
12North Carolina645NC State59
1Louisville64
1Louisville73
8Syracuse709Virginia Tech70
12North Carolina699Virginia Tech851Louisville74
13Boston College642Notre Dame72
2Notre Dame83
7Virginia607Virginia47
10Georgia Tech6110Georgia Tech582Notre Dame90
15Clemson523Florida State80
3Florida State73
6Miami686Miami69
11Wake Forest7211Wake Forest60
14Pittsburgh38

NCAA tournament

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National Invitation tournament

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Honors and awards

ACC Awards

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WNBA draft

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


References

  1. "Johnson Resigns as Women's Basketball Head Coach". bceagles.com. March 1, 2018. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  2. "Clemson To Change Leadership of Women's Basketball". clemsontigers.com. Clemson University. March 27, 2018. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved March 28, 2018.
  3. "ACC Women's Basketball in the Preseason Ranks and on Preseason Watch Lists". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 7, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  4. "ACC Set For Women's Basketball Media Day". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 18, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  5. "Notre Dame Again Named ACC Women's Basketball Preseason Favorite". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. October 19, 2017. Retrieved March 6, 2018.
  6. "ACC Women's Basketball: Player and Rookie of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 13, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  7. "ACC Women's Basketball: Player and Rookie of the Week Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 20, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  8. "Young and Mangakahia Share Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. November 27, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  9. "ACC Women's Basketball: Thomas Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 4, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  10. "Lexie Brown Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 11, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  11. "Jessica Shepard Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 18, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  12. "Lexie Brown Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. December 26, 2017. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  13. "Asia Durr and Imani Wright Share ACC Player of the Week Honors". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 2, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  14. "Tiana Mangakahia Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 8, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  15. "Asia Durr Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 15, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  16. "Arike Ogunbowale Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 22, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  17. "Jessica Shepard Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. January 29, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  18. "Asia Durr Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. February 5, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  19. "Taylor Emery Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. February 12, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  20. "Elisa Penna Named ACC Player of the Week". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. February 19, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  21. "Lexie Brown Earns Final ACC Player of the Week Honor". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. February 26, 2018. Retrieved March 12, 2018.
  22. "Louisville's Durr Voted ACC Player of the Year". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. February 28, 2018. Archived from the original on March 20, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  23. "All-ACC Women's Basketball Teams Announced". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. February 27, 2018. Retrieved March 19, 2018.

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