The 2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's basketball team represents
Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) is a public university in Lee County, Florida. It is part of the State University System of Florida and is its second youngest member. The university was established on May 3, 1991, and is accredited by the ...
(FGCU) in the
2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season
The 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 10, 2017 and ended with the Final Four title game at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio on April 1, 2018. Practices officially began in September 29, 2017.
Season headlin ...
. The Eagles, led by sixteenth year head coach
Karl Smesko
Karl Wade Smesko (born October 2, 1970) is the current head coach of the Florida Gulf Coast University (FGCU) women's basketball team.
High school
Born in Bath Township, Summit County, Ohio, Smesko played point guard for Revere High School. He w ...
, play their home games at
Alico Arena
Alico Arena is a multipurpose arena on the campus of Florida Gulf Coast University in Fort Myers, Florida. It is the home of the FGCU Eagles volleyball and Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball, men's and Florida Gulf Coast Eagles women's bas ...
and were members of the
Atlantic Sun Conference
The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Divisi ...
. They finish the season 31–5, 12–1 in A-Sun play to win the Atlantic Sun regular season champions. They also won the
ASUN Tournament and received an automatic bid to the
NCAA women's tournament where they upset Missouri in the first round before losing to Stanford in the second round.
Media
All home games and conference road are shown on
ESPN3
ESPN3 (formerly ESPN360 and ESPN3.com) is an online streaming service owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which operates the network, through its 80% controlling ownership interest) and Hearst Communications ...
or A-Sun.TV. Road games are also broadcast on th
FGCU Portal
Roster
Schedule
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NCAA Women's Tournament
Rankings
2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Two human polls make up the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings, the AP Poll and the Coaches Poll, in addition to various publications' preseason polls.
Notable events
Stanford failed to be in the top 25 in the AP Poll releas ...
See also
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2017–18 Florida Gulf Coast Eagles men's basketball team
References
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