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
The 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 10, 2017 and ended with the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, Final Four 2018 NCAA Division I Women's Basketball Championship Game, title game at Nationw ...
in November. Conference play started in late December 2017 and will conclude in March with the
2018 ACC women's basketball tournament
The 2018 ACC women's basketball tournament, which ended the 2017–18 Atlantic Coast Conference women's basketball season, 2017–18 season of the Atlantic Coast Conference, was held at Greensboro Coliseum Complex, Greensboro Coliseum in Greensb ...
at the
Greensboro Coliseum
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in
Greensboro, NC
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. 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
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resigned as the head coach of
Boston College
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. Also after the season concluded it was announced that
Audra Smith would not be returning as coach of
Clemson.
Coaches
''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.
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
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. 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.
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.
# Notre Dame (8) – 212
# Louisville (1) – 205
# Duke (3) – 200
# Florida State (3) – 188
# Virginia – 148
# Georgia Tech – 141
# Syracuse – 122
# Miami – 113
# North Carolina – 103
# NC State – 97
# Wake Forest – 90
# Virginia Tech – 82
# Clemson – 43
# Boston College – 37
# Pittsburgh – 19
= Blue Ribbon Panel
=
First place votes shown in parentheses.
# Notre Dame (35) – 858
# Louisville (5) – 809
# Duke (10) – 799
# Florida State (10) – 752
# Miami – 515
# Virginia – 505
# Syracuse – 497
# NC State – 463
# Georgia Tech – 456
# North Carolina – 434
# Virginia Tech – 334
# Wake Forest – 316
# Pittsburgh – 193
# Clemson – 164
# Boston College – 86
Preseason All-ACC Teams
Preseason ACC Player of the Year
Newcomer Watchlist
Regular season
Rankings
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.
Player of the week
Throughout the conference regular season, the
Atlantic Coast Conference
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offices named a Player(s) of the week and a Rookie(s) of the week.
Postseason
ACC tournament
NCAA tournament
National Invitation tournament
Honors and awards
ACC Awards
WNBA draft
The ACC had 5 players selected in the 2018 WNBA draft.
References
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