The 2024–25 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team represented

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during the

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. They were led by fourth-year head coach

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, who previously served as interim head coach for the team during the 2020–21 season. The Seminoles played their home games at the

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on the university's

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campus. They competed as members of the

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(ACC). The Seminoles started off the season ranked nineteenth in the AP poll, but quickly fell out of the rankings after a second game of the season loss to

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. Despite going on a seven game winning streak, from November 11 to November 30, the Seminoles did not re-enter the rankings. This run included a win against rival

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and three straight wins in the Paradise Jam - Reef Division. The Seminoles won the championship with a 95–54 defeat of

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in the final. After returning from the Virgin Islands, Florida State lost in the

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, 79–77 at

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to end their winning streak. The Seminoles went on a five game winning streak after the Tennessee loss, which included their first three ACC games. The Seminoles were particularly dominant in a 105–74 win on the road at

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. The winning streak ended with a trip to face ACC newcomers

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and twenty-fourth ranked

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. The Seminoles lost both games in California. The team bounced back to go on a six-game winning streak and re-enter the rankings. After an 86–84 upset of thirteenth ranked

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, the Seminoles were ranked twenty-fifth. They ascended to twenty-second before losing to fourteenth ranked

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and

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. Those losses saw them fall out of the rankings before they re-entered at number twenty-four after defeating rival

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, and twentieth ranked

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. The Seminoles finished the season with an 86–81 defeat of third-ranked Notre Dame and a 71–57 loss to sixteenth ranked

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. The Seminoles finished the regular season 23–7 overall and 13–5 in ACC play to finish in a three-way tie for fourth place. As the fourth seed in the ACC tournament, they earned a bye into the Quarterfinals where they lost to fifth seed and fourteenth ranked North Carolina. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament and were the six-seed in the Spokane 1 region. They defeated eleven-seed

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in the First Round before losing to three-seed and tenth ranked

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101–71 to end their season. They finished with an overall record of 24–9. Their 24 wins were the most in Brooke Wyckoff's tenure. Additionally, Ta'Niya Latson was the nation's leading scorer during the season. Makayla Timpson would go on to be drafted in the second round of the

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Previous season

The Seminoles finished the season 23–11 overall and 12–6 in ACC play, to finish in a tie for fifth place. As the sixth seed in the ACC tournament, they defeated fourteenth seed Wake Forest in the second round and third seed

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in the quarterfinals before losing to second seed

in the semifinals. They received an at-large invitation to the NCAA tournament, marking the eleventh consecutive year the team has qualified for the tournament. As the ninth seed in the Portland 4 were defeated by eighth seed

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in the first round to end their season.

Off-season

Departures

Incoming transfers

2024 recruiting class

The Seminoles did not have any incoming freshman in the 2024 class.

Roster

Schedule and results

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Rankings

Awards

Watchlists

Honors

WNBA draft

References

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