2017–18 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by 11th-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center in their fourth year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 36–3, 15–1 in ACC play to win a share of the regular season title. They defeated Virginia Tech, NC State, and Notre Dame to win the ACC women's tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament. As the No. 1 seed in the Lexington region, they defeated Boise State and Marquette to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they defeated Stanford and Oregon State in the Elite Eight to advance to the school's third Final Four. In the Final Four, they lost to Mississippi State in overtime.

2017–18 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
ACC tournament champions
ACC regular season co-champions
Preseason WNIT champions
NCAA tournament, Final Four
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
APNo. 3
Record36–3 (15–1 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Stephanie Norman
  • Samantha Williams
  • Sam Purcell
Home arenaKFC Yum! Center
2017–18 ACC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Louisville *†15–1 .93836–3  .923
No. 5 Notre Dame15–1 .93835–3  .921
No. 11 Florida State12–4 .75026–7  .788
No. 21 NC State11–5 .68826–9  .743
No. 20 Duke11–5 .68824–9  .727
Syracuse10–6 .62522–9  .710
Miami (FL)10–6 .62521–11  .656
Virginia10–6 .62519–14  .576
Virginia Tech6–10 .37523–14  .622
Georgia Tech6–10 .37520–14  .588
Wake Forest5–11 .31314–17  .452
North Carolina4–12 .25015–16  .484
Pittsburgh2–14 .12510–20  .333
Boston College2–14 .1257–23  .233
Clemson1–15 .06311–19  .367
† 2018 ACC tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of 31 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll
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