2017–18 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team

The 2017–18 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball team represented the University of Virginia during the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cavaliers, led by seventh year head coach Joanne Boyle, played their home games at John Paul Jones Arena and were members the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 19–14, 10–6 in ACC play to finish in a 3-way tie for sixth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament, where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament, which was their first trip since 2009, where they defeated California first round before losing to South Carolina in the second round.

2017–18 Virginia Cavaliers women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
Record19–14 (10–6 ACC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • La'Keshia Frett Meredith
  • Katherine Graham
  • Tim Taylor
Home arenaJohn Paul Jones Arena
2017–18 ACC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 Louisville *†151 .938363  .923
No. 5 Notre Dame151 .938353  .921
No. 11 Florida State124 .750267  .788
No. 21 NC State115 .688269  .743
No. 20 Duke115 .688249  .727
Syracuse106 .625229  .710
Miami (FL)106 .6252111  .656
Virginia106 .6251914  .576
Virginia Tech610 .3752314  .622
Georgia Tech610 .3752014  .588
Wake Forest511 .3131417  .452
North Carolina412 .2501516  .484
Pittsburgh214 .1251020  .333
Boston College214 .125723  .233
Clemson115 .0631119  .367
2018 ACC tournament winner
* Tournament #1 seed
As of 31 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

On March 20, Boyle announced her retirement, initially citing an unspecified family matter. She would later reveal that she retired because of snags in her ongoing attempt to finalize the adoption of her Senegalese daughter. Boyle finished at Virginia with a record of 129–98.

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