| 2017–18Florida Gators women's basketball | |
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Savannah Invitational Champions | |
| Conference | Southeastern Conference |
| Record | 11–19 (3–13 SEC) |
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| Home arena | O'Connell Center |
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| Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 4Mississippi State | 16 | – | 0 | 1.000 | 37 | – | 2 | .949 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 7South Carolina † | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 29 | – | 7 | .806 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 18Georgia | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 12Tennessee | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 25 | – | 8 | .758 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 17Missouri | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 24 | – | 8 | .750 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 14Texas A&M | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 26 | – | 10 | .722 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 24LSU | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 19 | – | 10 | .655 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Alabama | 7 | – | 9 | .438 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Kentucky | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 15 | – | 17 | .469 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Auburn | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 14 | – | 15 | .483 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Arkansas | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 13 | – | 18 | .419 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Florida | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vanderbilt | 3 | – | 13 | .188 | 7 | – | 24 | .226 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Ole Miss | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 12 | – | 19 | .387 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2018 SEC tournament winner As of April 1, 2018 Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2017–18 Florida Gators women's basketball team represented theUniversity of Florida in the sport ofbasketball during the2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Gators competed inDivision I of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and theSoutheastern Conference (SEC). The Gators, led by first-year head coachCameron Newbauer, played their home games in theO'Connell Center on the university'sGainesville, Florida campus. They finished the season 11–19, 3–13 in SEC play to finish in a 3 tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of theSEC women's tournament to Ole Miss.
TheGators finished the season 15–16, 5–11 in SEC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They advanced to the second round ofSEC women's tournament where they lost to Texas A&M.
On March 6, the school fired Amanda Butler.[1] She finished at Florida with a 10-year record of 190–136.
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| Name | Position | College | Graduating year |
| Cameron Newbauer | Head coach | IUPUI | 2001 |
| Kelly Rae Finley | Assistant coach | Colorado State | 2003 |
| Laura Harper | Assistant coach | Maryland | 2000 |
| John McCray | Assistant coach | Ohio State | 1998 |
| Serena Wilson | Director of basketball operations | Florida | 2008 |
| Scott Schmelzer | Director of Scouting and Video Operations | Butler | 2013 |
| Jessica Mateer | Athletic Trainer | Olivet Nazarene | 2009 |
| Justin McClelland | Strength & Conditioning Coordinator | Eastern (PA) | 2011 |
| Christine Clark | Recruiting Specialist | Harvard | 2014 |
| Lani McQuade | Executive assistant | Holy Names | 1991 |
| Allison Sanders | Graduate Assistant | Southeastern (FL) | 2016 |
| Cameron Kinzer | Coordinator of Basketball Technology | Florida | 2017 |
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| 11/11/2017* 1:00 pm | Georgia State | W 82–66 | 1–0 | O'Connell Center (1,509) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 11/14/2017* 7:00 pm | Arkansas State | L 69–70 | 1–1 | O'Connell Center (1,143) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 11/17/2017* 7:00 pm | No. 17 Florida State | L 54–84 | 1–2 | O'Connell Center (2,989) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 11/21/2017* 4:30 pm | vs. Richmond Savannah Invitational | W 87–80 | 2–2 | Savannah Civic Center (332) Savannah, GA | |||||||
| 11/22/2017* 7:00 pm | vs. Stetson Savannah Invitational | L 71–85 | 2–3 | Savannah Civic Center (578) Savannah, GA | |||||||
| 11/23/2017* 7:00 pm | vs. Savannah State Savannah Invitational | W 90–40 | 3–3 | Savannah Civic Center (364) Savannah, GA | |||||||
| 11/28/2017* 7:00 pm | Jacksonville | W 69–59 | 4–3 | O'Connell Center (1,009) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 12/03/2017* 3:00 pm, FSSUN | at Oklahoma Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | W 80–61 | 5–3 | Lloyd Noble Center (2,992) Norman, OK | |||||||
| 12/06/2017* 5:30 pm | No. 12 Ohio State | L 77–103 | 5–4 | O'Connell Center (1,512) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 12/10/2017* 1:00 pm, SECN | Marshall | W 74–69 | 6–4 | O'Connell Center (1,008) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 12/20/2017* 12:00 pm | Chattanooga Gator Holiday Classic | L 60–65 | 6–5 | O'Connell Center (1,054) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 12/21/2017* 12:00 pm | Saint Joseph's Gator Holiday Classic | W 71–51 | 7–5 | O'Connell Center (1,008) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 12/27/2017* 2:00 pm | Delaware State | W 85–51 | 8–5 | O'Connell Center (1,206) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| SEC regular season | |||||||||||
| 12/31/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | at Auburn | L 55–84 | 8–6 (0–1) | Auburn Arena (1,788) Auburn, AL | |||||||
| 01/04/2018 7:00 pm | Alabama | L 54–63 | 8–7 (0–2) | O'Connell Center (1,305) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 01/07/2018 3:00 pm | at Ole Miss | L 75–78 2OT | 8–8 (0–3) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,323) Oxford, MS | |||||||
| 01/11/2018 7:00 pm | Kentucky | L 53–56 | 8–9 (0–4) | O'Connell Center (1,509) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 01/14/2018 1:00 pm, SECN | LSU | L 59–66 | 8–10 (0–5) | O'Connell Center (1,332) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 01/18/2018 7:00 pm, SECN | at Arkansas | W 65–51 | 9–10 (1–5) | Bud Walton Arena (1,288) Fayetteville, AR | |||||||
| 01/21/2018 1:00 pm, SECN | Ole Miss | W 61–60 | 10–10 (2–5) | O'Connell Center (2,601) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 01/25/2018 8:30 pm, SECN | at No. 2 Mississippi State | L 53–90 | 10–11 (2–6) | Humphrey Coliseum (6,727) Starkville, MS | |||||||
| 01/28/2018 2:00 pm | No. 21 Georgia | L 57–66 | 10–12 (2–7) | O'Connell Center (1,701) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 02/05/2018 7:00 pm, SECN | at No. 15 Missouri | L 64–66 | 10–13 (2–8) | Mizzou Arena (3,164) Columbia, MO | |||||||
| 02/08/2018 7:00 pm | No. 2 Mississippi State | L 50–98 | 10–14 (2–9) | O'Connell Center (1,503) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 02/11/2018 1:00 pm, SECN | at No. 7 South Carolina | L 57–64 | 10–15 (2–10) | Colonial Life Arena (15,385) Columbia, SC | |||||||
| 02/15/2018 8:00 pm | at No. 17 Texas A&M | L 80–85 | 10–16 (2–11) | Reed Arena (4,000) College Station, TX | |||||||
| 02/18/2018 1:00 pm, SECN | Vanderbilt | W 88–71 | 11–16 (3–11) | O'Connell Center (2,007) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 02/21/2018 7:00 pm | No. 15 Tennessee | L 42–70 | 11–17 (3–12) | O'Connell Center (1,669) Gainesville, FL | |||||||
| 02/25/2018 12:00 pm, SECN | at No. 19 Georgia | L 43–63 | 11–18 (3–13) | Stegeman Coliseum (4,568) Athens, GA | |||||||
| SEC Women's Tournament | |||||||||||
| 02/28/2018 12:00 pm, SECN | (11) | vs. (14) Ole Miss First Round | L 43–48 | 11–19 | Bridgestone Arena (4,371) Nashville, TN | ||||||
*Non-conference game.#Rankings fromAP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are inEastern Time. | |||||||||||
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