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NCAA tournament, Final Four | |
| Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Ranking | |
| Coaches | No. 4 |
| AP | No. 3 |
| Record | 36–3 (15–1 ACC) |
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| Home arena | KFC Yum! Center |
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| No. 3Louisville *† | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 36 | – | 3 | .923 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 5Notre Dame | 15 | – | 1 | .938 | 35 | – | 3 | .921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 11Florida State | 12 | – | 4 | .750 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 21NC State | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 26 | – | 9 | .743 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No. 20Duke | 11 | – | 5 | .688 | 24 | – | 9 | .727 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Syracuse | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 22 | – | 9 | .710 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Miami (FL) | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 21 | – | 11 | .656 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia | 10 | – | 6 | .625 | 19 | – | 14 | .576 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Virginia Tech | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 23 | – | 14 | .622 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Georgia Tech | 6 | – | 10 | .375 | 20 | – | 14 | .588 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wake Forest | 5 | – | 11 | .313 | 14 | – | 17 | .452 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| North Carolina | 4 | – | 12 | .250 | 15 | – | 16 | .484 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pittsburgh | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 10 | – | 20 | .333 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Boston College | 2 | – | 14 | .125 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Clemson | 1 | – | 15 | .063 | 11 | – | 19 | .367 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| †2018 ACC tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of 31 March 2018 Rankings fromAP poll | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The2017–18 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented theUniversity of Louisville during the2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by 11th-year head coachJeff Walz, played their home games at theKFC Yum! Center in their fourth year in theAtlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 36–3, 15–1 in ACC play to win a share of the regular season title. They defeatedVirginia Tech,NC State, andNotre Dame to win theACC women's tournament. As a result, they received the conference's automatic bid to theNCAA women's tournament. As the No. 1 seed in the Lexington region, they defeatedBoise State andMarquette to advance to the Sweet Sixteen. There they defeatedStanford andOregon State in the Elite Eight to advance to the school's third Final Four. In the Final Four, they lost toMississippi State in overtime.
TheCardinals finished the2016–17 season at 29–8, 12–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of theACC women's tournament where they lost toNotre Dame. They received an at-large bid for theNCAA women's tournament and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen where they lost toBaylor.
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| Poll | Pre- Season | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Week 9 | Week 10 | Week 11 | Week 12 | Week 13 | Week 14 | Week 15 | Week 16 | Week 17 | Week 18 | Week 19 | Final |
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| AP | 9 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | N/A |
| Coaches | 10 | N/A | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 |
| Date time, TV | Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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| Nov 10, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 9 | Southeast Missouri State Preseason WNIT First Round | W 80–40 | 1–0 | KFC Yum! Center (6,054) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Nov 12, 2017* 4:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 9 | vs. No. 5 Ohio State Countdown to Columbus | W 95–90 OT | 2–0 | Nationwide Arena (9,711) Columbus, OH | ||||||
| Nov 14, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 5 | Toledo Preseason WNIT Quarterfinals | W 90–55 | 3–0 | KFC Yum! Center (7,444) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Nov 16, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 5 | No. 25 Michigan Preseason WNIT Semifinals | W 74–49 | 4–0 | KFC Yum! Center (5,651) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Nov 19, 2017* 3:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 5 | No. 10 Oregon Preseason WNIT Championship | W 74–61 | 5–0 | KFC Yum! Center (6,162) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Nov 24, 2017* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 4 | Murray State | W 115–51 | 6–0 | KFC Yum! Center (6,881) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Nov 30, 2017* 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 4 | at Indiana ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 72–59 | 7–0 | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (2,853) Bloomington, IN | ||||||
| Dec 03, 2017* 3:00 pm | No. 4 | at South Dakota State | W 68–64 | 8–0 | Frost Arena (2,506) Brookings, SD | ||||||
| Dec 05, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 4 | UT Martin | W 91–56 | 9–0 | KFC Yum! Center (6,279) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Dec 07, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 4 | Vanderbilt | W 79–57 | 10–0 | KFC Yum! Center (6,132) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Dec 09, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 4 | Middle Tennessee | W 80–26 | 11–0 | KFC Yum! Center (6,752) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Dec 12, 2017* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 3 | Tennessee State | W 95–56 | 12–0 | KFC Yum! Center (5,782) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Dec 17, 2017* 3:00 pm, SECN | No. 3 | at Kentucky The Battle for the Bluegrass | W 87–63 | 13–0 | Memorial Coliseum (5,871) Lexington, KY | ||||||
| Dec 20, 2017* 3:00 pm | No. 3 | at Air Force | W 62–50 | 14–0 | Clune Arena (537) Colorado Springs, CO | ||||||
| Dec 28, 2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 3 | at Georgia Tech | W 74–71 | 15–0 (1–0) | McCamish Pavilion (1,473) Atlanta, GA | ||||||
| Dec 31, 2017 2:30 pm, FS Regional | No. 3 | at NC State | W 55–47 | 16–0 (2–0) | Reynolds Coliseum (2,865) Raleigh, NC | ||||||
| Jan 04, 2018 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 3 | No. 17 Duke | W 66–60 | 17–0 (3–0) | KFC Yum! Center (8,101) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Jan 7, 2018 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 3 | Virginia Tech | W 67–56 | 18–0 (4–0) | KFC Yum! Center (7,523) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Jan 11, 2018 7:00 pm, ESPN | No. 3 | No. 2 Notre Dame | W 100–67 | 19–0 (5–0) | KFC Yum! Center (12,614) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Jan 18, 2018 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 2 | at Pittsburgh | W 77–51 | 20–0 (6–0) | Petersen Events Center (441) Pittsburgh, PA | ||||||
| Jan 21, 2018 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 2 | No. 12 Florida State | L 49–50 | 20–1 (6–1) | KFC Yum! Center (14,248) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Jan 25, 2018 11:00 am, ACCN Extra | No. 4 | at Miami (FL) | W 84–74 | 21–1 (7–1) | Watsco Center (2,706) Coral Gables, FL | ||||||
| Jan 28, 2018 1:00 pm, RSN | No. 4 | Wake Forest | W 89–52 | 22–1 (8–1) | KFC Yum! Center (10,139) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Feb 01, 2018 7:00 pm, RSN | No. 4 | at Virginia | W 77–41 | 23–1 (9–1) | John Paul Jones Arena (2,877) Charlottesville, VA | ||||||
| Feb 04, 2018 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 4 | at Syracuse | W 84–77 | 24–1 (10–1) | Carrier Dome (2,575) Syracuse, NY | ||||||
| Feb 09, 2018 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 4 | Clemson | W 65–48 | 25–1 (11–1) | KFC Yum! Center (7,014) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Feb 12, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 4 | at No. 1 Connecticut | L 58–69 | 25–2 (11–1) | Harry A. Gampel Pavilion (10,167) Storrs, CT | ||||||
| Feb 15, 2018 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 4 | at Boston College | W 87–52 | 26–2 (12–1) | Conte Forum (929) Chestnut Hill, MA | ||||||
| Feb 18, 2018 2:30 pm, RSN | No. 4 | at North Carolina | W 67–57 | 27–2 (13–1) | Carmichael Arena (3,934) Chapel Hill, NC | ||||||
| Feb 22, 2018 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 4 | Virginia | W 51–39 | 28–2 (14–1) | KFC Yum! Center (8,434) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Feb 25, 2018 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 4 | Pittsburgh | W 81–49 | 29–2 (15–1) | KFC Yum! Center (10,431) Louisville, KY | ||||||
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| Mar 02, 2018 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | (1)No. 4 | vs. (9) Virginia Tech Quarterfinals | W 73–70 | 30–2 | Greensboro Coliseum (3,297) Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| Mar 03, 2018 12:00 pm, ESPNU | (1)No. 4 | vs. (5) No. 23 NC State Semifinals | W 64–59 | 31–2 | Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro, NC | ||||||
| Mar 04, 2018 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1)No. 4 | vs. (2) No. 5 Notre Dame Championship | W 74–72 | 32–2 | Greensboro Coliseum (7,424) Greensboro, NC | ||||||
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| Mar 16, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1 L)No. 3 | (16 L) Boise State First Round | W 74–42 | 33–2 | KFC Yum! Center Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Mar 18, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1 L)No. 3 | (8 L) Marquette Second Round | W 90–72 | 34–2 | KFC Yum! Center (8,017) Louisville, KY | ||||||
| Mar 23, 2018* 9:00 pm, ESPN | (1 L)No. 3 | vs. (4 L) No. 15 Stanford Sweet Sixteen | W 86–59 | 35–2 | Rupp Arena (5,715) Lexington, KY | ||||||
| Mar 25, 2018* 12:00 pm, ESPN | (1 L)No. 3 | vs. (6 L) No. 13 Oregon State Elite Eight | W 76–43 | 36–2 | Rupp Arena (6,268) Lexington, KY | ||||||
| Mar 30, 2018* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1 L)No. 3 | vs. (1 KC) No. 4 Mississippi State Final Four | L 63–73 OT | 36–3 | Nationwide Arena (19,564) Columbus, OH | ||||||
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