| Sport: | Women's Basketball |
| Year: | 2016–17 |
| Team: | Florida State Seminoles |
| Conference: | Atlantic Coast Conference |
| Short Conf: | ACC |
| Coachrank: | 7 |
| Aprank: | 10 |
| Record: | 28–7 |
| Conf Record: | 13–3 |
| Head Coach: | Sue Semrau |
| Hc Year: | 20th |
| Asst Coach1: | Lance White |
| Asst Coach2: | Brooke Wyckoff |
| Asst Coach3: | Danielle Atkinson |
| Stadium: | Donald L. Tucker Center (Capacity: 12,100) |
| Champion: | Paradise Jam Reef Division Champions |
| Bowl: | NCAA tournament (3 Seed) |
| Bowl Result: | Elite Eight |
The 2016–17 Florida State Seminoles women's basketball team, variously Florida State or FSU, represents Florida State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I basketball season. Florida State competes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Seminoles are led by head coach Sue Semrau, in her twentieth year, and play their home games at the Donald L. Tucker Center on the university's Tallahassee, Florida campus. They are members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
Florida State finished the previous season with a 25–8 record. The Seminoles reached the sweet sixteen of the NCAA tournament and center Adut Bulgak went on to be drafted in the first round of the WNBA draft. Prior to the start of the season, Florida State was picked to finish third in the ACC while Leticia Romero and Shakayla Thomas were named to the preseason All-ACC team.[1]
The Seminoles achieved their best start in school history, reaching twenty wins faster than any other FSU team. The seniors - Leticia Romero, Brittany Brown, Ivey Slaughter, and Kai James - became the winningest class in program history.[2] Leticia Romero and Kai James went on to be selected in the WNBA draft.[3]
Florida State finished second in the ACC but was eliminated in the quarterfinals of the ACC tournament. The Seminoles received an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament as a three-seed, their fifth consecutive tournament appearance, reaching the Elite Eight for just the third time in school history.
See main article: 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings.
| + Regular Season Polls | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AP | 12 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | T4 | T8 | 8 | 10 | 10 | N/A | |
| Coaches | 12 | 12 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 7 |
| Increase in ranking | |||
| Decrease in ranking | |||
| Not ranked previous week | |||
| (RV) | Received Votes |
|-!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| Exhibition|-!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| Regular season|-!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| ACC Women's tournament|-!colspan=12 style="background:#; color:white;"| NCAA Women's tournament[4]
^Denotes the largest crowd in program history
Shakayla Thomas
Leticia Romero
Shakayla Thomas
Leticia Romero
| Chatrice White | ACC Sixth Player of the Year | [9] | |
| Shakayla Thomas | ACC Player of the Year | [10] | |
| Lance White | Assistant coach of the Year | [11] |
| Name | Selection | |
|---|---|---|
| Leticia Romero | First Team/Second Team | |
| Shakayla Thomas | First Team | |
| Brittany Brown | Defensive Team |
| Name | Selection | |
|---|---|---|
| Leticia Romero | Associated Press Honorable Mention WBCA Honorable Mention Senior CLASS First Team[14] | |
| Shakayla Thomas | Associated Press Honorable Mention WBCA Honorable Mention |
Two players were selected in the 2017 WNBA draft, marking the third time in school history that multiple players were selected.
| Round | Pick (Overall) | Name | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2nd | 4 (16) | Connecticut Sun | |
| 3rd | 10 (34) | Kai James | New York Liberty |