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.
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. Leticia Romero and Kai James went on to be selected in the WNBA draft.
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.
Roster
Depth chart
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-Season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 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 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
Schedule
!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
^Denotes the largest crowd in program history
Awards Naismith Coach of the Year Award semifinalist Sue Semrau
Watchlists Naismith Trophy Leticia Romero Shakayla Thomas
Wade Trophy Leticia Romero Shakayla Thomas
Wooden Award Leticia Romero
Honors
Yearly awards Chatrice White ACC Sixth Player of the Year Shakayla Thomas ACC Player of the Year Lance White Assistant coach of the Year
All-ACC Name Selection Leticia Romero First Team/Second Team Shakayla Thomas First Team Brittany Brown Defensive Team
All-Americans Name Selection Leticia Romero Associated Press Honorable MentionWBCA Honorable MentionSenior CLASS First Team Shakayla Thomas Associated Press Honorable MentionWBCA Honorable Mention
WNBA draft 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) Leticia Romero Connecticut Sun 3rd 10 (34) Kai James New York Liberty
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