2017–18 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

The 2017–18 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team will represent the University of South Florida in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his seventeenth season, play their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This will be USF's fifth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC.[1][2][3] They finished the season 26–8, 13–3 in AAC play to finish in second place. They advanced to the championship game of the American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament for the fourth year in a row, where they lost to Connecticut for the fourth time. They received at-large bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament where they got upset by Buffalo in the first round.

2017–18 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, First Round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 19
2017–18 record26–8 (13–3 The American)
Head coach
Associate head coachJeff Osterman
Assistant coaches
  • Michele Woods-Baxter
  • Jesyka Burks-Wiley
Home arenaUSF Sun Dome
2017–18 American Athletic Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 1 UConn160 1.000  361  .973
No. 19 South Florida133 .813  268  .765
UCF124 .750  2211  .667
Cincinnati106 .625  1913  .594
Houston97 .563  2012  .625
Wichita State97 .563  1417  .452
East Carolina79 .438  1615  .516
Tulane511 .313  1417  .452
Memphis511 .313  1020  .333
SMU412 .250  1020  .333
Temple313 .188  1219  .387
Tulsa313 .188  1021  .323
2018 American Tournament winner
As of 30 March 2018; Rankings from AP Poll

Media

All Bulls games will air on Bullscast Radio or CBS 1010 AM. Conference home games will rotate between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and Bullscast. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

2017–18 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G/F 3 Jazzmaine Bond 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoBlackman Murfreesboro, TN
PG 4 Alba Prieto 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr  Seville, Spain
G 5 Vanessa Blagmon 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrNorcross Stockbridge, GA
G/F 10 Laura Ferreira 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) SrEscola Secundária De Santo André Lisbon, Portugal
F 12 Maria Jesperson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SrMarselisborg Hojbjerg, Denmark
G 13 Dorottya Nagy 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoPINKK-Pécsi Pécs, Hungary
F 21 Shea Leverett 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS FrSouth Effingham HS Rincon, GA
G 22 Laia Flores 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) SrInstitut Municipal Biada Mataró, Spain
C 23 Tamara Henshaw 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SoFlagler Palm Coast HS Palm Coast, FL
G 24 Enna Penhadzic 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS FrNone Denmark
F 33 Kitija Laksa 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) JrRigas Francu Licejs Riga, Latvia
F 34 Silvia Serrat 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr  Banyoles, Spain
C 54 Alyssa Rader 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoHorizon Thornton, CO
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster
Last update: October 9, 2017

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Regular season
11/10/2017*
5:30 pm
No. 23 LSU W 61–55  1–0
USF Sun Dome (4,192)
Tampa, FL
11/12/2017*
2:00 pm
No. 23 Houston Baptist W 90–43  2–0
USF Sun Dome (2,022)
Tampa, FL
11/17/2017*
7:00 pm
No. 22 Arkansas State W 98–55  3–0
USF Sun Dome (2,276)
Tampa, FL
11/20/2017*
7:00 pm
No. 17 Butler W 71–55  4–0
USF Sun Dome (2,223)
Tampa, FL
11/24/2017*
5:00 pm
No. 17 vs. Washington State
Gulf Coast Showcase Quarterfinals
W 82–45  5–0
Germain Arena (1,207)
Estero, FL
11/25/2017*
7:30 pm
No. 17 vs. No. 6 Notre Dame
Gulf Coast Showcase semifinals
L 66–76  5–1
Germain Arena (1,537)
Estero, FL
11/26/2017*
5:00 pm
No. 17 vs. St. John's
Gulf Coast Showcase 3rd place game
W 68–59  6–1
Germain Arena (1,707)
Estero, FL
12/02/2017*
2:00 pm
No. 17 at George Washington W 83–78  7–1
Charles E. Smith Center (1,125)
Washington, D.C.
12/09/2017*
3:00 pm
No. 16 at Oklahoma L 74–79  7–2
Lloyd Noble Center (3,896)
Norman, OK
12/15/2017*
7:00 pm
No. 22 Southern W 108–48  8–2
USF Sun Dome (2,047)
Tampa, FL
12/17/2017*
3:00 pm
No. 22 vs. FIU W 82–52  9–2
Rick Case Arena (350)
Fort Lauderdale, FL
12/20/2017*
8:30 pm
No. 22 vs. Dayton
New Orleans Shootout
W 93–87 OT 10–2
Convocation Center (183)
New Orleans, LA
12/20/2017*
8:30 pm
No. 22 vs. Michigan State
New Orleans Shootout
L 73–83  10–3
Convocation Center (420)
New Orleans, LA
12/31/2017
12:00 pm, ESPNU
No. 25 Tulane W 75–46  11–3
(1–0)
USF Sun Dome (2,018)
Tampa, FL
01/03/2018
7:00 pm
at Cincinnati W 69–46  12–3
(2–0)
St. Ursula Academy Gymnasium (322)
Cincinnati, OH
01/06/2018
7:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3
No. 1 Connecticut L 49–100  12–4
(2–1)
USF Sun Dome (6,659)
Tampa, FL
01/10/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Temple W 89–73  13–4
(3–1)
McGonigle Hall (702)
Philadelphia, PA
01/14/2018
12:00 pm, ESPNU
UCF
Rivalry
W 62–45  14–4
(4–1)
USF Sun Dome (2,370)
Tampa, FL
01/17/2018
8:00 pm, ESPN3
at Memphis W 81–62  15–4
(5–1)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (454)
Memphis, TN
01/21/2018
4:00 pm, CBSSN
at Wichita State L 56–64  15–5
(5–2)
Charles Koch Arena (1,462)
Wichita, KS
01/28/2018
12:00 pm, ESPNU
Temple W 76–60  16–5
(6–2)
USF Sun Dome (2,080)
Tampa, FL
01/31/2018
8:00 pm, ESPN3
at Tulsa W 71–57  17–5
(7–2)
Reynolds Center (157)
Tulsa, OK
02/03/2018
2:00 pm, ESPN3
at Tulane W 63–53  18–5
(8–2)
Devlin Fieldhouse (775)
New Orleans, LA
02/07/2018
7:00 pm
East Carolina W 88–49  19–5
(9–2)
USF Sun Dome (2,009)
Tampa, FL
02/11/2018*
2:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 13 Ohio State W 84–65  20–5
USF Sun Dome (2,852)
Tampa, FL
02/14/2018
7:00 pm, ADN
No. 22 SMU W 64–54  21–5
(10–2)
USF Sun Dome (2,004)
Tampa, FL
02/18/2018
12:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 22 at UCF
Rivalry
W 77–68 OT 22–5
(11–2)
CFE Arena (3,550)
Orlando, FL
02/21/2018
7:00 pm
No. 18 Houston W 81–65  23–5
(12–2)
USF Sun Dome (2,223)
Tampa, FL
02/24/2018
5:00 pm
No. 18 Cincinnati W 84–65  24–5
(13–2)
USF Sun Dome (2,574)
Tampa, FL
02/26/2018
7:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 20 at No. 1 Connecticut L 53–82  24–6
(14–3)
Gampel Pavilion (9,115)
Storrs, CT
AAC Women's Tournament
03/04/2018
2:30 pm, ESPNU
(2) No. 20 vs. (7) East Carolina
Quarterfinals
W 80–44  25–6
Mohegan Sun Arena (3,392)
Uncasville, CT
03/05/2018
4:30 pm, ESPNU
(2) No. 19 vs. (3) UCF
Semifinals
W 74–59  26–6
Mohegan Sun Arena (6,033)
Uncasville, CT
03/06/2018
5:00 pm, ESPN2
(2) No. 19 vs. (1) No. 1 Connecticut
Championship Game
L 54–70  26–7
Mohegan Sun Arena (7,501)
Uncasville, CT
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2018*
1:30 pm, ESPN2
(6 A) No. 19 vs. (11 A) Buffalo
First Round
L 79–102  26–8
Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (3,507)
Tallahassee, FL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. A=Albany Region.
All times are in EST.

Rankings

Regular Season Polls
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Coaches 22 16 17 16 20 20 19 24 22 25 23 23 23 22 21 17 19 19 20 24
Legend
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  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

References

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