2017–18 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team

2017–18 South Florida Bulls women's basketball
NCAA Women's Tournament, first round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 24
APNo. 19
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
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 1 UConn 16 0   1.000 36 1   .973
No. 19 South Florida 13 3   .813 26 8   .765
UCF 12 4   .750 22 11   .667
Cincinnati 10 6   .625 19 13   .594
Houston 9 7   .563 20 12   .625
Wichita State 9 7   .563 14 17   .452
East Carolina 7 9   .438 16 15   .516
Tulane 5 11   .313 14 17   .452
Memphis 5 11   .313 10 20   .333
SMU 4 12   .250 10 20   .333
Temple 3 13   .188 12 19   .387
Tulsa 3 13   .188 10 21   .323
2018 American Tournament winner
As of 30 March 2018
Rankings from AP poll

The 2017–18 South Florida Bulls women's basketball team represented the University of South Florida in the 2017–18 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulls, coached by Jose Fernandez in his eighteenth season, played their home games at the USF Sun Dome in Tampa, Florida. This was USF's fifth season as a member of the American Athletic Conference, known as The American or AAC. 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.