Returning as head coach was Joanne P. McCallie entering her 12th season.

The team played its home games at Cameron Indoor Stadium in Durham, North Carolina as members of the Atlantic Coast Conference.

They advanced to the second round of the ACC women's tournament, where they lost to Florida State.

They were the fourth seed in the ACC women's tournament, where they lost their first game to NC State.

The received and at large bid to the 2018 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament, and were seeded fifth in the Albany region.