2016–17 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by 23rd year head coach Lisa Stockton, played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse and were third year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 7–9 in AAC play to finish in a 4-way tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament to UCF. They were invited to the Women's National Invitational Tournament where they defeated Texas-Arlington and Grambling State in the first and second rounds before losing to Alabama in the third round.

2016–17 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball
Tulane Classic Champions
WNIT, Third Round
ConferenceAmerican Athletic Conference
Record18–15 (7–9 The American)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Alan Frey
  • Doshia Woods
  • Beth Dunkenberger
Home arenaDevlin Fieldhouse
Seasons
2016–17 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
Temple 13 3   .813 24 8   .750
South Florida 11 5   .688 24 9   .727
UCF 9 7   .563 21 12   .636
SMU 7 9   .438 19 15   .559
Tulane 7 9   .438 18 15   .545
Cincinnati 7 9   .438 16 14   .533
Memphis 7 9   .438 14 16   .467
Tulsa 5 11   .313 10 21   .323
Houston 4 12   .250 12 19   .387
East Carolina 2 14   .125 11 19   .367
2017 The American Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

Media

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All Green Wave games will be broadcast on WRBH 88.3 FM. A video stream for all home games will be on Tulane All-Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

Roster

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2016–17 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 1 Shakira Harding 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Sr Vandrbilt Catholic
Hutchinson CC
Houma, LA
G 3 Kolby Morgan 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr John Curtis Christian Hammond, LA
G 5 Kayla Manuirirangi 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr New Plymouth Girls' Hawera, New Zealand
G 11 Leslie Vorpahl 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Sr Winston Churchill San Antonio, TX
G 13 Caylah Cruickshank 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Dawson College Montreal, QE
F 15 Adesuwa Ebomwonyi 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Hillgrove Powder Springs, GA
G 22 Meredith Schulte 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Mill Creek Brasleton, GA
F 24 Maddison Wells 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Chain of Lakes Collegiate Winter Haven, FL
F 25 Harlyn Wyatt 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Benjamin E. Mays Atlanta, GA
G 33 Courtnie Latham 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr Clear Springs Houston, TX
C 34 Ksenija Madzarevic 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Rabun Gap Nacoochee Novi Sad, Serbia
C 45 Brogan Jones 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr North Little Rock Little Rock, AR
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule and results

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/08/2016*
6:00 pm
Loyola (New Orleans) W 75–43 
Devlin Fieldhouse (442)
New Orleans, LA
Non-conference regular season
11/12/2016*
2:00 pm
Grambling State W 79–56  1–0
Devlin Fieldhouse (652)
New Orleans, LA
11/16/2016*
7:00 pm
vs. No. 10 Mississippi State L 49–66  1–1
Mississippi Coast Coliseum (1,724)
Biloxi, MS
11/20/2016*
2:00 pm
Southern Miss W 86–67  2–1
Devlin Fieldhouse (812)
New Orleans, LA
11/25/2016*
2:00 pm
vs. Eastern Michigan
UTSA Thanksgiving Classic
W 62–50  3–1
Convocation Center 
San Antonio, TX
11/27/2016*
2:15 pm
at UTSA
UTSA Thanksgiving Classic
W 75–66  4–1
Convocation Center (544)
San Antonio, TX
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm
McNeese State W 82–65  5–1
Devlin Fieldhouse (988)
New Orleans, LA
12/03/2016*
3:00 pm
at Middle Tennessee L 59–62  5–2
Murphy Center (2,812)
Murfreesboro, TN
12/05/2016*
7:00 pm
at Vanderbilt L 63–74  5–3
Memorial Gymnasium (2,297)
Nashville, TN
12/11/2016*
2:00 pm
at LSU L 51–69  5–4
Maravich Center (2,164)
Baton Rouge, LA
12/17/2016*
2:00 pm
NC State W 63–58  6–4
Devlin Fieldhouse (726)
New Orleans, LA
12/21/2016*
5:00 pm
Eastern Washington
Tulane Classic semifinals
W 63–51  7–4
Devlin Fieldhouse (820)
New Orleans, LA
12/22/2016*
5:00 pm
Auburn
Tulane Classic championship
W 61–59  8–4
Devlin Fieldhouse (873)
New Orleans, LA
12/28/2016*
2:00 pm
Maine W 77–62  9–4
Devlin Fieldhouse (606)
New Orleans, LA
Conference regular season
12/31/2016
1:30 pm
at East Carolina W 61–45  10–4 (1–0)
Williams Arena (903)
Greenville, NC
01/04/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
No. 22 South Florida L 53–62  10–5 (1–1)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,048)
New Orleans, LA
01/08/2017
5:00 pm, ESPNU
at Temple L 71–86  10–6 (1–2)
McGonigle Hall (1,336)
Philadelphia, PA
01/11/2017
7:00 pm
at SMU W 71–59  11–6 (2–2)
Moody Coliseum (758)
Dallas, TX
01/14/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN3
Houston W 82–56  12–6 (3–2)
Devlin Fieldhouse (815)
New Orleans, LA
01/22/2017
12:00 pm, ESPN2
at No. 1 Connecticut L 56–100  12–7 (3–3)
Gampel Pavilion (9,873)
Storrs, CT
01/25/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Tulsa W 70–65  13–7 (4–3)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,187)
New Orleans, LA
01/28/2017
2:00 pm, ADN
at Cincinnati W 74–68  14–7 (5–3)
Fifth Third Arena (909)
Cincinnati, OH
01/31/2017
7:00 pm
at Houston W 57–49  15–7 (6–3)
Hofheinz Pavilion (556)
Houston, TX
02/05/2017
1:00 pm, CBSSN
Temple L 50–76  15–8 (6–4)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,351)
New Orleans, LA
02/09/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
Memphis L 52–55  15–9 (6–5)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,098)
New Orleans, LA
02/12/2017
11:00 am, ESPN2
at No. 22 South Florida L 56–66  15–10 (6–6)
USF Sun Dome (2,047)
Tampa, FL
02/15/2017
7:00 pm
Cincinnati W 62–51  16–10 (7–6)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,013)
New Orleans, LA
02/18/2017
6:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3
No. 1 Connecticut L 60–63  16–11 (7–7)
Devlin Fieldhouse (2,218)
New Orleans, LA
02/22/2017
7:00 pm, ADN
UCF L 51–56  16–12 (7–8)
Devlin Fieldhouse (1,013)
New Orleans, LA
02/27/2017
7:00 pm, ESPN3
at Memphis L 56–57  16–13 (7–9)
Elma Roane Fieldhouse (818)
Memphis, TN
American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament
03/04/2017
11:00 am, ESPN3
(5) vs. (4) UCF
Quarterfinals
L 57–61  16–14
Mohegan Sun Arena 
Uncasville, CT
Women's National Invitation Tournament
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm
Texas–Arlington
First Round
W 62–53  17–14
Devlin Fieldhouse (717)
New Orleans, LA
03/19/2017*
4:00 pm
Grambling State
Second Round
W 66–49  18–14
Devlin Fieldhouse (760)
New Orleans, LA
03/23/2017*
7:00 pm
at Alabama
Third Round
L 64–72  18–15
Coleman Coliseum (1,054)
Tuscaloosa, AL
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
All times are in Central Time.

Rankings

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Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "2020-21 Women's Basketball Schedule".