2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team


The 2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team represented University of Washington during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Mike Neighbors, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. In the final regular season game for the Huskies on February 25, 2017, Kelsey Plum scored a Pac-12 record 57 points in an 84–77 win over Utah to set NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring record. They finished the season 29–6, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They were upset by the 10 seed Oregon in the quarterfinals of Pac-12 women's tournament. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Montana State and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before losing to Mississippi State in the sweet sixteen. With 29 wins in the regular season, the most wins in school history.

2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 12
Record29–6 (15–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Morgan Valley
  • Todd Schaefer
  • Jasmine Lister
Home arenaAlaska Airlines Arena
Seasons
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf Overall
Team W   L   PCT W   L   PCT
No. 8 Oregon State 16 2   .889 31 5   .861
No. 6 Stanford 15 3   .833 32 6   .842
No. 12 Washington 15 3   .833 29 6   .829
No. 15 UCLA 13 5   .722 25 9   .735
Arizona State 9 9   .500 20 13   .606
Oregon 8 10   .444 23 14   .622
California 6 12   .333 20 14   .588
Washington State 6 12   .333 16 20   .444
Colorado 5 13   .278 17 16   .515
Utah 5 13   .278 16 15   .516
USC 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
Arizona 5 13   .278 14 16   .467
2017 Pac-12 tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

On April 3, Mike Neighbors resigned from Washington to accept the head coaching job at Arkansas. He finished with a four-year record of 98–41.

Roster

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2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
F/C 0 Chantel Osahor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Saint Mary's Phoenix, AZ
F 1 Hannah Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Bishop Alemany Los Angeles, CA
G 2 Aari McDonald 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Brookside Tracy, CA
F 3 Mai-Loni Henson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr La Jolla Country Day Temecula, CA
G 4 Amber Melgoza 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA
G 5 Natalie Romeo 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Carondelet
Nebraska
Martinez, CA
G 10 Kelsey Plum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr La Jolla Country Day Poway, CA
F/C 13 Katie Collier 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Seattle Christian Covington, WA
G/F 14 Heather Corral 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Prairie Vancouver, WA
G/F 15 Khalia Lark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mater Dei Irvine, CA
G 20 Kelli Kingma 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Henry M. Jackson Mill Creek, WA
G 21 Brianna Ruiz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Del Oro Sacramento, CA
G 24 Jenna Moser 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Colton Colton, WA
F 32 Gigi Garcia 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr C. K. McClatchy Sacramento, CA
C 34 Deja Strother 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Inglemoor Kenmore, WA
G 42 Mackenzie Wieburg 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Issaquah Sammamish, WA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

Roster

Schedule

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Date
time, TV
Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
10/29/2016*
5:30 pm
No. 17 Central Washington W 97–66 
Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, WA
11/02/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 17 Concordia (OR) W 99–57 
Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 17 Eastern Washington
Preseason WNIT First Round
W 100–52  1–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (2,263)
Seattle, WA
11/14/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 17 Colorado State
Preseason WNIT quarterfinals
W 101–68  2–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,520)
Seattle, WA
11/17/2016*
5:00 pm
No. 17 No. 25 Missouri
Preseason WNIT semifinals
W 79–66  3–0
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,701)
Seattle, WA
11/20/2016*
12:00 pm, CBSSN
No. 17 at No. 1 Notre Dame
Preseason WNIT championship
L 60–71  3–1
Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,106)
South Bend, IN
11/22/2016*
5:00 pm
No. 15 Idaho W 105–53  4–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,531)
Seattle, WA
11/26/2016*
4:00 pm
No. 15 at Seattle W 94–64  5–1
Connolly Center (603)
Seattle, WA
11/27/2016*
2:00 pm
No. 15 at Portland W 83–53  6–1
Chiles Center (537)
Portland, OR
12/01/2016*
6:00 pm
No. 13 at Grand Canyon W 101–66  7–1
GCU Arena (754)
Phoenix, AZ
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm
No. 13 Fresno State W 85–54  8–1
Alaska Airlines Arena 
Seattle, WA
12/07/2016*
7:00 pm
No. 11 Cal State Northridge W 101–44  9–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,454)
Seattle, WA
12/11/2016*
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 11 Boise State W 94–66  10–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (2,028)
Seattle, WA
12/18/2016*
2:00 pm
No. 11 Savannah State W 87–36  11–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,864)
Seattle, WA
12/22/2016*
1:00 pm
No. 9 at BYU W 82–70  12–1
Marriott Center (775)
Provo, UT
Pac-12 regular season
12/27/2016
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 Washington State W 94–63  13–1
(1–0)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,635)
Seattle, WA
12/30/2016
3:00 pm
No. 9 at Oregon W 99–77  14–1
(2–0)
Matthew Knight Arena (2,858)
Eugene, OR
01/01/2017
12:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at No. 22 Oregon State L 70–73  14–2
(2–1)
Gill Coliseum (4,077)
Corvallis, OR
01/06/2017
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 12 USC W 77–67  15–2
(3–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (2,377)
Seattle, WA
01/08/2017
2:00 pm, ESPN2
No. 12 No. 9 UCLA W 82–70  16–2
(4–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,446)
Seattle, WA
01/13/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at Arizona W 84–70  17–2
(5–1)
McKale Center (1,684)
Tucson, AZ
01/15/2017
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at No. 19 Arizona State W 65–54  18–2
(6–1)
Wells Fargo Arena (2,314)
Tempe, AZ
01/22/2017
1:00 pm, P12N
No. 8 at Washington State W 87–44  19–2
(7–1)
Beasley Coliseum (987)
Pullman, WA
01/27/2017
6:00 pm, P12N
No. 7 California W 90–67  20–2
(8–1)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,608)
Seattle, WA
01/29/2017
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 7 No. 10 Stanford L 68–72  20–3
(8–2)
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000)
Seattle, WA
02/03/2017
7:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 at Utah W 82–53  21–3
(9–2)
Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,375)
Salt Lake City, UT
02/05/2017
11:00 am, P12N
No. 10 at Colorado W 79–75  22–3
(10–2)
Coors Events Center (1,818)
Boulder, CO
02/10/2017
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 Arizona W 91–55  23–3
(11–2)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,088)
Seattle, WA
02/12/2017
5:00 pm, P12N
No. 10 No. 23 Arizona State W 70–57  24–3
(12–2)
Alaska Airlines Arena (6,248)
Seattle, WA
02/17/2017
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at No. 18 UCLA L 79–90  24–4
(12–3)
Pauley Pavilion (1,699)
Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2017
3:00 pm, P12N
No. 9 at USC W 87–74  25–4
(13–3)
Galen Center (1,513)
Los Angeles, CA
02/23/2017
8:00 pm, P12N
No. 11 Colorado W 79–47  26–4
(14–3)
Alaska Airlines Arena (4,448)
Seattle, WA
02/25/2017
2:00 pm, P12N
No. 11 Utah W 84–77  27–4
(15–3)
Alaska Airlines Arena (6,775)
Seattle, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2017
8:30 pm, P12N
(3) No. 11 vs. (6) Oregon
Quarterfinals
L 69–70  27–5
KeyArena (9,686)
Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017*
6:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 O) No. 11 (14 O) Montana State
First Round
W 91–63  28–5
Alaska Airlines Arena (8,059)
Seattle, WA
03/20/2017*
6:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 O) No. 11 (6 O) No. 23 Oklahoma
Second Round
W 108–82  29–5
Alaska Airlines Arena (7,579)
Seattle, WA
03/24/2017*
4:00 pm, ESPN2
(3 O) No. 11 vs. (2 O) No. 7 Mississippi State
Sweet Sixteen
L 64–75  29–6
Chesapeake Energy Arena 
Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
O=Oklahoma City Region.
All times are in Pacific Time.

Rankings

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2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls
Poll Pre-
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Final
AP 17 17 15 13 11 11 9 9 12 8 8 7 10 10 9 11 11 12 12 N/A
Coaches 15 15 13 13 11 11 9 9 11 9 7 7 10 8 9 12 10 11 11 11
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  Not ranked previous week
(RV)   Received Votes

See also

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2016–17 Washington Huskies men's basketball team

References

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  1. ^ "Women's Basketball - Schedule - University of Washington Official Athletics Site". Gohuskies.Com.