The 2016–17 USC Trojans women's basketball team represented University of Southern California during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Trojans, led by fourth year head coach Cynthia Cooper-Dyke, played their home games at the Galen Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play, to finish in a four-way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to California.
On March 3, Cynthia Cooper-Duke resigned. She finished at USC with a four-year record of 70–57.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#990000; color:#FFCC00;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#990000; color:#FFCC00;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#990000; color:#FFCC00;"| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#990000;" color:#FFCC00"| Pac-12 women's tournament
Rankings
+ Regular season pollsPoll Pre-season Week2 Week3 Week4 Week5 Week6 Week7 Week8 Week9 Week10 Week11 Week12 Week13 Week14 Week15 Week16 Week17 Week18 Week19 Final AP NR NR NR NR RV RV RV RV RV RV NR NR NR NR N/A Coaches NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR NR + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received votes
See also 2016–17 USC Trojans men's basketball team
Notes March 3, 2017 – Cynthia Cooper-Dyke resigns after four years as head coach.
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