The 2016–17 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by sixth year head coach Cori Close, play their home games at the Pauley Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Boise State and Texas A&M in the first and second rounds before losing to UConn in the Sweet Sixteen.
Offseason
Departures Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Reason for departure G Montreal, Quebec Graduated; selected 32nd overall by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2016 WNBA draft F Los Angeles, California Graduated
Incoming transfers Name Pos. Height Year Hometown Previousschool Notes Guard Austin, TX Texas Tech Transferred to UCLA at the semester break during the 2016-17 season and will sit out until the semester break of the 2017-18 season.
2016 recruiting class
Roster
Rankings
+ Ranking movementLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. Poll Pre Wk 2 Wk 3 Wk 4 Wk 5 Wk 6 Wk 7 Wk 8 Wk 9 Wk 10 Wk 11 Wk 12 Wk 13 Wk 14 Wk 15 Wk 16 Wk 17 Wk 18 Wk 19 Final AP 9 9 9 10 9 9 10 10 9 17 13 13 13 15 18 15 15 15 15 N/A Coaches 9 11 10 9 9 9 10 10 7 13 11 13 12 12 16 15 15 14 14 13
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#0073CF; color:gold;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#0073CF; color:gold;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#0073CF; color:gold;"| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#0073CF;"| Pac-12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#0073CF;"| NCAA Women's Tournament
Honors Nov. 21 – Jordin Canada named Pac-12 Conference Player-of-the-week
See also 2016–17 UCLA Bruins men's basketball team
References