The 2016–17 Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team represented Stanford University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinal, led by 31st year head coach Tara VanDerveer, played their home games at the Maples Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 32–6, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They defeated Washington State, Oregon and Oregon State to win Pac-12 women's tournament to earn an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament.
Earning a No. 2 seed in the Lexington region, they defeated New Mexico State and Kansas State in the first and second rounds. In the Sweet Sixteen, they defeated Texas 77–56. In the Elite Eight, they defeated Notre Dame 76–75 to reach their 13th Final Four in school history. At the Final Four in Dallas Texas, they were defeated by South Carolina 62–53. South Carolina would go on to beat Mississippi State for the national title.
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Exhibition
!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515; color:white;"| Pac-12 regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515;"| Pac-12 Women's Tournament
!colspan=9 style="background:#8C1515;"| NCAA 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 11 11 11т 11 10 10 14 13 10 13 10 10 8 8 10 8т 10 6 6 N/A Coaches 10 7 11 11 10 10 14 14 10 10 12 10 9 11 10 6 9 6 6 4 + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking Not ranked previous week (RV) Received Votes
See also 2016–17 Stanford Cardinal men's basketball team
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