2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by sixteenth year head coach Mike Carey and played their home games at WVU Coliseum and are members of the Big 12 Conference. The team finished sixth in the regular season but won the 2017 Big 12 Tournament. They finished with a record of 24–11, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Maryland in the second round.

Roster

Schedule

!colspan=12 style="background:#EEB211; color:#00457C;"| Exhibition

!colspan=12 style="background:#EEB211; color:#00457C;"| Non-Conference Games

!colspan=9 style="background:#EEB211; color:#00457C;"| Conference Games

!colspan=9 style="background:#EEB211; color:#00457C;" | Big 12 Women's Tournament

!colspan=9 style="background:#EEB211; color:#00457C;" | NCAA Women's Tournament

Rankings 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball 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 22 21 19 16 13 14 13 12 17 18 24 22 22 RV RV RV NR RV 22 N/A Coaches 25 25 23 17 14 14 12 12 16 19 23 22 23 RV RV RV NR 22 21 20 + Legend   Increase in ranking   Decrease in ranking   No change (RV)   Received votes (NR)   Not ranked

See also 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers men's basketball team

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