The 2016–17 Richmond Spiders women's basketball team represented the University of Richmond during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Spiders, led by 12th year head coach Michael Shafer, played their home games at the Robins Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 7–9 in A-10 play to finish in ninth place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 women's tournament to VCU.
2016–17 media All Spiders games are broadcast on WTVR 6.3 with Robert Fish on the call. The games are also streamed on Spider TV .
Roster
Schedule
!colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#FFFFFF;"| Non-conference regular season
!colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#FFFFFF;"| Atlantic 10 regular Season
!colspan=9 style="background:#000066; color:#990000;"| Atlantic 10 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 N/A Coaches + Legend Increase in ranking Decrease in ranking No change (RV) Received votes (NR) Not ranked
See also 2016–17 Richmond Spiders men's basketball team
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