2016–17 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Hoyas, led by third year head coach Natasha Adair, were members of the Big East Conference, and played their home games at the McDonough Gymnasium. They finished the season 17–13, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament to Marquette. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Fordham in the first round.

2016–17 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball
WNIT, First Round
Conference	Big East
Record	17–13 (9–9 Big East)
Head coach	Natasha Adair (3rd season)
Assistant coaches	James Howard Melba Chambers Sarah Jenkins
Home arena	McDonough Gymnasium

2016–17 Big East Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 19 DePaul*	16	–	2		.889			27	–	8		.771
Creighton	16	–	2		.889			24	–	8		.750
Marquette†	13	–	5		.722			25	–	8		.758
St. John's	11	–	7		.611			22	–	12		.647
Villanova	11	–	7		.611			20	–	14		.588
Georgetown	9	–	9		.500			17	–	13		.567
Providence	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Xavier	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Seton Hall	4	–	14		.222			12	–	19		.387
Butler	2	–	16		.111			6	–	25		.194
† 2017 Big East tournament winner * Tournament #1 seed As of March 29, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 2 Didi Burton 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr Baltimore City College Baltimore, MD G 3 Tyshell King 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr St. Frances Academy Baltimore, MD G 4 Mykia Jones 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr Millbrook Wake Forest Raleigh, NC G 11 Dionna White 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) So Milford Mill Baltimore, MD G 12 Marvellous Osagie-Erese 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Fr East Orange STEM Academy East Orange, NJ G 13 Jade Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Sr John F. Kennedy Bloomington, MN G 15 Mikayla Venson (I)  5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Yorktown Virginia Arlington, VA F 24 Faith Woodard 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Freedom Brandon, FL C 32 Yazmine Belk 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr Nazareth Regional Queens, NY G 33 Morgan Smith 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Riverdale Baptist Upper Marlboro, MD G 34 Dorothy Adomako 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Jr Cosby Midlothian, VA C 42 Olivia Ramil 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Binghamton Binghamton, NY C 44 Jodi-Marie Ramil 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Binghamton Binghamton, NY	Head coach Natasha Adair (South Florida) Assistant coach(es) James Howard (Greensboro) Melba Chambers (Georgetown) Sarah Jenkins (Georgetown) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm		George Washington	W 72–57	1–0	McDonough Gymnasium (1,413) Washington, D.C.
11/13/2016* 4:00 pm		at Virginia Tech	L 63–73	1–1	Cassell Coliseum (2,285) Blacksburg, VA
11/18/2016* 5:00 pm		at Minnesota	L 60–68	1–2	Williams Arena (3,011) Minneapolis, MN
11/22/2016* 7:00 pm		at FIU	W 66–53	2–2	FIU Arena (436) Boca Raton, FL
11/24/2016* 11:00 am		vs. Wright State San Juan Shootout	W 67–60	3–2	Ocean Center  Daytona Beach, FL
11/25/2016* 1:15 pm		vs. Penn State San Juan Shootout	W 68–54	4–2	Ocean Center  Daytona Beach, FL
11/30/2016* 12:00 pm		at Towson	W 75–59	5–2	SECU Arena (1,357) Towson, MD
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm		at Delaware	W 54–46	6–2	Bob Carpenter Center (1,368) Newark, DE
12/08/2016* 7:00 pm		George Mason	W 69–56	7–2	McDonough Gymnasium (673) Washington, D.C.
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm		Alabama	W 70–59	8–2	McDonough Gymnasium (819) Washington, D.C.
Non-conference regular season
12/28/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN		DePaul	L 53–76	8–3 (0–1)	McDonough Gymnasium (421) Washington, D.C.
12/30/2016 2:00 pm, MASN2		Marquette	L 77–84	8–4 (0–2)	McDonough Gymnasium (319) Washington, D.C.
01/04/2017 7:00 pm, BEDN		at Villanova	L 50–71	8–5 (0–3)	The Pavilion (435) Villanova, PA
01/08/2017 2:05 pm, BEDN		at Creighton	L 68–70 OT	8–6 (0–4)	D. J. Sokol Arena (872) Omaha, NE
01/10/2017 7:00 pm, BEDN		at Providence	W 71–39	9–6 (1–4)	Alumni Hall (380) Providence, RI
01/13/2017 7:00 pm, FS1		St. John's	L 66–71	9–7 (1–5)	McDonough Gymnasium (709) Washington, D.C.
01/15/2017 2:00 pm, BEDN		Seton Hall	W 77–58	10–7 (2–5)	McDonough Gymnasium (977) Washington, D.C.
01/20/2017 8:00 pm, FS1		at Xavier	W 69–64 OT	11–7 (3–5)	Cintas Center (1,730) Cincinnati, OH
01/22/2017 1:00 pm, BEDN		at Butler	W 58–52	12–7 (4–5)	Hinkle Fieldhouse (453) Indianapolis, IN
01/28/2017 1:00 pm, BEDN		Villanova	W 54–49	13–7 (5–5)	McDonough Gymnasium (1,311) Washington, D.C.
02/03/2017 12:00 pm, BEDN		Providence	W 72–70 OT	14–7 (6–5)	McDonough Gymnasium (2,117) Washington, D.C.
02/05/2017 1:00 pm, BEDN		Creighton	L 59–67	14–8 (6–6)	McDonough Gymnasium (691) Washington, D.C.
02/10/2017 7:00 pm, BEDN		at Seton Hall	W 77–60	15–8 (7–6)	Walsh Gymnasium (1,010) South Orange, NJ
02/12/2017 2:00 pm, BEDN		at St. John's	L 54–65	15–9 (7–7)	Carnesecca Arena (721) Queens, NY
02/17/2017 7:00 pm, MASN2		Butler	W 83–72	16–9 (8–7)	McDonough Gymnasium (511) Washington, D.C.
02/19/2017 2:00 pm, BEDN		Xavier	W 81–63	17–9 (9–7)	McDonough Gymnasium (891) Washington, D.C.
02/24/2017 8:00 pm, BEDN		at Marquette	L 70–80	17–10 (9–8)	Al McGuire Center (1,156) Milwaukee, WI
02/26/2017 1:00 pm, FS1		at No. 19 DePaul	L 70–79	17–11 (9–9)	McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,553) Chicago, IL
Big East Women's Tournament
03/05/2017 3:30 pm, FS2		vs. Marquette Quarterfinals	L 66–80	17–12	Al McGuire Center (2,815) Milwaukee, WI
WNIT
03/17/2017* 7:00 pm		Fordham First Round	L 49–60	17–13	McDonough Gymnasium (278) Washington, D.C.
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	RV												N/A
Coaches	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 Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball team