2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team represented University of Washington during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Mike Neighbors, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. In the final regular season game for the Huskies on February 25, 2017, Kelsey Plum scored a Pac-12 record 57 points in an 84–77 win over Utah to set NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring record. They finished the season 29–6, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They were upset by the 10 seed Oregon in the quarterfinals of Pac-12 women's tournament. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Montana State and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before losing to Mississippi State in the sweet sixteen. With 29 wins in the regular season, the most wins in school history.

2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 11
AP	No. 12
Record	29–6 (15–3 Pac-12)
Head coach	Mike Neighbors (4th season)
Assistant coaches	Morgan Valley Todd Schaefer Jasmine Lister
Home arena	Alaska Airlines Arena

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Oregon State	16	–	2		.889			31	–	5		.861
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3		.833			32	–	6		.842
No. 12 Washington	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 15 UCLA	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Arizona State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Oregon	8	–	10		.444			23	–	14		.622
California	6	–	12		.333			20	–	14		.588
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	20		.444
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			17	–	16		.515
Utah	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
USC	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
Arizona	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
† 2017 Pac-12 tournament winner As of March 31, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

On April 3, Mike Neighbors resigned from Washington to accept the head coaching job at Arkansas. He finished with a four-year record of 98–41.

Roster

2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown F/C 0 Chantel Osahor 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Saint Mary's Phoenix, AZ F 1 Hannah Johnson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS So Bishop Alemany Los Angeles, CA G 2 Aari McDonald 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Fr Brookside Tracy, CA F 3 Mai-Loni Henson 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr La Jolla Country Day Temecula, CA G 4 Amber Melgoza 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Fr Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA G 5 Natalie Romeo 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) Jr Carondelet Nebraska Martinez, CA G 10 Kelsey Plum 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr La Jolla Country Day Poway, CA F/C 13 Katie Collier 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) RS Sr Seattle Christian Covington, WA G/F 14 Heather Corral 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr Prairie Vancouver, WA G/F 15 Khalia Lark 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Jr Mater Dei Irvine, CA G 20 Kelli Kingma 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Henry M. Jackson Mill Creek, WA G 21 Brianna Ruiz 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS Jr Del Oro Sacramento, CA G 24 Jenna Moser 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) Jr Colton Colton, WA F 32 Gigi Garcia 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr C. K. McClatchy Sacramento, CA C 34 Deja Strother 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) So Inglemoor Kenmore, WA G 42 Mackenzie Wieburg 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Issaquah Sammamish, WA	Head coach Mike Neighbors (Arkansas) Assistant coach(es) Morgan Valley (Connecticut) Todd Schaefer (Thomas More) Jasmine Lister (Vanderbilt) 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
Exhibition
10/29/2016* 5:30 pm	No. 17	Central Washington	W 97–66		Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
11/02/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 17	Concordia (OR)	W 99–57		Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 17	Eastern Washington Preseason WNIT First Round	W 100–52	1–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,263) Seattle, WA
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 17	Colorado State Preseason WNIT quarterfinals	W 101–68	2–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,520) Seattle, WA
11/17/2016* 5:00 pm	No. 17	No. 25 Missouri Preseason WNIT semifinals	W 79–66	3–0	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,701) Seattle, WA
11/20/2016* 12:00 pm, CBSSN	No. 17	at No. 1 Notre Dame Preseason WNIT championship	L 60–71	3–1	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,106) South Bend, IN
11/22/2016* 5:00 pm	No. 15	Idaho	W 105–53	4–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,531) Seattle, WA
11/26/2016* 4:00 pm	No. 15	at Seattle	W 94–64	5–1	Connolly Center (603) Seattle, WA
11/27/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 15	at Portland	W 83–53	6–1	Chiles Center (537) Portland, OR
12/01/2016* 6:00 pm	No. 13	at Grand Canyon	W 101–66	7–1	GCU Arena (754) Phoenix, AZ
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 13	Fresno State	W 85–54	8–1	Alaska Airlines Arena  Seattle, WA
12/07/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 11	Cal State Northridge	W 101–44	9–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,454) Seattle, WA
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	Boise State	W 94–66	10–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,028) Seattle, WA
12/18/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 11	Savannah State	W 87–36	11–1	Alaska Airlines Arena (1,864) Seattle, WA
12/22/2016* 1:00 pm	No. 9	at BYU	W 82–70	12–1	Marriott Center (775) Provo, UT
Pac-12 regular season
12/27/2016 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	Washington State	W 94–63	13–1 (1–0)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,635) Seattle, WA
12/30/2016 3:00 pm	No. 9	at Oregon	W 99–77	14–1 (2–0)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,858) Eugene, OR
01/01/2017 12:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	at No. 22 Oregon State	L 70–73	14–2 (2–1)	Gill Coliseum (4,077) Corvallis, OR
01/06/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 12	USC	W 77–67	15–2 (3–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (2,377) Seattle, WA
01/08/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 12	No. 9 UCLA	W 82–70	16–2 (4–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,446) Seattle, WA
01/13/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	at Arizona	W 84–70	17–2 (5–1)	McKale Center (1,684) Tucson, AZ
01/15/2017 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	at No. 19 Arizona State	W 65–54	18–2 (6–1)	Wells Fargo Arena (2,314) Tempe, AZ
01/22/2017 1:00 pm, P12N	No. 8	at Washington State	W 87–44	19–2 (7–1)	Beasley Coliseum (987) Pullman, WA
01/27/2017 6:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	California	W 90–67	20–2 (8–1)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,608) Seattle, WA
01/29/2017 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 7	No. 10 Stanford	L 68–72	20–3 (8–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA
02/03/2017 7:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	at Utah	W 82–53	21–3 (9–2)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,375) Salt Lake City, UT
02/05/2017 11:00 am, P12N	No. 10	at Colorado	W 79–75	22–3 (10–2)	Coors Events Center (1,818) Boulder, CO
02/10/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	Arizona	W 91–55	23–3 (11–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,088) Seattle, WA
02/12/2017 5:00 pm, P12N	No. 10	No. 23 Arizona State	W 70–57	24–3 (12–2)	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,248) Seattle, WA
02/17/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	at No. 18 UCLA	L 79–90	24–4 (12–3)	Pauley Pavilion (1,699) Los Angeles, CA
02/19/2017 3:00 pm, P12N	No. 9	at USC	W 87–74	25–4 (13–3)	Galen Center (1,513) Los Angeles, CA
02/23/2017 8:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	Colorado	W 79–47	26–4 (14–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,448) Seattle, WA
02/25/2017 2:00 pm, P12N	No. 11	Utah	W 84–77	27–4 (15–3)	Alaska Airlines Arena (6,775) Seattle, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 8:30 pm, P12N	(3) No. 11	vs. (6) Oregon Quarterfinals	L 69–70	27–5	KeyArena (9,686) Seattle, WA
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(3 O) No. 11	(14 O) Montana State First Round	W 91–63	28–5	Alaska Airlines Arena (8,059) Seattle, WA
03/20/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	(3 O) No. 11	(6 O) No. 23 Oklahoma Second Round	W 108–82	29–5	Alaska Airlines Arena (7,579) Seattle, WA
03/24/2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN2	(3 O) No. 11	vs. (2 O) No. 7 Mississippi State Sweet Sixteen	L 64–75	29–6	Chesapeake Energy Arena  Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma City Region. All times are in Pacific Time.

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	17	17	15	13	11	11	9	9	12	8	8	7	10	10	9	11	11	12	12	N/A
Coaches	15	15	13	13	11	11	9	9	11	9	7	7	10	8	9	12	10	11	11	11

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

See also

2016–17 Washington Huskies men's basketball team