2016–17 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by second year head coach Allison Guth, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and are members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 15–12, 6–8 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place.

2016–17 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball
Conference	Ivy League
Record	15–12 (6–8 Ivy)
Head coach	Allison Guth (2nd season)
Assistant coaches	Melissa D'Amico Roman Owen Jacinda Dunbar
Home arena	John J. Lee Amphitheater

2016–17 Ivy League women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Penn†	13	–	1		.929			22	–	7		.759
Princeton	9	–	5		.643			16	–	13		.552
Harvard	8	–	6		.571			21	–	9		.700
Cornell	7	–	7		.500			16	–	11		.593
Brown	7	–	7		.500			16	–	12		.571
Yale	6	–	8		.429			15	–	12		.556
Columbia	3	–	11		.214			13	–	14		.481
Dartmouth	3	–	11		.214			8	–	19		.296
† 2017 Ivy League Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League will institute conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments will only award the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships will continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results. The Ivy League playoff will take place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. There will be two semifinal games on the first day with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed. The final will be played the next day for the NCAA bid.

Roster

2016–17 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Jessica Steffen 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Buhler Hutchinson, KS G 4 Megan Gorman 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Fr Vero Beach Vero Beach, FL G/F 10 Gabby Nelson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) So Birdville Hurst, TX G 11 Paige Vermeer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Castilleja Mountain View, CA F 12 Jen Berkowitz 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Jr The Rivers School Wayland, MA G 14 Mary Ann Santucci 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Jr Seattle Prep Seattle, WA G 15 Meghan McIntyre 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Sr Oaks Christian Santa Rosa Valley, CA G 21 Roxy Barahman 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Oaks Christian Calabasas, CA G 23 Tamara Simpson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) Jr Portlege North Babylon, NY G 24 Lena Munzer 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Sr Highland Park Highland Park, IL F 25 Alexandra Maund 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So Noble and Greenough Dorchester, MA F 33 Elizabeth Haley 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Oakwood Dayton, OH F 40 Brownyn Davies 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Fr Wayland Wayland, MA C 44 Jessica Lezon 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) Fr North Reading North Reading, MA	Head coach Allison Guth (Illinois) Assistant coach(es) Melissa D'Amico (Notre Dame) Roman Owen (Southwestern Christian) Jacinda Dunbar (Quinnipiac) 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
11/13/2016* 2:00 pm		Binghamton	W 57–48	1–0	John J. Lee Amphitheater  New Haven, CT
11/15/2016* 7:00 pm		at Manhattan	L 57–63	1–1	Draddy Gymnasium (241) Riverdale, NY
11/18/2016* 7:00 pm		at Army	L 55–59	1–2	Christl Arena (793) West Point, NY
11/20/2016* 2:00 pm		Vermont	W 77–48	2–2	John J. Lee Amphitheater (241) New Haven, CT
11/22/2016* 8:00 pm		at Illinois State	W 59–45	3–2	Redbird Arena (656) Normal, IL
11/27/2016* 5:00 pm		at Holy Cross	W 71–70 OT	4–2	Hart Center (642) Worcester, MA
11/30/2016* 7:00 pm		at Wagner	W 66–52	5–2	Spiro Sports Center (288) Staten Island, NY
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm		at LIU Brooklyn	W 75–44	6–2	Steinberg Wellness Center (277) Brooklyn, NY
12/03/2016* 2:00 pm		Albany	W 64–53 OT	7–2	John J. Lee Amphitheater (407) New Haven, CT
12/07/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Boston College	L 64–71	7–3	John J. Lee Amphitheater (253) New Haven, CT
12/11/2016* 1:00 pm		at New Hampshire	W 64–58	8–3	Lundholm Gym (351) Durham, NH
12/28/2016* 5:00 pm		at No. 13 Stanford	L 44–102	8–4	Maples Pavilion (3,564) Stanford, CA
12/31/2016* 3:00 pm		at UC Santa Barbara	W 64–60	9–4	The Thunderdome (675) Santa Barbara, CA
Ivy League regular season
01/13/2017 8:00 pm		at Penn	L 45–66	9–5 (0–1)	Palestra (462) Philadelphia, PA
01/14/2017 5:30 pm, OWS		at Princeton	L 62–74	9–6 (0–2)	Jadwin Gymnasium (755) Princeton, NJ
01/20/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3		at Brown	L 73–77	9–7 (0–3)	Pizzitola Sports Center (1,217) Providence, RI
01/27/2017 5:30 pm		Brown	W 73–51	10–7 (1–3)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,007) New Haven, CT
02/03/2017 6:00 pm		Columbia	L 68–72	10–8 (1–4)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (408) New Haven, CT
02/04/2017 6:00 pm		Cornell	L 63–76	10–9 (1–5)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (427) New Haven, CT
02/10/2017 7:00 pm		at Dartmouth	W 57–50	11–9 (2–5)	Leede Arena (487) Hanover, NH
02/11/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Harvard	L 56–76	11–10 (2–6)	Lavietes Pavilion (531) Cambridge, MA
02/17/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3		Princeton	L 47–69	11–11 (2–7)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (721) New Haven, CT
02/18/2017 6:00 pm		Penn	W 61–48	12–11 (3–7)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,074) New Haven, CT
02/24/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3		Harvard	W 57–52	13–11 (4–7)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,002) New Haven, CT
02/25/2017 7:30 pm		Dartmouth	W 58–44	14–11 (5–7)	John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,103) New Haven, CT
03/03/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3		at Cornell	L 49–59	14–12 (5–8)	Newman Arena (621) Ithaca, NY
03/04/2017 6:00 pm		at Columbia	W 55–47	15–12 (6–8)	Levien Gymnasium (579) New York City, NY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time.

See also

• 2016–17 Yale Bulldogs men's basketball team