2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team represented the University of Texas at Austin in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Karen Aston's fifth season at Texas. The Longhorns were members of the Big 12 Conference and played their home games at the Frank Erwin Center. They finished the season 25–9, 15–3 in Big 12 play to finish in second place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Big 12 women's basketball tournament where they lost to West Virginia. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's basketball tournament where they defeated Central Arkansas and NC State in the first and second rounds before losing to Stanford in the sweet sixteen.

2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Big 12 Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
Record	25–9 (15–3 Big 12)
Head coach	Karen Aston (5th season)
Assistant coaches	Jamie Carey George Washington Tina Thompson
Home arena	Frank Erwin Center

2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings

	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 5 Baylor	17	–	1		.944			33	–	4		.892
No. 14 Texas	15	–	3		.833			25	–	9		.735
No. 23 Oklahoma	13	–	5		.722			23	–	10		.697
No. 24 Kansas State	11	–	7		.611			23	–	11		.676
Iowa State	9	–	9		.500			18	–	13		.581
No. 22 West Virginia †	8	–	10		.444			24	–	11		.686
Oklahoma State	6	–	12		.333			17	–	15		.531
Texas Tech	5	–	13		.278			14	–	17		.452
TCU	4	–	14		.222			12	–	18		.400
Kansas	2	–	16		.111			8	–	22		.267
† 2017 Big 12 tournament winner Rankings from AP poll

Roster

2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 1 Alecia Sutton 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Parkway North St. Louis, MO F 5 Jordan Hosey 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) So Manvel Pearland, TX G 10 Lashann Higgs 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Cedar Ridge Round Rock, TX G 11 Brooke McCarty 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Clear Springs League City, TX G/F 12 Jada Underwood 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) Fr Horn Mesquite, TX F 14 Christina Aborowa 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) So Neumann-Goretti Ondo, Nigeria G 20 Brianna Taylor 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Sr Spring Dekaney Houston, TX G 22 Tasia Forman 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) Jr Duncanville Duncanville, TX G 23 Ariel Atkins 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) Jr Duncanville Duncanville, TX G/F 24 Joyner Holmes 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Fr Cedar Hill Cedar Hill, TX F 30 Khaléann Caron-Goudreau 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS So IMG Academy Vanderbilt Gatineau, QE F 31 Audrey-Ann Caron-Goudreau 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) So IMG Academy Gulf Coast State College Gatineau, QE C 40 Kelsey Lang 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) Sr The Woodlands The Woodlands, TX F/C Jatarie White (I)  6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Providence Day South Carolina Charlotte, NC	Head coach Karen Aston (Little Rock) Assistant coach(es) Jamie Carey (Stanford) George Washington (Abilene Christian) Tina Thompson (USC) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

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	8	8	14	14	17	16	16	16	15	16	12	12	12	11	8	6	12	14	14	N/A
Coaches	6т	10	14	15	17	17	17	16	17	17	14	13	13	10	8	10	14	15	15	14

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		No Change
(RV)		Received Votes
(NR)		Not Ranked

2016–17 media

Television and radio information

Most University of Texas home games were shown on the Longhorn Network, with national telecasts on the Big 12 Conference's television partners. On the radio, women's basketball games aired on KTXX-HD4 "105.3 The Bat", with select games on KTXX-FM 104.9.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 2:00 pm, LHN	No. 8	Tarleton State	W 93–43		Gregory Gymnasium (1,258) Austin, TX
Regular season
11/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 8	at No. 11 Stanford College Hoops Tip-Off Marathon	L 59–71	0–1	Maples Pavilion (2,447) Stanford, CA
11/16/2016* 11:00 am, LHN	No. 8	Houston Baptist	W 98–46	1–1	Frank Erwin Center (6,378) Austin, TX
11/20/2016* 5:00 pm, SECN	No. 8	at No. 10 Mississippi State	L 68–79	1–2	Humphrey Coliseum (7,764) Starkville, MS
11/23/2016* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 14	Northwestern State	W 86–39	2–2	Frank Erwin Center (2,756) Austin, TX
12/01/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 14	No. 3 South Carolina Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	L 67–76	2–3	Frank Erwin Center (3,330) Austin, TX
12/04/2016* 3:00 pm, ESPN	No. 14	vs. No. 2 Connecticut Jimmy V Classic	L 54–72	2–4	Mohegan Sun Arena (9,014) Uncasville, CT
12/11/2016* 3:30 pm, FS1	No. 17	Tennessee	W 72–67	3–4	Frank Erwin Center (4,386) Austin, TX
12/15/2016* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 16	Texas–Rio Grande Valley	W 85–61	4–4	Frank Erwin Center (2,496) Austin, TX
12/17/2016* 5:00 pm, LHN	No. 16	UTSA	W 85–61	5–4	Frank Erwin Center (2,962) Austin, TX
12/20/2016* 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 16	New Orleans	W 80–48	6–4	Frank Erwin Center (2,567) Austin, TX
12/29/2016 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 16	Texas Tech	W 67–47	7–4 (1–0)	Frank Erwin Center (4,093) Austin, TX
01/01/2017 12:00 pm, FSN	No. 16	at Iowa State	W 75–68	8–4 (2–0)	Hilton Coliseum (7,915) Ames, IA
01/04/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 15	at Kansas	W 66–54	9–4 (3–0)	Allen Fieldhouse (1,817) Lawrence, KS
01/07/2017 6:00 pm, LHN	No. 15	TCU	W 83–54	10–4 (4–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,864) Austin, TX
01/10/2017 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 16	Oklahoma State	W 66–35	11–4 (5–0)	Frank Erwin Center (2,624) Austin, TX
01/14/2017 3:00 pm	No. 16	at No. 18 West Virginia	W 73–63	12–4 (6–0)	WVU Coliseum (4,118) Morgantown, WV
01/17/2017 6:00 pm, FS1	No. 12	No. 20 Oklahoma	W 86–68	13–4 (7–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,259) Austin, TX
01/21/2017 6:00 pm	No. 12	at Texas Tech	W 77–57	14–4 (8–0)	United Supermarkets Arena (5,236) Lubbock, TX
01/25/2017 8:00 pm, FSSW+	No. 12	at TCU	W 77–69	15–4 (9–0)	Schollmaier Arena (2,230) Fort Worth, TX
01/29/2017 3:00 pm, FS1	No. 12	No. 22 West Virginia	W 69–54	16–4 (10–0)	Frank Erwin Center (4,123) Austin, TX
02/01/2017 7:00 pm, FSOK	No. 12	at Oklahoma State	W 85–71	17–4 (11–0)	Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,846) Stillwater, OK
02/04/2017 7:00 pm, LHN	No. 12	Kansas State	W 63–58	18–4 (12–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,781) Austin, TX
02/06/2017 7:00 pm, FS1	No. 10	at No. 2 Baylor	W 85–79	19–4 (13–0)	Ferrell Center (7,054) Waco, TX
02/11/2017 1:30 pm, LHN	No. 10	Kansas	W 75–42	20–4 (14–0)	Frank Erwin Center (3,974) Austin, TX
02/13/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 8	at No. 4 Florida State	W 92–88 2OT	21–4	Donald L. Tucker Center (3,621) Tallahassee, FL
02/18/2017 1:00 pm, FSN	No. 8	at No. 19 Oklahoma	L 73–74	21–5 (14–1)	Lloyd Noble Center (6,038) Norman, OK
02/20/2017 8:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 6	No. 4 Baylor	L 67–70	21–6 (14–2)	Frank Erwin Center (7,103) Austin, TX
02/24/2017 7:30 pm, LHN	No. 6	Iowa State	L 66–70	21–7 (14–3)	Frank Erwin Center (4,555) Austin, TX
02/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3	No. 12	at No. 24 Kansas State	W 69–61	22–7 (15–3)	Bramlage Coliseum (4,541) Manhattan, KS
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2017 6:00 pm, FSN	(2) No. 12	vs. (7) Oklahoma State Quarterfinals	W 71–60	23–7	Chesapeake Energy Arena  Oklahoma City, OK
03/05/2017 4:00 pm, FS1	(2) No. 12	vs. (6) West Virginia Semifinals	L 59–62	23–8	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,475) Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	(3 L) No. 14	(14 L) Central Arkansas First Round	W 78–50	24–8	Frank Erwin Center (2,908) Austin, TX
03/19/2017* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	(3 L) No. 14	(6 L) No. 14 NC State Second Round	W 84–80	25–8	Frank Erwin Center (3,476) Austin, TX
03/24/2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN	(3 L) No. 14	vs. (2 L) No. 15 Stanford Sweet Sixteen	L 66–77	25–9	Rupp Arena (3,163) Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Central Time.

See also

• 2016–17 Texas Longhorns men's basketball team