2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Savannah Invitational Champions
Big 12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 22
Record24–11 (8–10 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaWVU Coliseum
Seasons
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[1]

The 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team represented West Virginia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers were coached by sixteenth year head coach Mike Carey and played their home games at WVU Coliseum and are members of the Big 12 Conference. The team finished sixth in the regular season but won the 2017 Big 12 Tournament.[2] They finished with a record of 24–11, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Maryland in the second round.

Roster

2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team
Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown
G 2 Alexis Brewer 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Bardstown Buffalo, KY
G 3 Oliva Seggie 5 ft 3 in (1.6 m) So Morgantown Morgantown, WV
G 4 Nia Staples 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Lakota West Cincinnati, OH
G 5 Tynice Martin 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy Atlanta, GA
F 11 Teana Muldrow 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) RS Jr East Orange East Orange, NJ
G 12 Chania Ray 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Jr Riverdale Baptist
Florida State 		Alexandria, VA
F 13 Kristina King 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) Jr New Hope Christian Academy
Gulf Coast State 		Mebane, NC
G 14 Bailey Thomas 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Fr Centennial Rochester Hills, MI
C 15 Lanay Montgomery 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) RS Sr Academy of the Holy Cross Pittsburgh, PA
C 20 Desiree Rhodes 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Aurora East
Wabash Valley College 		Aurora, IL
G 22 Katrina Pardee 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) So Vista Ridge Cedar Park, TX
G 23 Aisha Edwards 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) RS Jr West Boca Raton
Chipola JC 		Boca Raton, FL
G/F 24 Anja Martin 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) So John Paul Stevens San Antonio, TX
F 45 Marlena Schmidt 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) So Ringgold Eighty Four, PA
F 55 Krys McCune 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Fr duPont Manual Louisville, KY
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

Roster

Schedule

[3][4]

Date
time, TV 		Rank# Opponent# Result Record Site (attendance)
city, state
Exhibition
11/01/2016*
7:00 pm 		No. 22 Concord W 104–48 
Robert C. Byrd HS (2,116)
Clarksburg, WV
Non-Conference Games
11/12/2016*
4:00 pm 		No. 22 Charleston Southern W 88–38  1–0
 WVU Coliseum (1,144)
Morgantown, WV
11/15/2016*
6:30 pm 		No. 21 Howard W 95–49  2–0
 WVU Coliseum (1,052)
Morgantown, WV
11/19/2016*
1:00 pm 		No. 21 Coppin State W 69–39  3–0
 WVU Coliseum (2,173)
Morgantown, WV
11/22/2016*
7:00 pm 		No. 19 vs. North Carolina A&T
Savannah Invitational 		W 80–64  4–0
 Savannah Civic Center (319)
Savannah, GA
11/23/2016*
4:30 pm 		No. 19 vs. East Carolina
Savannah Invitational 		W 79–47  5–0
 Savannah Civic Center 
Savannah, GA
11/24/2016*
7:00 pm 		No. 19 vs. Auburn
Savannah Invitational 		W 56–52  6–0
 Savannah Civic Center (417)
Savannah, GA
11/27/2016*
4:00 pm 		No. 19 High Point W 82–59  7–0
 WVU Coliseum (1,134)
Morgantown, WV
11/30/2016*
6:30 pm 		No. 16 Morehead State W 94–53  8–0
 WVU Coliseum (1,179)
Morgantown, WV
12/04/2016*
4:00 pm 		No. 16 Ole Miss
Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge 		W 66–61  9–0
 WVU Coliseum (2,634)
Morgantown, WV
12/10/2016*
6:30 pm 		No. 13 USC Upstate W 91–33  10–0
 WVU Coliseum (1,435)
Morgantown, WV
12/17/2016*
4:00 pm 		No. 14 vs. Longwood W 107–40  11–0
 Charleston Civic Center (2,024)
Charleston, WV
12/21/2016*
6:30 pm 		No. 13 Mount St. Mary's W 77–45  12–0
 WVU Coliseum (1,269)
Morgantown, WV
Conference Games
12/29/2016
7:30 pm 		No. 12 at TCU W 83–61  13–0
(1–0) 		Schollmaier Arena (1,770)
Fort Worth, TX
01/01/2017
2:00 pm, Cox Kansas 		No. 12 at Kansas State L 71–86  13–1
(1–1) 		Bramlage Coliseum (4,825)
Manhattan, KS
01/04/2017
7:00 pm, FS2 		No. 17 No. 2 Baylor L 56–91  13–2
(1–2) 		WVU Coliseum (2,466)
Morgantown, WV
01/08/2017
4:00 pm, FS1 		No. 17 No. 20 Oklahoma W 83–73  14–2
(2–2) 		WVU Coliseum (2,563)
Morgantown, WV
01/11/2017
7:30 pm, FSSW+ 		No. 18 at Texas Tech L 66–75  14–3
(2–3) 		United Supermarkets Arena (4,829)
Lubbock, TX
01/14/2017
4:00 pm 		No. 18 No. 16 Texas L 63–73  14–4
(2–4) 		WVU Coliseum (4,118)
Morgantown, WV
01/18/2017
8:00 pm 		No. 24 at Kansas W 62-51  15–4
(3–4) 		Allen Fieldhouse (1,833)
Lawrence, KS
01/21/2017
2:00 pm, FSN 		No. 24 at No. 2 Baylor L 73–79  15–5
(3–5) 		Ferrell Center (6,462)
Waco, TX
01/25/2017
7:00 pm 		No. 22 Texas Tech W 89–79  16–5
(4–5) 		WVU Coliseum (2,051)
Morgantown, WV
01/28/2017
4:00 pm, FS1 		No. 22 at No. 12 Texas L 54–69  16–6
(4–6) 		Frank Erwin Center (4,123)
Austin, TX
02/04/2017
12:00 pm 		No. 22 Iowa State L 55–80  16–7
(4–7) 		WVU Coliseum (3,058)
Morgantown, WV
02/07/2017
8:00 pm 		No. 22 at No. 19 Oklahoma L 87–90 2OT 16–8
(4–8) 		Lloyd Noble Center (4,890)
Norman, OK
02/11/2017
6:30 pm 		Oklahoma State W 79–53  17–8
(5–8) 		WVU Coliseum (4,024)
Morgantown, WV
02/15/2017
7:00 pm, RTPT 		No. 24 Kansas State W 66–59  18–8
(6–8) 		WVU Coliseum (1,642)
Morgantown, WV
02/18/2017
1:00 pm 		at Iowa State L 53–68  18–9
(6–9) 		Hilton Coliseum (10,824)
Ames, IA
02/22/2017
6:00 pm 		TCU W 77–73  19–9
(7–9) 		WVU Coliseum (2,147)
Morgantown, WV
02/25/2017
7:00 pm 		at Oklahoma State L 63–67  19–10
(7–10) 		Gallagher-Iba Arena (1,884)
Stillwater, OK
02/27/2017
7:00 pm, RTPT 		Kansas W 73–54  20–10
(8–10) 		WVU Coliseum (2,661)
Morgantown, WV
Big 12 Women's Tournament
03/04/2017
9:30 pm, FSN 		(6) vs. (3) No. 19 Oklahoma
Quarterfinals 		W 82–58  21–10
 Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,852)
Oklahoma City, OK
03/05/2017
4:00 pm, FS1 		(6) vs. (2) No. 12 Texas
Semifinals 		W 62–59  22–10
 Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,475)
Oklahoma City, OK
03/06/2017
8:00 pm, FS1 		(6) vs. (1) No. 2 Baylor
Championship Game 		W 77–66  23–10
 Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,355)
Oklahoma City, OK
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017*
2:30 pm, ESPN2 		(6 B) No. 22 vs. (11 B) Elon
First Round 		W 75–62  24–10
 Xfinity Center (3,511)
College Park, MD
03/19/2017*
2:30 pm, ESPN2 		(6 B) No. 22 at (3 B) No. 4 Maryland
Second Round 		L 56–83  24–11
 Xfinity Center (6,129)
College Park, MD
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
B=Bridgeport Region.
All times are in Eastern 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 22 21 19 16 13 14 13 12 17 18 24 22 22 RV RV RV NR RV 22 N/A
Coaches 25 25 23 17 14 14 12 12 16 19 23 22 23 RV RV RV NR 22 21 20
Legend
  Increase in ranking
  Decrease in ranking
  No Change
(RV)   Received Votes
(NR)   Not Ranked

See also

References

  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Tynice Martin nets 32 as WVU upsets No. 2 Baylor to win Big 12 title". ESPN. March 7, 2017. Retrieved March 8, 2017.
  3. ^ "West Virginia Mountaineers Women's Basketball Schedule - WVU Athletics". wvusports.com. Retrieved October 15, 2015.
  4. ^ "Women's hoops nonconference slate unveiled - WVU Athletics". wvusports.com. Retrieved August 5, 2015.