2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball team

2016–17 Texas Longhorns women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 14
APNo. 14
Record25–9 (15–3 Big 12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
Home arenaFrank Erwin Center
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 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.

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) Current redshirt 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Providence Day
South Carolina 		Charlotte, NC
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • (W) Walk-on

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

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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

References

  1. ^ "2019-2020 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Record Book" (PDF). Big 12 Conference. pp. 4–6. Retrieved June 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Schedule".