2016–17_Kentucky_Wildcats_women's_basketball_team

2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Kentucky Classic champions
NCAA tournament, second round
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 25
AP	No. 18
Record	22–11 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach	Matthew Mitchell (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Kyra Elzy; Niya Butts; Lin Dunn;
Home arena	Memorial Coliseum; Rupp Arena
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

Intercollegiate basketball season

The 2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents University of Kentucky during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by tenth year head coach Matthew Mitchell, play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with one game at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Belmont in the first round before losing to Ohio State in the second round.

Quick Facts Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball, Kentucky Classic champions ...

More information Conf, Overall ...

Schedule

^[1]

More information Date time, TV, Rank# ...

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/03/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 19	Union (TN)	W 78–60		Memorial Coliseum (1,339) Lexington, KY
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 19	No. 14 Miami (FL) Kentucky Classic	W 82–66	1–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,471) Lexington, KY
11/12/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 19	Albany Kentucky Classic	W 70–46	2–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,667) Lexington, KY
11/17/2016* 11:00 am	No. 15	New Hampshire	W 92–43	3–0	Memorial Coliseum (4,793) Lexington, KY
11/19/2016* 9:00 pm	No. 15	at Colorado	L 69–79	3–1	Coors Events Center (1,507) Boulder, CO
11/23/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 20	Morehead State	W 74–47	4–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,706) Lexington, KY
11/27/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 20	Samford	W 80–57	5–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,569) Lexington, KY
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 17	No. 12 Oklahoma Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge	W 82–68	6–1	Memorial Coliseum (4,400) Lexington, KY
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 17	at No. 7 Louisville The Battle for the Bluegrass	L 67–69 ^OT	6–2	KFC Yum! Center (12,245) Louisville, KY
12/09/2016* 7:00 pm	No. 15	Middle Tennessee	W 61–48	7–2	Memorial Coliseum (4,625) Lexington, KY
12/11/2016* 1:00 pm, SECN	No. 15	Arizona State	L 71–73 ^OT	7–3	Rupp Arena (13,225) Lexington, KY
12/18/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 19	Radford	W 59–36	8–3	Memorial Coliseum (4,547) Lexington, KY
12/21/2016* 12:00 pm	No. 18	Washington State	W 69–67	9–3	Memorial Coliseum (4,875) Lexington, KY
12/29/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 17	at No. 15 Duke	L 54–69	9–4	Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,121) Durham, NC
SEC regular season
01/01/2017 4:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 17	at Tennessee Rivalry	L 65–72	9–5 (0–1)	Thompson–Boling Arena (9,709) Knoxville, TN
01/05/2017 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 24	Missouri	W 64–62	10–5 (1–1)	Memorial Coliseum (4,280) Lexington, KY
01/08/2017 2:00 pm, SECN	No. 24	Texas A&M	L 68–77	10–6 (1–2)	Memorial Coliseum (5,669) Lexington, KY
01/12/2017 8:00 pm		at Alabama	W 71–54	11–6 (2–2)	Coleman Coliseum (2,437) Tuscaloosa, AL
01/15/2017 3:00 pm, SECN		Georgia	W 82–61	12–6 (3–2)	Memorial Coliseum (5,608) Lexington, KY
01/19/2017 8:00 pm		at LSU	W 55–42	13–6 (4–2)	Maravich Center (1,845) Baton Rouge, LA
01/22/2017 3:00 pm, SECN		at Auburn	W 64–60	14–6 (5–2)	Auburn Arena (2,294) Auburn, AL
01/26/2017 7:00 pm		Ole Miss	W 89–57	15–6 (6–2)	Memorial Coliseum (4,272) Lexington, KY
01/30/2017 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 25	at Missouri	L 67–73	15–7 (6–3)	Mizzou Arena (3,374) Columbia, MO
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, SECN	No. 25	No. 4 South Carolina	L 63–75	15–8 (6–4)	Memorial Coliseum (5,533) Lexington, KY
02/05/2017 12:00 pm, SECN	No. 25	Vanderbilt	W 71–63	16–8 (7–4)	Memorial Coliseum (6,023) Lexington, KY
02/09/2017 7:00 pm		at Georgia	W 66–56	17–8 (8–4)	Stegeman Coliseum (3,235) Athens, GA
02/16/2017 8:00 pm, SECN		at Arkansas	W 69–62	18–8 (9–4)	Bud Walton Arena (1,142) Fayetteville, AR
02/19/2017 1:00 pm, SECN		Florida	W 67–48	19–8 (10–4)	Memorial Coliseum (6,604) Lexington, KY
02/23/2017 7:00 pm		No. 3 Mississippi State	W 78–75 ^OT	20–8 (11–4)	Memorial Coliseum (5,244) Lexington, KY
02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 22	at No. 7 South Carolina	L 87–95	20–9 (11–5)	Colonial Life Arena (18,000) Columbia, SC
SEC Women's Tournament
03/03/2017 2:30 pm, SECN	(4) No. 20	vs. (12) Alabama Quarterfinals	W 65–55	21–9	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (5,702) Greenville, SC
03/04/2017 5:00 pm, ESPNU	(4) No. 20	vs. (1) No. 1 South Carolina Semifinals	L 77–89	21–10	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (7,554) Greenville, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/17/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 L) No. 18	(13 L) Belmont First Round	W 73–70	22–10	Memorial Coliseum (3,497) Lexington, KY
03/19/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 L) No. 18	(5 L) No. 11 Ohio State Second Round	L 68–82	22–11	Memorial Coliseum (2,644) Lexington, KY
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern Time.

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article 2016–17_Kentucky_Wildcats_women's_basketball_team, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.

[1] [1]
"UK Wildcats | Scores and Schedules". Archived from the original on August 10, 2015. Retrieved May 27, 2016.

[1]

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	19	15	20	17	15	19	18	17	24	RV	RV	RV	25	RV	RV	22	20	19	18	N/A
Coaches	19	19	24	20	18	23	24	23	RV	NR	NR	NR	RV	NR	NR	RV	24	24	24	25

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

2016–17_Kentucky_Wildcats_women's_basketball_team

2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

Roster

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References

Share this article:

v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 3 South Carolina†	14	–	2	.875	33	–	4	.892
No. 7 Mississippi State	13	–	3	.813	34	–	5	.872
No. 18 Kentucky	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
No. 25 Missouri	11	–	5	.688	21	–	11	.656
Tennessee	10	–	6	.625	20	–	12	.625
Texas A&M	9	–	7	.563	22	–	12	.647
LSU	8	–	8	.500	20	–	12	.625
Auburn	7	–	9	.438	17	–	15	.531
Georgia	7	–	9	.438	16	–	15	.516
Ole Miss	6	–	10	.375	17	–	14	.548
Alabama	5	–	11	.313	22	–	14	.611
Florida	5	–	11	.313	15	–	16	.484
Vanderbilt	4	–	12	.250	14	–	16	.467
Arkansas	2	–	14	.125	13	–	17	.433

† 2017 SEC tournament winner Rankings from AP poll