2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season

Preseason AP #1

Notre Dame

NCAA Tournament

2017

Tournament Dates

March 16, 2017–April 2, 2017

National Championship

American Airlines Center
Dallas, Texas

NCAA Division I basketball seasons

«2015–16

2017–18»

The 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season began on November 11, 2016 and will end with the Final Four in Dallas, Texas on April 2, 2017. Practices officially began on September 30, 2016.

Season headlines

April 20 – The NCAA announced its Academic Progress Rate (APR) sanctions for the 2016–17 school year. A total of 23 Division I programs in 13 sports were declared ineligible for postseason play due to failure to meet the required APR benchmark, with Southern being the only women's basketball team so penalized.^[1]
November 2 – The Associated Press preseason All-American team was released. South Carolina forward A'ja Wilson was the leading vote-getter (32 votes). Joining her on the team were Ohio State guard Kelsey Mitchell (31 votes), Notre Dame forward Brianna Turner (29), Baylor forward Nina Davis and Washington guard Kelsey Plum.^[2]
November 23 – In what ESPN called "one of the most bizarre scenarios imaginable at a major sporting event", top-ranked Notre Dame and Louisiana–Lafayette used two different venues during Notre Dame's 91–51 win. The game began at Campbell Center, a high school venue in Houston, but a power outage during the second quarter prompted the teams to complete the game at another venue. Rice, whose women's team had just completed a home game, offered its Tudor Fieldhouse, and the two teams bused to that venue and finished the game there.^[3]

Conference membership changes

Only one school joined a new conference for 2016–17:

School	Former conference	New conference
Coastal Carolina	Big South Conference	Sun Belt Conference

Pre-season polls

The top 25 from the AP and USA Today Coaches Polls.

Associated Press
Ranking	Team
1	Notre Dame (14)
2	Baylor (12)
3	Connecticut (6)
4	South Carolina (1)
5	Louisville
6	Maryland
7	Ohio State
8	Texas
9	UCLA
10	Mississippi State
11	Stanford
12	Florida State
13	Texas
14	Miami (FL)
15	Syracuse
16	Oklahoma
17	Washington
18	Arizona State
19	Kentucky
20	Florida
21	DePaul
22	West Virginia
23	Indiana
24	Missouri
25	Oregon State

USA Today Coaches
Ranking	Team
1	Connecticut (18)
2	Notre Dame (8)
3	South Carolina (3)
4	Baylor (2)
5	Maryland
6	Ohio State
7	Texas (1)
8	Louisville
9	UCLA
10	Stanford
11	Mississippi State
12	Florida State
13	Syracuse
14	Tennessee
15	Washington
16	Arizona State
17	Oregon State
18	Oklahoma
19	Kentucky
20	Miami (FL)
21	DePaul
22	Michigan State
23	Texas A&M
24	Florida
25	West Virginia

Postseason

Conference winners and tournaments

Each of the 32 Division I athletic conferences ends its regular season with a single-elimination tournament. The team with the best regular-season record in each conference is given the number one seed in each tournament, with tiebreakers used as needed in the case of ties for the top seeding. The winners of these tournaments receive automatic invitations to the 2017 NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Tournament. This will be the first season in which the Ivy League holds a conference tournament.^[4]

Conference	Conference tournament	Tournament venue (city)
America East Conference	2017 America East Women's Basketball Tournament	Campus sites
American Athletic Conference	2017 American Athletic Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Mohegan Sun Arena (Uncasville, CT)
Atlantic 10 Conference	2017 Atlantic 10 Women's Basketball Tournament	First round at campus sites Remainder at Richmond Coliseum (Richmond, VA)
Atlantic Coast Conference	2017 ACC Women's Basketball Tournament	Greensboro Coliseum (Greensboro, North Carolina)
Atlantic Sun Conference	2017 Atlantic Sun Women's Basketball Tournament	Campus sites
Big 12 Conference	2017 Big 12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Chesapeake Energy Arena (Oklahoma City, OK)
Big East Conference	2017 Big East Women's Basketball Tournament	Al McGuire Center (Milwaukee, WI)
Big Sky Conference	2017 Big Sky Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Reno Events Center (Reno, NV)
Big South Conference	2017 Big South Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Vines Center (Lynchburg, VA)
Big Ten Conference	2017 Big Ten Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Bankers Life Fieldhouse (Indianapolis, IN)
Big West Conference	2017 Big West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	First round/Quarterfinals at Bren Events Center (Irvine, CA) Remainder at Honda Center (Anaheim, CA)
Colonial Athletic Association	2017 CAA Women's Basketball Tournament	JMU Convocation Center (Harrisonburg, VA)
Conference USA	2017 Conference USA Women's Basketball Tournament	First round/Quarterfinals at Bartow Arena (Birmingham, AL) Remainder at Legacy Arena (Birmingham, AL)
Horizon League	2017 Horizon League Women's Basketball Tournament	Joe Louis Arena (Detroit, MI)
Ivy League	2017 Ivy League Women's Basketball Tournament	Palestra (Philadelphia, PA)
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference	2017 MAAC Women's Basketball Tournament	Times Union Center (Albany, NY)
Mid-American Conference	2017 Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Tournament	First round at campus sites Remainder at Quicken Loans Arena (Cleveland, OH)
Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference	2017 MEAC Women's Basketball Tournament	Norfolk Scope (Norfolk, VA)
Missouri Valley Conference	2017 Missouri Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	iWireless Center (Moline, IL)
Mountain West Conference	2017 Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Thomas & Mack Center (Paradise, NV)
Northeast Conference	2017 Northeast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Campus sites
Ohio Valley Conference	2017 Ohio Valley Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Nashville Municipal Auditorium (Nashville, TN)
Pac-12 Conference	2017 Pac-12 Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	KeyArena (Seattle, WA)
Patriot League	2017 Patriot League Women's Basketball Tournament	Campus sites
Southeastern Conference	2017 SEC Women's Basketball Tournament	Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville, SC)
Southern Conference	2017 Southern Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	U.S. Cellular Center (Asheville, NC)
Southland Conference	2017 Southland Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Leonard E. Merrell Center (Katy, TX)
Southwestern Athletic Conference	2017 SWAC Women's Basketball Tournament	Toyota Center (Houston, TX)
The Summit League	2017 Summit League Women's Basketball Tournament	Denny Sanford PREMIER Center (Sioux Falls, SD)
Sun Belt Conference	2017 Sun Belt Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Lakefront Arena (New Orleans, LA)
West Coast Conference	2017 West Coast Conference Women's Basketball Tournament	Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, NV)
Western Athletic Conference	2017 WAC Women's Basketball Tournament	Orleans Arena (Las Vegas, NV)

References

↑ "Division I student-athletes still making gains in APR" (Press release). NCAA. April 20, 2016.
↑ "South Carolina's A'ja Wilson leads AP preseason All-Americans". NCAA. Associated Press. November 6, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
↑ "Power outage forces Notre Dame and Louisiana-Lafayette to switch venues during middle of game". ESPN.com. November 23, 2016. Retrieved November 25, 2016.
↑ "The Ivy League Adds Men's, Women's Basketball Tournaments Beginning in 2017" (Press release). Ivy League. March 10, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016.

2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournaments

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National	NCAA WNIT WBI

NCAA Division I women's basketball seasons

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