# 2016–17 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball team represented the University of Oklahoma in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sooners were led by Sherri Coale in her twenty-first season. The team played its home games at the Lloyd Noble Center in Norman, Oklahoma as a member of the Big 12 Conference. They finished the season 23–10, 13–5 in Big 12 play to finish in third place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big 12 women's tournament, to West Virginia. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Gonzaga in the first round before losing to Washington in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2016* 7:00 pm, FSOK | No. 16 | Midwestern State | W 110–47 | | Lloyd Noble Center (3,157) Norman, OK |
| 11/07/2016* 7:00 pm, FSOK+ | No. 16 | Oklahoma City | W 68–48 | | Lloyd Noble Center (3,245) Norman, OK |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2016* 12:30 pm, FSOK | No. 16 | Southern Illinois | W 80–48 | 1–0 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,223) Norman, OK |
| 11/16/2016* 7:00 pm, SSTV | No. 16 | Little Rock | W 68–58 | 2–0 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,084) Norman, OK |
| 11/19/2016* 5:00 pm, TheW.tv | No. 16 | at BYU | W 68–61 | 3–0 | Marriott Center (1,236) Provo, UT |
| 11/23/2016* 7:00 pm, FSOK | No. 13 | South Dakota State | W 74–60 | 4–0 | Lloyd Noble Center (2,453) Norman, OK |
| 11/27/2016* 2:00 pm, FSOK | No. 13 | Colorado State | W 70–55 | 5–0 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,245) Norman, OK |
| 12/01/2016* 6:00 pm, SECN | No. 12 | at No. 17 Kentucky Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | L 68–82 | 5–1 | Memorial Coliseum (4,400) Lexington, KY |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, FSOK | No. 12 | Oral Roberts | L 67–74 | 5–2 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,855) Norman, OK |
| 12/08/2016* 7:00 pm, FSOK | No. 19 | Texas–Rio Grande Valley | W 92–59 | 6–2 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,120) Norman, OK |
| 12/11/2016* 2:00 pm, FSOK | No. 19 | Tulsa | W 85–68 | 7–2 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,703) Norman, OK |
| 12/19/2016* 4:15 pm | No. 20 | vs. Xavier Puerto Rico Classic | W 81–69 | 8–2 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 12/20/2016* 8:45 pm | No. 20 | vs. California Puerto Rico Classic | L 74–82 | 8–3 | South Point Arena (185) Enterprise, NV |
| 12/21/2016* 9:00 pm | No. 20 | vs. Portland State Puerto Rico Classic | W 74–60 | 9–3 | South Point Arena (90) Enterprise, NV |
| Big 12 Regular Season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 24 | at Kansas | W 84–54 | 10–3 (1–0) | Allen Fieldhouse (2,574) Lawerence, KS |
| 01/01/2017 2:00 pm, FSOK | No. 24 | TCU | W 87–72 | 11–3 (2–0) | Lloyd Noble Center (3,673) Norman, OK |
| 01/04/2017 7:00 pm, FCS Central | No. 20 | No. 25 Kansas State | W 85–80 $^{OT}$ | 12–3 (3–0) | Lloyd Noble Center (3,194) Norman, OK |
| 01/08/2017 3:00 pm, FS1 | No. 20 | at No. 17 West Virginia | L 73–83 | 12–4 (3–1) | WVU Coliseum (2,563) Morgantown, VA |
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm | No. 22 | at Iowa State | W 67–57 | 13–4 (4–1) | Hilton Coliseum (10,043) Ames, IA |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm, FSOK | No. 22 | Texas Tech | W 66–45 | 14–4 (5–1) | Lloyd Noble Center (3,566) Norman, OK |
| 01/17/2017 6:00 pm, FS1 | No. 20 | at No. 12 Texas | L 68–86 | 14–5 (5–2) | Frank Erwin Center (3,259) Austin, TX |
| 01/22/2017 2:00 pm, FSOK | No. 20 | Oklahoma State Bedlam Series | W 68–62 | 15–5 (6–2) | Lloyd Noble Center (6,543) Norman, OK |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm, FCS | No. 20 | Iowa State | W 78–63 | 16–5 (7–2) | Lloyd Noble Center (3,353) Norman, OK |
| 01/29/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 20 | at No. 2 Baylor | L 58–92 | 16–6 (7–3) | Ferrell Center (6,632) Waco, TX |
| 02/01/2017 10:30 am, FSOK | No. 18 | Kansas | W 89–52 | 17–6 (8–3) | Lloyd Noble Center Norman, OK |
| 02/04/2017 12:00 pm, FSN | No. 18 | at Oklahoma State Bedlam Series | W 66–60 | 18–6 (9–3) | Gallagher-Iba Arena (3,074) Stillwater, OK |
| 02/07/2017 7:00 pm, FSOK | No. 19 | No. 22 West Virginia | W 90–87 $^{2OT}$ | 19–6 (10–3) | Lloyd Noble Center (4,890) Norman, OK |
| 02/11/2017 6:30 pm, FSSW+ | No. 19 | at Texas Tech | W 64–56 | 20–6 (11–3) | United Supermarkets Arena (4,239) Lubbock, TX |
| 02/18/2017 1:00 pm, FSN | No. 19 | No. 8 Texas | W 74–73 | 21–6 (12–3) | Lloyd Noble Center (6,038) Norman, OK |
| 02/21/2017 7:00 pm, FCS | No. 16 | at Kansas State | L 71–79 | 21–7 (12–4) | Bramlage Coliseum (4,377) Manhattan, KS |
| 02/25/2017 7:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 16 | at TCU | W 73–64 | 22–7 (13–4) | Schollmaier Arena (2,377) Fort Worth, TX |
| 02/27/2017 7:00 pm, FS1 | No. 19 | No. 2 Baylor | L 64–103 | 22–8 (13–5) | Lloyd Noble Center (4,804) Norman, OK |
| Big 12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2017 8:30 pm, FSN | (3) No. 19 | vs. (6) West Virginia Quarterfinals | L 58–82 | 22–9 | Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,852) Oklahoma City, OK |
| NCAA tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2017* 5:30 pm, ESPN2 | (6 O) No. 23 | vs. (11 O) Gonzaga First Round | W 75–62 | 23–9 | Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA |
| 03/20/2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN2 | (6 O) No. 23 | at (3 O) No. 11 Washington Second Round | L 82–108 | 23–10 | Alaska Airlines Arena (7,579) Seattle, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma Region. All times are in Central Time. ||||||
x- Sooner Sports Television (SSTV) is aired locally on Fox Sports. However the contract allows games to air on various affiliates. Those affiliates are FSSW, FSSW+, FSOK, FSOK+, and FCS Atlantic, Central, and Pacific.

## Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |