# 2016–17 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Maryland Terrapins women's basketball team represented the University of Maryland, College Park in 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Terrapins, led by fifteenth year head coach Brenda Frese, played their home games at the Xfinity Center and they were third year members of the Big Ten Conference. They finished the season 32–3, 15–1 in Big Ten play to win share the Big Ten Regular season title with Ohio State. They were also champions of the Big Ten Women's Tournament for third straight year and received an automatic to the NCAA women's basketball tournament, where they defeated Bucknell and West Virginia in the first and second rounds before getting upset by Oregon in the sweet sixteen.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2016* 6:30 pm | No. 6 | Bluefield State | W 146–17 | | Xfinity Center (1,138) College Park, MD |
| 11/06/2016* 2:00 pm | No. 6 | Mary Baldwin | W 153–27 | | Xfinity Center College Park, MD |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2016* 1:00 pm | No. 6 | UMass Lowell | W 100–44 | 1–0 | Xfinity Center (3,958) College Park, MD |
| 11/16/2016* 6:30 pm | No. 6 | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 106–61 | 2–0 | Xfinity Center (1,505) College Park, MD |
| 11/18/2016* 11:00 am | No. 6 | Mount St. Mary's | W 106–42 | 3–0 | Xfinity Center (4,108) College Park, MD |
| 11/20/2016* 12:00 pm | No. 6 | at Niagara | W 96–64 | 4–0 | Gallagher Center (757) Lewiston, NY |
| 11/25/2016* 4:00 pm | No. 6 | vs. No. 23 Arizona State South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 83–42 | 5–0 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 11/26/2016* 6:30 pm | No. 6 | vs. Washington State South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 79–69 | 6–0 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 5 | at No. 7 Louisville ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 78–72 | 7–0 | KFC Yum! Center (7,816) Louisville, KY |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, BTN | No. 5 | UMBC | W 92–42 | 8–0 | Xfinity Center (2,607) College Park, MD |
| 12/06/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 4 | Towson | W 97–63 | 9–0 | Xfinity Center (1,343) College Park, MD |
| 12/08/2016* 6:30 pm | No. 4 | Saint Peter's | W 101–49 | 10–0 | Xfinity Center (3,940) College Park, MD |
| 12/12/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 4 | at Loyola (MD) | W 79–60 | 11–0 | Reitz Arena (1,009) Baltimore, MD |
| 12/21/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 4 | at Duquesne | W 77–57 | 12–0 | Palumbo Center (1,288) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/29/2016* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 4 | No. 1 Connecticut | L 81–87 | 12–1 | Xfinity Center (17,950) College Park, MD |
| Big Ten regular season ||||||
| 01/01/2017 6:00 pm | No. 4 | at Minnesota | W 83–72 | 13–1 (1–0) | Williams Arena (4,884) Minneapolis, MN |
| 01/04/2017 8:00 pm | No. 3 | at Nebraska | W 93–49 | 14–1 (2–0) | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,299) Lincoln, NE |
| 01/07/2017 2:00 pm, BTN | No. 3 | Northwestern | W 96–55 | 15–1 (3–0) | Xfinity Center (5,214) College Park, MD |
| 01/11/2017 6:30 pm | No. 3 | Penn State | W 89–83 | 16–1 (4–0) | Xfinity Center (4,680) College Park, MD |
| 01/14/2017 4:00 pm, BTN | No. 3 | at Iowa | W 98–82 | 17–1 (5–0) | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (7,043) Iowa City, IA |
| 01/19/2017 6:00 pm, BTN | No. 3 | Michigan | W 83–70 | 18–1 (6–0) | Xfinity Center (4,666) College Park, MD |
| 01/22/2017 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | Rutgers | W 80–71 | 19–1 (7–0) | Xfinity Center (6,236) College Park, MD |
| 01/26/2017 8:00 pm | No. 3 | at Illinois | W 94–49 | 20–1 (8–0) | State Farm Center (1,126) Champaign, IL |
| 01/29/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | Iowa | W 100–81 | 21–1 (9–0) | Xfinity Center (7,988) College Park, MD |
| 02/02/2017 8:00 pm, BTN | No. 3 | at Purdue | W 85–70 | 22–1 (10–0) | Mackey Arena (5,671) West Lafayette, IN |
| 02/05/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | at Indiana | W 92–56 | 23–1 (11–0) | Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall (4,038) Bloomington, IN |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm | No. 3 | Illinois | W 84–59 | 24–1 (12–0) | Xfinity Center (4,160) College Park, MD |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 3 | at Michigan State | W 89–72 | 25–1 (13–0) | Breslin Center (10,646) East Lansing, MI |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | No. 2 | Wisconsin | W 89–40 | 26–1 (14–0) | Xfinity Center (5,302) College Park, MD |
| 02/20/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 2 | at No. 12 Ohio State | L 87–98 | 26–2 (14–1) | Value City Arena (6,505) Columbus, OH |
| 02/26/2017 12:00 pm, BTN | No. 2 | Minnesota | W 93–60 | 27–2 (15–1) | Xfinity Center (10,107) College Park, MD |
| Big Ten Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2017 6:30 pm, BTN | (2) No. 4 | vs. (10) Minnesota Quarterfinals | W 92–80 | 28–2 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (4,065) Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/04/2017 6:30 pm, BTN | (2) No. 4 | vs. (6) Michigan State Semifinals | W 100–89 | 29–2 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (5,408) Indianapolis, IN |
| 03/05/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2) No. 4 | vs. (5) Purdue Championship Game | W 74–64 | 30–2 | Bankers Life Fieldhouse (6,129) Indianapolis, IN |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (3 B) No. 4 | (14 B) Bucknell First Round | W 103–61 | 31–2 | Xfinity Center (3,511) College Park, MD |
| 03/19/2017* 2:35 pm, ESPN2 | (3 B) No. 4 | (6 B) West Virginia Second Round | W 83–56 | 32–2 | Xfinity Center (6,129) College Park, MD |
| 03/25/2017* 11:30 am, ESPN | (3 B) No. 4 | vs. (10 B) Oregon Sweet Sixteen | L 63–77 | 32–3 | Webster Bank Arena Bridgeport, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
| AP | 6 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | N/A |
| Coaches | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 8 |