# 2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team represented University of Colorado Boulder during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by first year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the Coors Events Center and were a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Washington State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated UNLV and South Dakota State in the first and second rounds before losing to Iowa in the third round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Northern Colorado | W 83–62 | 1–0 | Bank of Colorado Arena (1,071) Greeley, CO |
| 11/13/2016* 2:00 pm | | Air Force | W 95–68 | 2–0 | Coors Events Center (1,845) Boulder, CO |
| 11/19/2016* 7:00 pm | | No. 15 Kentucky | W 79–69 | 3–0 | Coors Events Center (1,507) Boulder, CO |
| 11/22/2016* 4:00 pm | | at North Dakota State | W 76–59 | 4–0 | Scheels Center (683) Fargo, ND |
| 11/25/2016* 7:30 pm | | St. Francis Brooklyn Omni Hotels Invitational semifinals | W 81–54 | 5–0 | Coors Events Center (1,473) Boulder, CO |
| 11/26/2016* 11:00 am | | SMU Omni Hotels Invitational championship | W 67–50 | 6–0 | Coors Events Center (1,495) Boulder, CO |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 21 | Southeastern Louisiana | W 112–54 | 7–0 | Coors Events Center (1,195) Boulder, CO |
| 12/03/2016* 6:00 pm | No. 21 | Idaho State | W 85–56 | 8–0 | Coors Events Center (1,602) Boulder, CO |
| 12/08/2016* 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 18 | Colorado State | W 74–56 | 9–0 | Coors Events Center (1,723) Boulder, CO |
| 12/17/2016* 2:00 pm | No. 15 | at Mississippi Valley State | W 76–64 | 10–0 | Harrison HPER Complex (789) Itta Bena, MS |
| 12/21/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 15 | Wyoming | L 75–82 | 10–1 | Coors Events Center (1,982) Boulder, CO |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2016 7:00 pm | No. 20 | at USC | L 54–79 | 10–2 (0–1) | Galen Center (616) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/01/2017 3:00 pm | No. 20 | at No. 10 UCLA | L 74–87 | 10–3 (0–2) | Pauley Pavilion (1,354) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/06/2017 8:00 pm | | Arizona | W 65–56 | 11–3 (1–2) | Coors Events Center (2,158) Boulder, CO |
| 01/08/2017 4:00 pm, P12N | | No. 19 Arizona State | L 52–71 | 11–4 (1–3) | Coors Events Center (1,886) Boulder, CO |
| 01/13/2017 8:00 pm | | No. 24 California | L 53–65 | 11–5 (1–4) | Coors Events Center (1,571) Boulder, CO |
| 01/15/2017 4:00 pm, P12N | | No. 13 Stanford | L 70–84 | 11–6 (1–5) | Coors Events Center (2,126) Boulder, CO |
| 01/20/2017 7:00 pm, P12N | | at Oregon | L 66–71 | 11–7 (1–6) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,260) Eugene, OR |
| 01/22/2017 4:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 11 Oregon State | L 57–81 | 11–8 (1–7) | Gill Coliseum (3,927) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm, P12N | | Utah | W 54–49 | 12–8 (2–7) | Coors Events Center (1,457) Boulder, CO |
| 01/28/2017 12:30 pm, P12N | | at Utah | L 53–58 | 12–9 (2–8) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,449) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/03/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | | Washington State | W 70–58 | 13–9 (3–8) | Coors Events Center (1,907) Boulder, CO |
| 02/05/2017 12:00 pm, P12N | | No. 10 Washington | L 75–79 | 13–10 (3–9) | Coors Events Center (1,818) Boulder, CO |
| 02/10/2017 9:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 8 Stanford | L 51–64 | 13–11 (3–10) | Maples Pavilion (2,546) Stanford, CA |
| 02/12/2017 4:00 pm, P12N | | at California | W 64–59 | 14–11 (4–10) | Haas Pavilion (3,024) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/17/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | | No. 11 Oregon State | L 49–54 | 14–12 (4–11) | Coors Events Center (1,751) Boulder, CO |
| 02/19/2017 12:00 pm, P12N | | Oregon | W 76–66 | 15–12 (5–11) | Coors Events Center (3,988) Boulder, CO |
| 02/23/2017 9:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 11 Washington | L 47–79 | 15–13 (5–12) | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,448) Seattle, WA |
| 02/25/2017 2:00 pm | | at Washington State | L 56–67 | 15–14 (5–13) | Beasley Coliseum (712) Pullman, WA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2017 7:00 pm, P12N | (10) | vs. (7) Washington State First Round | L 78–79 | 15–15 | KeyArena Seattle, WA |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 7:00 pm | | UNLV First Round | W 66–52 | 16–15 | Coors Events Center (815) Boulder, CO |
| 03/19/2017* 1:00 pm, MidcoSN | | at South Dakota State Second Round | W 81–75 $^{OT}$ | 17–15 | Frost Arena (2,793) Brookings, SD |
| 03/23/2017* 6:00 pm | | at Iowa Third Round | L 62–80 | 17–16 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,735) Iowa City,IA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |