# 2016–17 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Pittsburgh Panthers women's basketball team represented Pittsburgh University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Panthers, led by fourth year head coach Suzie McConnell-Serio, played their home games at the Petersen Events Center and the Panthers, fourth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 13–17, 4–12 in ACC play to finish in a tie for eleventh place. They lost in the first round of the ACC women's tournament to North Carolina.

## 2016–17 media
### Pitt Panthers Sports Network

The Pitt Panthers Sports Network will broadcast all Panthers games on WJAS. George Von Benko will provide the play-by-play while Jen Tuscano will provide the analysis. Non-televised home games can be watched online via Pitt Panthers TV with the Panthers Sports Network call.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2016* 2:00 pm | Indiana (PA) | W 72–40 | | Peterson Events Center (670) Pittsburgh, PA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | Mount St. Mary's | W 89–54 | 1–0 | Peterson Events Center (589) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/14/2016* 11:00 am, ACCN Extra | Youngstown State | W 63–50 | 2–0 | Peterson Events Center (9,771) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/17/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | Loyola–Chicago | W 59–35 | 3–0 | Peterson Events Center (516) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/21/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | Loyola (MD) | W 74–44 | 4–0 | Peterson Events Center (651) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/23/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | Slippery Rock | W 94–48 | 5–0 | Peterson Events Center (646) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/26/2016* 6:00 pm, ACCN Extra | Cornell | W 56–44 | 6–0 | Peterson Events Center (717) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | Purdue ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | L 61–67 | 6–1 | Peterson Events Center (702) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | Charlotte | L 63–70 | 6–2 | Peterson Events Center (825) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/06/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | Bryant | W 76–60 | 7–2 | Peterson Events Center (517) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 12/10/2016* 2:00 pm | at Penn State | L 62–91 | 7–3 | Bryce Jordan Center (2,522) University Park, PA |
| 12/19/2016* 5:00 pm | vs. UTEP Patrick Harrington Tournament | W 71–46 | 8–3 | The Arena at NWFSC Niceville, FL |
| 12/20/2016* 5:00 pm | vs. McNeese State Patrick Harrington Tournament | W 71–65 | 9–3 | The Arena at NWFSC (498) Niceville, FL |
| 12/29/2016* 2:00 pm | at Duquesne City Game | L 54–63 | 9–4 | Palumbo Center (1,724) Pittsburgh, PA |
| ACC regular season ||||||
| 01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | Miami (FL) | L 50–82 | 9–5 (0–1) | Peterson Events Center (904) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/05/2017 7:00 pm, RSN | Boston College | W 56–43 | 10–5 (1–1) | Peterson Events Center (538) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/08/2017 4:00 pm, RSN | at No. 8 Louisville | L 52–73 | 10–6 (1–2) | KFC Yum! Center (8,039) Louisville, KY |
| 01/12/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at No. 6 Notre Dame | L 54–86 | 10–7 (1–3) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,137) South Bend, IN |
| 01/15/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | North Carolina | W 68–48 | 11–7 (2–3) | Peterson Events Center (1,879) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/22/2017 12:30 pm, RSN | Virginia | W 62–54 | 12–7 (3–3) | Peterson Events Center (2,224) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/26/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at No. 18 NC State | L 42–55 | 12–8 (3–4) | Reynolds Center (2,617) Raleigh, NC |
| 01/29/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 9 Louisville | L 48–63 | 12–9 (3–5) | Peterson Events Center (3,152) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at No. 24 Syracuse | L 65–93 | 12–10 (3–6) | Carrier Dome (942) Syracuse, NY |
| 02/05/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at Wake Forest | L 48–57 | 12–11 (3–7) | LJVM Coliseum (576) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 02/09/2017 6:30 pm, RSN | Clemson | L 46–54 | 12–12 (3–8) | Peterson Events Center (652) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at No. 14 Duke | L 48–62 | 12–13 (3–9) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,013) Durham, NC |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | Virginia Tech | W 72–64 | 13–13 (3–10) | Peterson Events Center (787) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 02/19/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at Georgia Tech | L 57–71 | 13–14 (4–10) | Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,039) Atlanta, GA |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | at No. 8 Florida State | L 48–79 | 13–15 (4–11) | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (4,595) Tallahassee, FL |
| 02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 20 Syracuse | L 57–73 | 13–16 (4–12) | Peterson Events Center (4,212) Pittsburgh, PA |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/01/2017 6:30 pm, RSN | vs. North Carolina First Round | L 60–72 | 13–17 | HTC Center (2,475) Conway, SC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

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| (RV) | Received Votes |