# 2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Wake Forest Demon Deacons women's basketball team represented Wake Forest University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Demon Deacons, led by fifth year head coach Jen Hoover, were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference and played their home games at the Lawrence Joel Veterans Memorial Coliseum. They finished the season 16–16, 6–10 in ACC play in ninth place. They lost in the second round of the ACC women's tournament to Virginia. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they defeated Bethune-Cookman in the first round before losing to Middle Tennessee in the second round.

## 2016–17 media
### Wake Forest IMG Sports Network

The Wake Forest Demon Deacons IMG Sports Network will broadcast Demon Deacons games on Wake Forest All Access. You can also keep track on Twitter @WakeWBB. Post game interviews are posted on the schools YouTube Channel.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 4:00 pm | | Navy | W 75–65 | 1–0 | LJVM Coliseum (882) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 11/13/2016* 7:00 pm | | at LSU | L 57–60 | 1–1 | Maravich Center (1,728) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 11/17/2016* 7:00 pm | | Rutgers | W 55–43 | 2–1 | LJVM Coliseum (525) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 11/20/2016* 2:00 pm | | Eastern Michigan | W 89–61 | 3–1 | LJVM Coliseum (482) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 11/23/2016* 4:00 pm | | Furman | W 59–52 | 4–1 | LJVM Coliseum (407) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 11/26/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Elon | W 78–68 | 5–1 | Alumni Gym (716) Elon, NC |
| 11/30/2016* 8:00 pm | | at Illinois ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 79–70 | 6–1 | State Farm Center (1,243) Champaign, IL |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Seton Hall | L 63–70 | 6–2 | Walsh Gymnasium (657) South Orange, NJ |
| 12/08/2016* 7:00 pm | | Xavier | W 58–45 | 7–2 | LJVM Coliseum (416) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 12/10/2016* 2:00 pm | | Radford | L 60–68 | 7–3 | LJVM Coliseum (467) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 12/18/2016* 2:00 pm | | Samford | W 51–40 | 8–3 | LJVM Coliseum (622) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 12/21/2016* 11:00 am | | VCU | W 60–54 | 9–3 | LJVM Coliseum (5,557) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 12/31/2016* 4:30 pm | | at James Madison | L 76–83 | 9–4 | JMU Convocation Center (3,212) Harrisonburg, VA |
| ACC regular season ||||||
| 01/05/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at No. 7 Notre Dame | L 72–92 | 9–5 (0–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,691) South Bend, IN |
| 01/08/2017 2:00 pm, RSN | | NC State | L 50–65 | 9–6 (0–2) | LJVM Coliseum (469) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 01/12/2017 7:00 pm | | Clemson | W 78–56 | 10–6 (1–2) | LJVM Coliseum (427) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 01/16/2017 1:00 pm, RSN | | at No. 17 Virginia Tech | L 70–72 | 10–7 (1–3) | Cassell Coliseum (1,789) Blacksburg, VA |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm | | at North Carolina | W 80–77 | 11–7 (2–3) | Carmichael Arena (1,476) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 01/22/2017 2:00 pm | | Georgia Tech | W 70–65 $^{OT}$ | 12–7 (3–3) | LJVM Coliseum (1,022) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 01/26/2017 7:00 pm | | Boston College | W 71–55 | 13–7 (4–3) | LJVM Coliseum (427) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 01/29/2017 1:00 pm, RSN | | at No. 14 Duke | L 43–71 | 13–8 (4–4) | Cameron Indoor Stadium (4,008) Durham, NC |
| 02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | No. 16 Miami (FL) | L 56–79 | 13–9 (4–5) | LJVM Coliseum (419) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 02/05/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Pittsburgh | W 57–48 | 14–9 (5–5) | LJVM Coliseum (576) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at No. 5 Florida State | L 60–102 | 14–10 (5–6) | Donald L. Tucker Civic Center (2,906) Tallahassee, FL |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at Virginia | L 57–60 $^{OT}$ | 14–11 (5–7) | John Paul Jones Arena (4,378) Charlottesville, VA |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | No. 13 Duke | L 53–79 | 14–12 (5–8) | LJVM Coliseum (1,118) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 02/19/2017 2:00 pm, ESPNU | | at No. 15 NC State | W 89–77 | 15–12 (6–8) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at No. 20 Syracuse | L 64–85 | 15–13 (6–9) | Carrier Dome (1,852) Syracuse, NY |
| 02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | No. 14 Louisville | L 46–75 | 15–14 (6–10) | LJVM Coliseum (1,297) Winston-Salem, NC |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2017 2:00 pm, RSN | (9) | vs. (8) Virginia Second Round | L 44–61 | 15–15 | HTC Center (2,466) Conway, SC |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 7:00 pm | | Bethune-Cookman First Round | W 71–42 | 16–15 | LJVM Coliseum (830) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 03/19/2017* 3:00 pm | | at Middle Tennessee Second Round | L 66–73 | 16–16 | Murphy Center (2,519) Murfreesboro, TN |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||