# 2016–17 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Missouri Tigers women's basketball team represented the University of Missouri in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers were led by seventh year head coach Robin Pingeton. They played their games at Mizzou Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the SEC women's tournament to Texas A&M. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated South Florida in the first round before losing to Florida State in the second round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Central Missouri | W 65–35 | | Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO |
| 11/07/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Truman State | W 87–53 | | Mizzou Arena (1,673) Columbia, MO |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Abilene Christian Preseason WNIT first round | W 52–46 | 1–0 | Mizzou Arena (2,056) Columbia, MO |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 25 | at Nebraska Preseason WNIT quarterfinals | W 55–35 | 2–0 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,207) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/17/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 25 | at No. 17 Washington Preseason WNIT semifinals | L 66–79 | 2–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,701) Seattle, WA |
| 11/22/2016* 7:00 pm | | Indiana State | W 77–48 | 3–1 | Mizzou Arena (2,129) Columbia, MO |
| 11/25/2016* 2:15 pm | | vs. Creighton Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division semifinals | W 72–63 | 4–1 | St. George HS Gymnasium (437) Freeport, BAH |
| 11/26/2016* 2:15 pm | | vs. Georgia Tech Junkanoo Jam Freeport Division championship | L 70–72 | 4–2 | St. George HS Gymnasium Freeport, BAH |
| 11/29/2016* 7:00 pm | | Western Illinois | W 71–68 | 5–2 | Mizzou Arena (1,843) Columbia, MO |
| 12/02/2016* 7:00 pm | | Missouri State | W 73–49 | 6–2 | Mizzou Arena (2,632) Columbia, MO |
| 12/04/2016* 1:00 pm | | at IUPUI | L 45–73 | 6–3 | The Jungle (505) Indianapolis, IN |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm | | SIU Edwardsville | W 72–60 | 7–3 | Mizzou Arena (1,494) Columbia, MO |
| 12/09/2016* 7:00 pm | | Wichita State | W 64–57 | 8–3 | Mizzou Arena (2,068) Columbia, MO |
| 12/17/2016* 11:00 am | | UT Martin | W 80–69 | 9–3 | Mizzou Arena (2,545) Columbia, MO |
| 12/19/2016* 7:00 pm | | UC Riverside | W 68–62 | 10–3 | Mizzou Arena Columbia, MO |
| 12/21/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Saint Louis | L 61–72 | 10–4 | Chaifetz Arena (6,288) St. Louis, MO |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| 01/01/2017 12:00 pm, SECN | | Georgia | W 63–45 | 11–4 (1–0) | Mizzou Arena (3,879) Columbia, MO |
| 01/05/2017 6:00 pm, SECN | | at No. 24 Kentucky | L 62–64 | 11–5 (1–1) | Memorial Coliseum (4,280) Lexington, KY |
| 01/08/2017 2:00 pm | | Alabama | L 58–59 | 11–6 (1–2) | Mizzou Arena (4,287) Columbia, MO |
| 01/12/2017 7:00 pm | | at LSU | L 71–80 | 11–7 (1–3) | Maravich Center (2,001) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 01/15/2017 2:00 pm | | at Vanderbilt | W 74–68 | 12–7 (2–3) | Memorial Gymnasium (2,504) Nashville, TN |
| 01/19/2017 8:00 pm, SECN | | No. 25 Texas A&M | W 78–76 $^{OT}$ | 13–7 (3–3) | Mizzou Arena (3,587) Columbia, MO |
| 01/23/2017 6:00 pm, SECN | | at Arkansas | W 60–46 | 14–7 (4–3) | Bud Walton Arena (822) Fayetteville, AR |
| 01/26/2017 7:00 pm | | Auburn | W 68–53 | 15–7 (5–3) | Mizzou Arena (3,366) Columbia, MO |
| 01/30/2017 6:00 pm, SECN | | No. 25 Kentucky | W 73–67 | 16–7 (6–3) | Mizzou Arena (3,374) Columbia, MO |
| 02/05/2017 1:30 pm, ESPNU | | at No. 5 Mississippi State | L 53–70 | 16–8 (6–4) | Humphrey Coliseum (5,792) Starkville, MS |
| 02/09/2017 6:00 pm, SECN | | at No. 24 Tennessee | L 66–77 | 16–9 (6–5) | Thompson–Boling Arena (8,041) Knoxville, TN |
| 02/12/2017 5:00 pm, SECN | | Arkansas | W 67–56 | 17–9 (7–5) | Mizzou Arena (5,163) Columbia, MO |
| 02/16/2017 6:00 pm | | at Florida | W 74–67 | 18–9 (8–5) | O'Connell Center (1,571) Gainesville, FL |
| 02/19/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | | No. 6 South Carolina | W 62–60 | 19–9 (9–5) | Mizzou Arena (5,789) Columbia, MO |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm | No. 24 | Ole Miss | W 100–65 | 20–9 (10–5) | Mizzou Arena (5,173) Columbia, MO |
| 02/26/2017 2:00 pm | No. 24 | at Alabama | W 65–56 | 21–9 (11–5) | Coleman Coliseum (2,467) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| SEC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2017 7:30 pm, SECN | (3) No. 23 | vs. (6) Texas A&M Quarterfinals | L 48–62 | 21–10 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | (6 S) No. 25 | vs. (11 S) South Florida First Round | W 66–64 | 22–10 | Donald L. Tucker Center Tallahassee, FL |
| 03/19/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | (6 S) No. 25 | at (3 S) No. 10 Florida State Second Round | L 55–77 | 22–11 | Donald L. Tucker Center (4,084) Tallahassee, FL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Stockton Region. All times are in Central 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 |