# 2016–17 Penn Quakers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Penn Quakers women's basketball team represented the University of Pennsylvania during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Quakers, led by eighth year head coach Mike McLaughlin, played their home games at the Palestra and were members of the Ivy League. The team was picked by the Ivy League in the pre-season to be conference champions. They finished the season 22–8, 13–1 to win the Ivy League regular season title and their first ever Ivy League Tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament, where they had a 21 point lead before losing to Texas A&M in the first round.

## Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League instituted conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments only awarded the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships will continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results. The Ivy League playoff took place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra. There were two semi-final games on the first day with the No. 1 seed playing the No. 4 seed and the No. 2 seed playing the No. 3 seed. The final was played the next day for the NCAA bid.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 13, 2016* 2:00 p.m. | | at Duke | L 55–68 | 0–1 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,263) Durham, NC |
| Nov 16, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | Binghamton | L 48–61 | 0–2 | Palestra (378) Philadelphia, PA |
| Nov 18, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at Rhode Island | W 75–43 | 1–2 | Ryan Center (329) Kingston, RI |
| Nov 22, 2016* 7:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | Saint Joseph's | L 53–57 | 1–3 | Palestra (503) Philadelphia, PA |
| Nov 30, 2016* 6:00 p.m. | | at Lafayette | W 64–47 | 2–3 | Kirby Sports Center (274) Easton, PA |
| Dec 3, 2016* 1:00 p.m. | | at Wagner | W 63–39 | 3–3 | Spiro Sports Center (623) Staten Island, NY |
| Dec 7, 2016* 5:30 p.m. | | La Salle | L 56–58 $^{OT}$ | 3–4 | Palestra (331) Philadelphia, PA |
| Dec 10, 2016* 2:00 p.m. | | at Richmond | W 47–44 | 4–4 | Robins Center (623) Richmond, VA |
| Dec 31, 2016* 7:00 p.m. | | at Cal State Northridge | W 47–36 | 5–4 | Matadome (307) Northridge, CA |
| Jan 2, 2017* 8:00 p.m. | | at UC Riverside | W 71–55 | 6–4 | The SRC (149) Riverside, CA |
| Jan 7, 2017 2:00 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Princeton | W 62–57 | 7–4 (1–0) | Jadwin Gymnasium (857) Princeton, NJ |
| Jan 13, 2017 5:30 pm | | Yale | W 66–55 | 8–4 (2–0) | Palestra (462) Philadelphia, PA |
| Jan 14, 2017 5:30 pm | | Brown | W 86–60 | 9–4 (3–0) | Palestra (427) Philadelphia, PA |
| Jan 18, 2017* 7:00 pm | | Villanova | L 48–60 | 9–5 | Palestra (575) Philadelphia, PA |
| Jan 25, 2017* 7:00 pm | | Temple | L 53–63 | 9–6 | Palestra (414) Philadelphia, PA |
| Jan 29, 2017* 5:00 pm | | Stevens Tech | W 89–43 | 10–6 | Palestra (405) Philadelphia, PA |
| Feb 3, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Harvard | W 63–43 | 11–6 (4–0) | Palestra (763) Philadelphia, PA |
| Feb 4, 2017 7:00 pm | | Dartmouth | W 68–38 | 12–6 (5–0) | Palestra (727) Philadelphia, PA |
| Feb 10, 2017 7:00 pm | | at Columbia | W 64–54 | 13–6 (6–0) | Levien Gymnasium (408) New York, NY |
| Feb 11, 2017 5:00 p.m. | | at Cornell | W 61–55 | 14–6 (7–0) | Newman Arena (729) Ithaca, NY |
| Feb 17, 2017 5:30 p.m., ESPN3 | | at Brown | W 71–68 | 15–6 (8–0) | Pizzitola Sports Center Providence, RI |
| Feb 18, 2017 6:00 pm | | at Yale | L 48–61 | 15–7 (8–1) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,074) New Haven, CT |
| Feb 24, 2017 7:00 pm | | Cornell | W 47–34 | 16–7 (9–1) | Palestra (1,013) Philadelphia, PA |
| Feb 25, 2017 7:00 pm | | Columbia | W 68–59 | 17–7 (10–1) | Palestra (967) Philadelphia, PA |
| Mar 3, 2017 7:00 p.m. | | at Dartmouth | W 60–47 | 18–7 (11–1) | Leede Arena (546) Hanover, NH |
| Mar 4, 2016 6:00 pm | | at Harvard | W 64–46 | 19–7 (12–1) | Lavietes Pavilion (703) Cambridge, MA |
| Mar 7, 2017 7:00 pm | | Princeton | W 52–40 | 20–7 (13–1) | Palestra (720) Philadelphia, PA |
| Ivy League Women's tournament ||||||
| March 11, 2017 11:30 am, ESPN3 | (1) | vs. (4) Brown Semifinals | W 71–60 | 21–7 | Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| March 12, 2017 4:00 pm, ESPNU | (1) | vs. (2) Princeton Championship Game | W 57–48 | 22–7 | Palestra Philadelphia, PA |
| NCAA women's tournament ||||||
| March 18, 2017* 8:00 pm, ESPN | (12 B) | vs. (5 B) Texas A&M First Round | L 61–63 | 22–8 | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings