# 2016–17 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team

The 2016–17 NC State Wolfpack women's basketball team represented North Carolina State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wolfpack, led by fourth-year head coach Wes Moore, return to played their home games at Reynolds Coliseum after a one year of renovation. They were members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 23–9, 12–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the ACC women's tournament to Louisville. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament, where they defeated Auburn in the first round before losing to Texas in the second round.

## Media

WKNC acts as the home for Wolfpack women's basketball. Patrick Kinas and Rachel Stockdale provide the call for the games. ESPN and the ACC RSN will televise select Wolfpack games during the season. All non-televised home conference games will be shown on ESPN3 using the radio broadcasters for the call.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2016* 7:00 pm | | UNC Pembroke | W 96–54 | | Reynolds Coliseum (1,001) Raleigh, NC |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2016* 6:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Wofford | W 80–40 | 1–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (1,662) Raleigh, NC |
| 11/16/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Hampton | W 81–56 | 2–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (1,773) Raleigh, NC |
| 11/19/2016* 6:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | College of Charleston | W 91–47 | 3–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,152) Raleigh, NC |
| 11/21/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Maryland Eastern Shore | W 77–58 | 4–0 | Reynolds Coliseum (1,794) Raleigh, NC |
| 11/24/2016* 1:00 pm | | vs. Kansas State Paradise Jam tournament Island Division | L 50–67 | 4–1 | Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI |
| 11/25/2016* 3:15 pm | | vs. UTEP Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division | W 71–55 | 5–1 | Sports and Fitness Center (132) Saint Thomas, USVI |
| 11/26/2016* 1:00 pm | | vs. LSU Paradise Jam Tournament Island Division | L 58–59 | 5–2 | Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | Indiana ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 84–70 | 6–2 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,203) Raleigh, NC |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | North Florida | W 78–52 | 7–2 | Reynolds Coliseum (1,701) Raleigh, NC |
| 12/11/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | UNC Wilmington | W 86–54 | 8–2 | Reynolds Coliseum (2,093) Raleigh, NC |
| 12/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | North Carolina Central | W 83–33 | 9–2 | Reynolds Coliseum (1,947) Raleigh, NC |
| 12/17/2016* 1:00 pm | | at Tulane | L 58–63 | 9–3 | Devlin Fieldhouse (726) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/19/2016* 6:30 pm | | at South Alabama | W 74–31 | 10–3 | Mitchell Center Mobile, AL |
| ACC regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | No. 2 Notre Dame | W 70–62 | 11–3 (1–0) | Reynolds Coliseum (3,677) Raleigh, NC |
| 01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | at No. 6 Florida State | W 70–61 | 12–3 (2–0) | Donald L. Tucker Center (3,059) Tallahassee, FL |
| 01/05/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | | No. 14 Miami (FL) | L 64–67 | 12–4 (2–1) | Reynolds Coliseum (2,574) Raleigh, NC |
| 01/08/2017 2:00 pm, RSN | | at Wake Forest | W 65–50 | 13–4 (3–1) | LJVM Coliseum (469) Winston-Salem, NC |
| 01/12/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 23 | at Syracuse | L 75–85 | 13–5 (3–2) | Carrier Dome (872) Syracuse, NY |
| 01/15/2017 3:00 pm, RSN | No. 23 | No. 12 Duke | W 55–52 | 14–5 (4–2) | Reynolds Coliseum (4,657) Raleigh, NC |
| 01/22/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 21 | Clemson | W 65–53 | 15–5 (5–2) | Reynolds Coliseum (2,893) Raleigh, NC |
| 01/26/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 18 | Pittsburgh | W 55–42 | 16–5 (6–2) | Reynolds Coliseum (2,617) Raleigh, NC |
| 01/29/2017 3:00 pm, RSN | No. 18 | at North Carolina Carolina–State Game | L 70–83 | 16–6 (6–3) | Carmichael Auditorium (5,998) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 19 | at No. 9 Louisville | W 72–70 $^{OT}$ | 17–6 (7–3) | KFC Yum! Center (8,251) Louisville, KY |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm | No. 17 | at Georgia Tech | W 75–67 | 18–6 (8–3) | Hank McCamish Pavilion (748) Atlanta, GA |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 17 | Virginia Tech | W 85–71 | 19–6 (9–3) | Reynolds Coliseum (4,467) Raleigh, NC |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm | No. 15 | at Boston College | W 70–58 | 20–6 (10–3) | Conte Forum (781) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 02/19/2017 2:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 15 | Wake Forest | L 77–89 | 20–7 (10–4) | Reynolds Coliseum (5,500) Raleigh, NC |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm, RSN | No. 18 | North Carolina Carolina–State Game | W 80–60 | 21–7 (11–4) | Reynolds Coliseum (4,877) Raleigh, NC |
| 02/27/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 18 | at Virginia | W 59–48 | 22–7 (12–4) | John Paul Jones Arena (3,819) Charlottesville, VA |
| ACC Women's tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2017 11:00 am, RSN | (4) No. 17 | vs. (5) No. 14 Louisville Quarterfinals | L 58–59 | 22–8 | HTC Center (3,004) Conway, SC |
| NCAA Women's tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | (6 L) No. 17 | vs. (11 L) Auburn First Round | W 62–48 | 23–8 | Frank Erwin Center Austin, TX |
| 03/19/2017* 2:30 pm, ESPN2 | (6 L) No. 17 | at (3 L) No. 14 Texas Second Round | L 80–84 | 23–9 | Frank Erwin Center (3,476) Austin, TX |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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## Rankings

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