# 2016–17 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Grand Canyon Antelopes women's basketball team represented Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona, during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Trent May's tenth season at Grand Canyon. The Antelopes competed as members of the Western Athletic Conference and played their home games at GCU Arena. The 2016–17 season was year 4 of a 4-year transitional period for Grand Canyon from D2 to D1. In years 2–4, Grand Canyon was classified as a D1 school for scheduling purposes. They played a full conference schedule, and they could win the regular season conference title. However Grand Canyon could not participate in the conference tourney until the 2017–18 season, at which time they would also be able to enter the NCAA tournament, should they win the conference. Grand Canyon was eligible to participate in the WBI or WNIT should they be invited. They finished the season 15–12, 7–7 in WAC play to finish in fifth place.
On March 7, 2017, it was announced that Trent May would not return as head coach. He finished at Grand Canyon with a 10 year record of 195–96.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/08/2016* 10:00 am, GCU TV | Western State Colorado | W 68–48 | | GCU Arena Phoenix, AZ |
| 01/04/2017* 7:00 pm, GCU TV | Arizona Christian | W 77–54 | | GCU Arena (305) Phoenix, AZ |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm, GCU TV | Alcorn State | W 77–44 | 1–0 | GCU Arena (869) Phoenix, AZ |
| 11/17/2016* 5:00 pm, ACC Extra | at Duke | L 47–90 | 1–1 | Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,040) Durham, NC |
| 11/22/2016* 6:00 pm | at Rice | L 50–64 | 1–2 | Tudor Fieldhouse (498) Houston, TX |
| 11/25/2016* 12:00 pm, GCU TV | Denver GCU Thanksgiving Classic | W 73–70 $^{OT}$ | 2–2 | GCU Arena (235) Phoenix, AZ |
| 11/26/2016* 3:00 pm, GCU TV | Idaho GCU Thanksgiving Classic | W 64–60 | 3–2 | GCU Arena (638) Phoenix, AZ |
| 11/29/2016* 8:00 pm | at UC Riverside | L 64–77 | 3–3 | The SRC (237) Riverside, CA |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm, GCU TV | No. 13 Washington | L 66–101 | 3–4 | GCU Arena (537) Phoenix, AZ |
| 12/04/2016* 12:00 pm, GCU TV | Florida Atlantic | W 81–60 | 4–4 | GCU Arena (636) Phoenix, AZ |
| 12/10/2016* 1:00 pm, GCU TV | Cal Poly | W 64–59 | 5–4 | GCU Arena (372) Phoenix, AZ |
| 12/16/2016* 6:30 pm | at Southern Utah | W 76–73 | 6–4 | Centrum Arena (474) Cedar City, UT |
| 12/19/2016* 12:00 pm, GCU TV | Northern Arizona | W 76–65 | 7–4 | GCU Arena (404) Phoenix, AZ |
| 12/29/2016* 8:30 pm, Oceanic | at Hawaii | L 47–51 | 7–5 | Stan Sheriff Center (5,903) Honolulu, HI |
| 12/31/2016* 2:00 pm | at Chaminade | W 85–55 | 8–5 | McCabe Gym (115) Honolulu, HI |
| WAC regular season ||||||
| 01/07/2017 7:00 pm | at Utah Valley | W 62–46 | 9–5 (1–0) | UCCU Center (215) Orem, UT |
| 01/12/2017 7:00 pm, GCU TV | New Mexico State | L 65–81 | 9–6 (1–1) | GCU Arena (656) Phoenix, AZ |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm, WAC DN | UTRGV | W 60–59 | 10–6 (2–1) | GCU Arena (512) Phoenix, AZ |
| 01/21/2017 5:00 pm | at Seattle | L 60–86 | 10–7 (2–2) | Connolly Center (276) Seattle, WA |
| 01/26/2017 7:00 pm, GCU TV | UMKC | W 75–64 | 11–7 (3–2) | GCU Arena (657) Phoenix, AZ |
| 01/28/2017 7:00 pm, KASW | Chicago State | W 57–39 | 12–7 (4–2) | GCU Arena (1,039) Phoenix, AZ |
| 02/04/2017 2:00 pm | at Cal State Bakersfield | L 59–74 | 12–8 (4–3) | Icardo Center Bakersfield, CA |
| 02/09/2017 6:00 pm, WAC DN | at UTRGV | L 49–52 | 12–9 (4–4) | UTRGV Fieldhouse (833) Edinburg, TX |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm, WAC DN | at New Mexico State | L 60–67 | 12–10 (4–5) | Pan American Center (1,741) Las Cruces, NM |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm, WAC DN | Seattle | W 82–77 | 13–10 (5–5) | GCU Arena (677) Phoenix, AZ |
| 02/18/2017 2:00 pm, GCU TV | Utah Valley | W 60–42 | 14–10 (6–5) | GCU Arena (563) Phoenix, AZ |
| 02/23/2017 6:00 pm | at Chicago State | W 73–62 | 15–10 (7–5) | Jones Convocation Center (228) Chicago, IL |
| 02/25/2017 1:00 pm, WAC DN | at UMKC | L 65–77 | 15–11 (7–6) | Swinney Recreation Center (323) Kansas City, MO |
| 03/04/2017 2:00 pm, WAC DN | Cal State Bakersfield | L 64–80 | 15–12 (7–7) | GCU Arena (655) Phoenix, AZ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Standard Time. ||||||