# 2016–17 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Wichita State Shockers women's basketball team represented Wichita State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. They played their home games at Charles Koch Arena, which has a capacity of 10,506. The Shockers, led by ninth year head coach Jody Adams-Birch through January 18 and then Linda Hargrove as interim head coach for the remainder of the season, are members of the Missouri Valley Conference. They finished the season 15–16, 9–9 in MVC play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Missouri Valley women's tournament, where they lost to Drake.
This was the Shockers' final season as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference as the school announced on April 7, 2017 that it would be joining the American Athletic Conference effective July 1, 2017.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/02/2016* 7:05 pm | | Newman | W 58–49 | | Charles Koch Arena (1,221) Wichita, KS |
| 11/06/2016* 2:05 pm | | Cameron | W 67–65 | | Charles Koch Arena (1,071) Wichita, KS |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2016* 2:05 pm, Cox Kansas | | Creighton | W 62–54 | 1–0 | Charles Koch Arena (2,003) Wichita, KS |
| 11/15/2016* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 | | UMKC | L 54–56 | 1–1 | Charles Koch Arena (1,362) Wichita, KS |
| 11/20/2016* 5:00 pm | | at Texas–Arlington | L 70–74 | 1–2 | College Park Center (525) Arlington, TX |
| 11/24/2016* 12:30 pm | | vs. Purdue Cancún Challenge Mayan Division | L 49–86 | 1–3 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 11/25/2016* 10:00 am | | vs. No. 11 Stanford Cancún Challenge Mayan Division | L 39–87 | 1–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 11/26/2016* 10:00 am | | vs. Northeastern Cancún Challenge Mayan Division | W 87–73 | 2–4 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 12/02/2016* 12:05 pm, Cox Kansas | | Arkansas State | W 69–51 | 3–4 | Charles Koch Arena (9,534) Wichita, KS |
| 12/09/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Missouri | L 57–64 | 3–5 | Mizzou Arena (2,068) Columbia, MO |
| 12/16/2016* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 | | Abilene Christian Shocker Winter Classic | W 81–62 | 4–5 | Charles Koch Arena (1,470) Wichita, KS |
| 12/17/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Incarnate Word Shocker Winter Classic | W 73–63 | 5–5 | Charles Koch Arena (1,427) Wichita, KS |
| 12/21/2016* 7:05 pm, ESPN3 | | South Dakota State | L 58–78 | 5–6 | Charles Koch Arena (1,577) Wichita, KS |
| Missouri Valley Conference regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2016 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Drake | L 78–83 | 5–7 (0–1) | Charles Koch Arena (1,670) Wichita, KS |
| 01/01/2017 3:30 pm, Cox Kansas | | Northern Iowa | L 61–63 | 5–8 (0–2) | Charles Koch Arena (1,564) Wichita, KS |
| 01/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Missouri State | L 62–73 | 5–9 (0–3) | JQH Arena (2,706) Springfield, MO |
| 01/13/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Southern Illinois | L 54–77 | 5–10 (0–4) | SIU Arena (476) Carbondale, IL |
| 01/15/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Evansville | W 65–54 | 6–10 (1–4) | Ford Center (1,198) Evansville, IN |
| 01/20/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Bradley | W 65–54 | 7–10 (2–4) | Charles Koch Arena (1,623) Wichita, KS |
| 01/22/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Illinois State | W 67–45 | 8–10 (3–4) | Charles Koch Arena (1,623) Wichita, KS |
| 01/27/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Indiana State | W 56–42 | 9–10 (4–4) | Hulman Center (1,669) Terre Haute, IN |
| 01/29/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Loyola–Chicago | W 83–64 | 10–10 (5–4) | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (301) Chicago, IL |
| 02/05/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Missouri State | L 60–65 | 10–11 (5–5) | Charles Koch Arena (1,237) Wichita, KS |
| 02/10/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Evansville | W 69–68 | 11–11 (6–5) | Charles Koch Arena (1,412) Wichita, KS |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Southern Illinois | L 58–61 | 11–12 (6–6) | Charles Koch Arena (1,624) Wichita, KS |
| 02/17/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Illinois State | L 50–54 | 11–13 (6–7) | Redbird Arena (618) Normal, IL |
| 02/19/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Bradley | W 76–69 | 12–13 (7–7) | Renaissance Coliseum (792) Peoria, IL |
| 02/24/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Loyola–Chicago | W 65–43 | 13–13 (8–7) | Charles Koch Arena (1,337) Wichita, KS |
| 02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Indiana State | W 67–43 | 14–13 (9–7) | Charles Koch Arena (2,244) Wichita, KS |
| 03/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Northern Iowa | L 37–62 | 14–14 (9–8) | McLeod Center (1,239) Cedar Falls, IA |
| 03/04/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at No. 22 Drake | L 89–105 | 14–15 (9–9) | Knapp Center (3,271) Des Moines, IA |
| Missouri Valley Tournament ||||||
| 03/10/2017 2:30 pm, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (4) Southern Illinois Quarterfinals | W 73–60 | 15–15 | iWireless Center (1,360) Moline, IL |
| 03/11/2017 1:30 pm, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (1) Drake Semifinals | L 68–86 | 15–16 | iWireless Center Moline, IL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||