# 2016–17 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Oregon State Beavers women's basketball team represented Oregon State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Beavers, led by seventh year head coach Scott Rueck, played their games at the Gill Coliseum and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 31–5, 16–2 in Pac-12 play to win Pac-12 regular season title. They advanced to the championship game Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Stanford. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Long Beach State and Creighton in the first and second rounds before losing to Florida State in the sweet sixteen.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/05/2016* 4:00 pm | No. 25 | Northwest Nazarene | W 78–51 | | Gill Coliseum Corvallis, OR |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 2:00 pm | No. 25 | Lamar | W 88–56 | 1–0 | Gill Coliseum (3,078) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/14/2016* 6:00 pm | No. 24 | Idaho State | W 61–38 | 2–0 | Gill Coliseum (2,589) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/18/2016* 6:00 pm | No. 24 | Portland | W 62–45 | 3–0 | Gill Coliseum (3,306) Corvallis, OR |
| 11/22/2016* 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 22 | Marquette | L 73–74 | 3–1 | Gill Coliseum (2,884) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/02/2016* 8:30 pm | No. 24 | vs. Idaho Maui Wahine Classic | W 60–49 | 4–1 | War Memorial Gym (922) Maui, HI |
| 12/03/2016* 8:30 pm | No. 24 | vs. BYU Maui Wahine Classic | W 65–56 | 5–1 | War Memorial Gym (1,283) Maui, HI |
| 12/10/2016* 6:00 pm | No. 24 | Southern Utah | W 77–38 | 6–1 | Gill Coliseum (2,937) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/14/2016* 11:00 am | | UC Davis | W 93–52 | 7–1 | Gill Coliseum (5,168) Corvallis, OR |
| 12/19/2016* 8:00 pm | No. 25 | vs. UNLV Play4Kay Shootout quarterfinals | W 62–59 | 8–1 | T-Mobile Arena (1,407) Paradise, NV |
| 12/20/2016* 8:00 pm | No. 25 | vs. Quinnipiac Play4Kay Shootout semifinals | W 75–60 | 9–1 | T-Mobile Arena (1,096) Paradise, NV |
| 12/21/2016* 8:00 pm | No. 25 | vs. Oklahoma State Play4Kay Shootout championship | W 73–54 | 10–1 | T-Mobile Arena (1,233) Paradise, NV |
| 12/27/2016* 6:00 pm | No. 22 | Arkansas–Pine Bluff | W 73–40 | 11–1 | Gill Coliseum (3,052) Corvallis, OR |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2016 4:00 pm | No. 22 | Washington State | W 80–58 | 12–1 (1–0) | Gill Coliseum (3,429) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/01/2017 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 22 | No. 9 Washington | W 73–70 | 13–1 (2–0) | Gill Coliseum (4,077) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/06/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 16 | at No. 20 California | W 66–56 | 14–1 (3–0) | Haas Pavilion (2,021) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/08/2017 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 16 | at No. 10 Stanford | W 72–69 $^{2OT}$ | 15–1 (4–0) | Maples Pavilion (3,072) Stanford, CA |
| 01/13/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | at No. 17 UCLA | L 56–66 | 15–2 (4–1) | Pauley Pavilion (1,403) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/15/2017 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | at USC | W 74–60 | 16–2 (5–1) | Galen Center (1,476) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/20/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | Utah | W 70–44 | 17–2 (6–1) | Gill Coliseum (3,747) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/22/2017 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | Colorado | W 81–57 | 18–2 (7–1) | Gill Coliseum (3,927) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/27/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | at Oregon Civil War | W 43–40 | 19–2 (8–1) | Matthew Knight Arena (4,370) Eugene, OR |
| 01/29/2017 11:00 am, ESPNU | No. 11 | Oregon Civil War | W 67–60 | 20–2 (9–1) | Gill Coliseum (6,005) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/03/2017 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | at No. 23 Arizona State | W 54–45 | 21–2 (10–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (4,025) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/05/2017 1:00 pm | No. 11 | at Arizona | W 65–57 | 22–2 (11–1) | McKale Center (1,249) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/10/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | USC | L 50–70 | 22–3 (11–2) | Gill Coliseum (4,286) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/12/2017 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | No. 15 UCLA | W 68–61 | 23–3 (12–2) | Gill Coliseum (4,980) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/17/2017 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | at Colorado | W 54–49 | 24–3 (13–2) | Coors Events Center (1,751) Boulder, CO |
| 02/19/2017 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | at Utah | W 63–49 | 25–3 (14–2) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,949) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/24/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | No. 8 Stanford | W 50–47 | 26–3 (15–2) | Gill Coliseum (9,604) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/26/2017 11:00 am, P12N | No. 10 | California | W 71–56 | 27–3 (16–2) | Gill Coliseum (4,704) Corvallis, OR |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2017 11:30 am, P12N | (1) No. 6 | vs. (8) California Quarterfinals | W 65–49 | 28–3 | KeyArena (4,659) Seattle, WA |
| 03/04/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | (1) No. 6 | vs. (4) No. 15 UCLA Semifinals | W 63–53 | 29–3 | KeyArena (8,384) Seattle, WA |
| 03/05/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1) No. 6 | vs. (2) No. 10 Stanford Championship Game | L 43–48 | 29–4 | KeyArena (6,829) Seattle, WA |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2 S) No. 8 | (15 S) Long Beach State First Round | W 56–55 | 30–4 | Gill Coliseum (4,692) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/19/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | (2 S) No. 8 | (7 S) Creighton Second Round | W 64–52 | 31–4 | Gill Coliseum (5,660) Corvallis, OR |
| 03/25/2017* 3:00 pm, ESPN | (2 S) No. 8 | vs. (3 S) No. 10 Florida State Sweet Sixteen | L 53–66 | 31–5 | Stockton Arena (4,500) Stockton, CA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Stockton Region. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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