# 2016–17 Utah Utes women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Utah Utes women's basketball team represented the University of Utah during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Utes, led by second year head coach Lynne Roberts, played their home games at the Jon M. Huntsman Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 16–15, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's tournament to Arizona State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to UC Davis in the first round.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2016* 11:00 am | | South Dakota School of Mines | W 96–42 | | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,820) Salt Lake City, UT |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2016* 2:00 pm | | Montana State | W 74–64 | 1–0 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,211) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 11/15/2016* 8:00 pm | | at Fresno State | W 65–55 | 2–0 | Save Mart Center (1,887) Fresno, CA |
| 11/19/2016* 5:30 pm | | Utah Valley | W 100–52 | 3–0 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,237) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 11/25/2016* 1:00 pm | | vs. Charlotte Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Classic | W 81–68 | 4–0 | McKeon Pavilion (160) Moraga, CA |
| 11/26/2016* 3:00 pm | | at Saint Mary's Hilton Concord Thanksgiving Classic | W 63–62 | 5–0 | McKeon Pavilion (271) Moraga, CA |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | | Southern Utah | W 69–43 | 6–0 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,146) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 12/03/2016* 2:00 pm | | Utah State | W 65–58 | 7–0 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,190) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 12/06/2016* 7:30 pm | | at Nevada | W 80–50 | 8–0 | Lawlor Events Center (893) Reno, NV |
| 12/10/2016* 5:30 pm, P12N | | BYU Deseret First Duel | W 77–60 | 9–0 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (3,033) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 12/17/2016* 2:00 pm | | Weber State | W 71–52 | 10–0 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (925) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 12/21/2016* 2:00 pm | | Northern Arizona | W 78–65 | 11–0 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (978) Salt Lake City, UT |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2016 8:00 pm | | at No. 10 UCLA | L 56–67 | 11–1 (0–1) | Pauley Pavilion (1,186) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/01/2016 1:00 pm | | at USC | W 58–53 | 12–1 (1–1) | Galen Center (592) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/06/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | | No. 19 Arizona State | L 44–66 | 12–2 (1–2) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,662) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/08/2016 12:00 pm, P12N | | Arizona | L 70–81 | 12–3 (1–3) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,135) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/13/2016 6:00 pm, P12N | | No. 13 Stanford | L 58–77 | 12–4 (1–4) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,340) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/15/2016 12:00 pm, P12N | | No. 24 California | W 63–57 | 13–4 (2–4) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,250) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/20/2016 9:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 11 Oregon State | L 44–70 | 13–5 (2–5) | Gill Coliseum (3,747) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/22/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | | at Oregon | L 66–84 | 13–6 (2–6) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,657) Eugene, OR |
| 01/25/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | | at Colorado | L 49–54 | 13–7 (2–7) | Coors Events Center (1,457) Boulder, CO |
| 01/28/2016 12:30 pm, P12N | | Colorado | W 58–53 | 14–7 (3–7) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,449) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/03/2016 8:00 pm, P12N | | No. 10 Washington | L 53–82 | 14–8 (3–8) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,375) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/05/2016 2:00 pm | | Washington State | L 55–61 | 14–9 (3–9) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,152) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/10/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | | at California | W 73–64 | 15–9 (4–9) | Haas Pavilion (1,537) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/12/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 8 Stanford | L 51–87 | 15–10 (4–10) | Maples Pavilion (3,601) Stanford, CA |
| 02/17/2016 6:00 pm, P12N | | Oregon | L 61–73 | 15–11 (4–11) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,683) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/19/2016 2:00 pm, P12N | | No. 11 Oregon State | L 49–63 | 15–12 (4–12) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,949) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/23/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington State | W 74–57 | 16–12 (5–12) | Beasley Coliseum (611) Pullman, WA |
| 02/25/2016 3:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 11 Washington | L 77–84 | 16–13 (5–13) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,775) Seattle, WA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2017 3:00 pm, P12N | (12) | vs. (5) Arizona State First Round | L 54–72 | 16–14 | KeyArena (3,061) Seattle, WA |
| Women's National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 6:00 pm | | UC Davis First Round | L 62–72 | 16–15 | Jon M. Huntsman Center (456) Salt Lake City, UT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll/Coaches' Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |