# 2016–17 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Princeton Tigers women's basketball team represented Princeton University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Tigers, led by tenth year head coach Courtney Banghart, played their home games at Jadwin Gymnasium as members of the Ivy League. The team was picked by the Ivy League in the pre-season to finish second in the conference. The team finished the season with a 16–14 overall, 9–5 Ivy record and appeared in the Women's National Invitation Tournament, where they lost to Villanova in the first round.

## Previous season

The Tigers finished the 2015–16 season with a 23–6 overall record and 12–2 in the Ivy League. Their only two conference losses came against Pennsylvania, who won the season-ending championship game. The Tigers were an at-large selection to the NCAA tournament, notably becoming the first-ever Ivy League team to earn an at-large bid in either the men's or women's NCAA Tournament. However, they lost in the first round to West Virginia.

## Ivy League changes

This season, the Ivy League instituted conference postseason tournaments. The tournaments only awarded the Ivy League automatic bids for the NCAA Division I Men's and Women's Basketball Tournaments; the official conference championships continue to be awarded based solely on regular-season results. The Ivy League playoff took place March 11 and 12 at the Palestra in Philadelphia. There were two semifinal games on the first day with No. 1 seed Penn playing No. 4 seed Cornell and No. 2 seed Princeton playing No. 3 seed Harvard. The final, ultimately between Penn and Princeton, was played the next day for the NCAA bid.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| Nov 11, 2016* 7:00 pm | | Rider | L 62–70 | 0–1 | Jadwin Gymnasium (785) Princeton, NJ |
| Nov 13, 2016* Noon | | at George Washington | L 45–56 | 0–2 | Charles E. Smith Center (1,003) Washington, D.C. |
| Nov 19, 2016* Noon | | Dayton | L 56–62 $^{OT}$ | 0–3 | Jadwin Gymnasium (518) Princeton, NJ |
| Nov 22, 2016* 7:00 pm | | at Delaware | L 62–66 | 0–4 | Bob Carpenter Center (1,005) Newark, DE |
| Nov 25, 2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Rutgers Rivalry | W 64–34 | 1–4 | Jadwin Gymnasium (848) Princeton, NJ |
| Nov 27, 2016* 1:00 pm | | at UMBC | W 69–58 | 2–4 | Retriever Activities Center (356) Baltimore, MD |
| Nov 30, 2016* 6:00 pm | | Seton Hall | W 94–67 | 3–4 | Jadwin Gymnasium (656) Princeton, NJ |
| Dec 7, 2016* 6:00 pm | | Lafayette | W 69–27 | 4–4 | Jadwin Gymnasium (641) Princeton, NJ |
| Dec 10, 2016* 2:00 pm | | at Fordham | L 54–55 | 4–5 | Rose Hill Gymnasium (806) Bronx, NY |
| Dec 18, 2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Kansas State | L 42–60 | 4–6 | Bramlage Coliseum (4,193) Manhattan, KS |
| Dec 21, 2016* 6:00 pm | | Wagner | W 107–44 | 5–6 | Jadwin Gymnasium (489) Princeton, NJ |
| Dec 29, 2016* 7:00 pm | | at Georgia Tech | L 51–67 | 5–7 | Hank McCamish Pavilion (856) Atlanta, GA |
| Dec 31, 2016* 1:00 pm | | at Lipscomb | W 71–43 | 6–7 | Allen Arena (253) Nashville, TN |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| Jan 7, 2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Penn | L 57–62 | 6–8 (0–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (857) Princeton, NJ |
| Jan 13, 2017 5:30 pm | | Brown | L 88–98 | 6–9 (0–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (690) Princeton, NJ |
| Jan 14, 2017 5:30 pm, OWS | | Yale | W 74–62 | 7–9 (1–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (755) Princeton, NJ |
| Feb 3, 2017 7:00 pm | | Dartmouth | W 85–55 | 8–9 (2–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (906) Princeton, NJ |
| Feb 4, 2017 6:00 pm | | Harvard | W 63–58 $^{OT}$ | 9–9 (3–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (2,110) Princeton, NJ |
| Feb 10, 2017 7:00 pm | | at Cornell | W 58–54 | 10–9 (4–2) | Newman Arena (659) Ithaca, NY |
| Feb 11, 2017 6:00 pm | | at Columbia | W 62–52 | 11–9 (5–2) | Levien Gymnasium (562) New York City, NY |
| Feb 17, 2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at Yale | W 69–47 | 12–9 (6–2) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (721) New Haven, CT |
| Feb 18, 2017 3:30 pm | | at Brown | W 81–75 | 13–9 (7–2) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,498) Providence, RI |
| Feb 24, 2017 7:00 pm | | Columbia | W 78–54 | 14–9 (8–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (827) Princeton, NJ |
| Feb 25, 2017 6:00 pm | | Cornell | L 44–55 | 14–10 (8–3) | Jadwin Gymnasium (1,245) Princeton, NJ |
| Mar 3, 2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Harvard | W 64–60 | 15–10 (9–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (819) Cambridge, MS |
| Mar 4, 2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Dartmouth | L 56–58 | 15–11 (9–4) | Leede Arena (768) Hanover, NH |
| Mar 7, 2017 7:00 pm | | at Penn | L 40–52 | 15–12 (9–5) | Palestra (720) Philadelphia, PA |
| Ivy League Tournament ||||||
| Mar 11, 2017 6:30 pm, ESPN3 | (2) | vs. (3) Harvard Semifinals | W 68–47 | 16–12 | Palestra (6,209) Philadelphia, PA |
| Mar 12, 2017 4:00 pm, ESPNU | (2) | vs. (1) Penn Championship Game | L 48–57 | 16–13 | Palestra (3,833) Philadelphia, PA |
| Women's National Invitation tournament ||||||
| Mar 17, 2017* 6:00 pm | | Villanova First Round | L 53–59 | 16–14 | Jadwin Gymnasium Princeton, NJ |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||