# 2016–17 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team

The 2016–17 New Mexico Lobos women's basketball team represented the University of New Mexico during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Lobos, led by first year head coach Mike Bradbury. They played their home games at The Pit and are a member of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 15–15, 10–8 in Mountain West play to finish in fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Mountain West women's tournament to Boise State.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/01/2016* 7:00 pm | | Fort Lewis | W 101–48 | | The Pit (4,443) Albuquerque, NM |
| 11/06/2016* 2:00 pm | | Eastern New Mexico | W 89–70 | | The Pit (4,628) Albuquerque, NM |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2016* 2:00 pm | | Fairleigh Dickinson | W 83–56 | 1–0 | The Pit (4,854) Albuquerque, NM |
| 11/17/2016* 7:00 pm | | New Mexico State Rio Grande Rivalry | W 84–55 | 2–0 | The Pit (4,727) Albuquerque, NM |
| 11/20/2016* 1:00 pm, FSSW | | at Texas Tech | L 58–69 | 2–1 | United Supermarkets Arena (3,697) Lubbock, TX |
| 11/25/2016* 7:00 pm | | Tulsa UNM Thanksgiving Tournament semifinals | L 64–67 | 2–2 | The Pit (4,894) Albuquerque, NM |
| 11/26/2016* 2:30 pm | | Saint Joseph's UNM Thanksgiving Tournament 3rd place game | L 67–79 | 2–3 | The Pit (3,592) Albuquerque, NM |
| 11/30/2016* 5:30 pm | | at New Mexico State Rio Grande Rivalry | L 70–77 | 2–4 | Pan American Center (1,171) Las Cruces, NM |
| 12/03/2016* 1:00 pm | | SMU | W 64–49 | 3–4 | The Pit (4,336) Albuquerque, NM |
| 12/06/2016* 7:00 pm | | Minnesota | L 65–69 | 3–5 | The Pit (4,387) Albuquerque, NM |
| 12/11/2016* 2:00 pm | | UTEP | W 79–66 | 4–5 | The Pit (4,596) Albuquerque, NM |
| 12/18/2016* 2:00 pm | | Eastern Illinois | | | The Pit Albuquerque, NM |
| 12/21/2016* 10:30 am | | at Marquette | L 52–62 | 4–6 | Al McGuire Center (3,700) Milwaukee, WI |
| Mountain West regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 8:00 pm | | at Fresno State | W 80–54 | 5–6 (1–0) | Save Mart Center (2,042) Fresno, CA |
| 12/31/2016 7:00 pm | | San Diego State | W 85–42 | 6–6 (2–0) | The Pit (4,303) Albuquerque, NM |
| 01/04/2017 7:00 pm | | Utah State | W 78–67 | 7–6 (3–0) | The Pit (4,554) Albuquerque, NM |
| 01/07/2017 5:00 pm | | at Nevada | W 69–63 | 8–6 (4–0) | Lawlor Events Center (1,032) Reno, NV |
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm | | at UNLV | L 42–56 | 8–7 (4–1) | Cox Pavilion (2,236) Paradise, NV |
| 01/14/2017 3:00 pm | | at Colorado State | W 78–63 | 8–8 (4–2) | The Pit (2,788) Albuquerque, NM |
| 01/18/2017 7:00 pm | | Boise State | W 75–68 | 9–8 (5–2) | The Pit (3,324) Albuquerque, NM |
| 01/21/2017 2:00 pm | | at Wyoming | L 52–68 | 9–9 (5–3) | Arena-Auditorium (2,778) Laramie, WY |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm | | at Utah State | W 68–58 | 10–9 (6–3) | Smith Spectrum (523) Logan, UT |
| 01/28/2017 7:00 pm | | at Nevada | W 59–50 | 11–9 (7–3) | The Pit (3,241) Albuquerque, NM |
| 02/01/2017 7:00 pm | | UNLV | L 52–61 | 12–10 (7–4) | The Pit (3,128) Albuquerque, NM |
| 02/04/2017 3:00 pm | | at San Jose State | W 82–72 | 13–10 (8–4) | Event Center Arena (439) San Jose, CA |
| 02/08/2017 7:00 pm | | Air Force | W 81–64 | 14–10 (9–4) | The Pit (4,622) Albuquerque, NM |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | | at Boise State | L 62–64 | 14–11 (9–5) | Taco Bell Arena (948) Boise, ID |
| 02/18/2017 1:00 pm | | Fresno State | W 66–57 | 15–11 (10–5) | The Pit (4,895) Albuquerque, NM |
| 02/22/2017 7:00 pm | | at Colorado State | L 55–58 | 15–12 (10–6) | Moby Arena (1,538) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/25/2017 1:00 pm | | Wyoming | L 58–60 | 15–13 (10–7) | The Pit (5,239) Albuquerque, NM |
| 03/03/2017 6:30 pm | | at San Diego State | L 51–63 | 15–14 (10–8) | Viejas Arena (1,474) San Diego, CA |
| Mountain West Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2017 3:30 pm | (5) | vs. (4) Boise State Quarterfinals | L 62–64 | 15–15 | Thomas & Mack Center (1,642) Paradise, NV |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||