# 2016–17 UAB Blazers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 UAB Blazers women's basketball team represented the University of Alabama at Birmingham during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Blazers, led by fourth year head coach Randy Norton, played their home games at the Bartow Arena and are members of Conference USA. They finished the season 15–15, 8–10 in C-USA play to finish in a three-way tie for eighth place. As the No. 10 seed in the Conference USA Tournament, they were defeated in the first round by North Texas.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2016* 5:00 pm | | Tuskegee | W 88–67 | | Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL |
| 11/07/2016* 7:00 pm | | Lane College | W 96–48 | | Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 6:00 pm | | vs. Gardner–Webb Maggie Dixon Classic semifinals | W 59–49 | 1–0 | McGrath-Phillips Arena Chicago, IL |
| 11/12/2016* 8:00 pm | | at DePaul Maggie Dixon Classic championship | L 80–90 | 1–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,056) Chicago, IL |
| 11/19/2016* 2:00 pm | | Belmont | L 58–72 | 1–2 | Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL |
| 11/22/2016* 7:00 pm | | High Point | W 75–66 | 2–2 | Bartow Arena (337) Birmingham, AL |
| 11/28/2016* 7:00 pm | | Mississippi Valley State | W 80–46 | 3–2 | Bartow Arena (295) Birmingham, AL |
| 12/03/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Southern Illinois | W 64–49 | 4–2 | SIU Arena (500) Carbondale, IL |
| 12/08/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Samford | L 49–52 | 4–3 | Pete Hanna Center (681) Homewood, AL |
| 12/10/2016* 2:00 pm | | No. 7 Florida State | L 47–93 | 4–4 | Bartow Arena (457) Birmingham, AL |
| 12/18/2016* 2:00 pm | | at Troy | W 81–77 | 5–4 | Trojan Arena (675) Troy, AL |
| 12/21/2016* 1:00 pm | | South Alabama | W 66–41 | 6–4 | Bartow Arena (540) Birmingham, AL |
| 12/28/2016* 1:00 pm | | Miles College | W 106–48 | 7–4 | Bartow Arena (307) Birmingham, AL |
| Conference USA regular season ||||||
| 01/01/2017 2:00 pm | | Middle Tennessee | L 61–64 | 7–5 (0–1) | Bartow Arena (293) Birmingham, AL |
| 01/05/2017 7:00 pm | | North Texas | L 58–59 $^{OT}$ | 7–6 (0–2) | Bartow Arena (522) Birmingham, AL |
| 01/08/2017 2:00 pm | | Rice Postponed from 01/07/2017 | W 62–61 $^{OT}$ | 8–6 (1–2) | Bartow Arena (284) Birmingham, AL |
| 01/12/2017 11:00 am | | at WKU | L 48–60 | 8–7 (1–3) | E. A. Diddle Arena (4,215) Bowling Green, KY |
| 01/14/2017 12:00 pm | | at Marshall | L 58–61 | 8–8 (1–4) | Cam Henderson Center (593) Huntington, WV |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm | | Florida Atlantic | W 66–55 | 9–8 (2–4) | Bartow Arena (271) Burlington, WV |
| 02/21/2017 2:00 pm | | FIU | W 82–68 | 10–8 (3–4) | Bartow Arena (629) Burlington, WV |
| 01/26/2017 6:30 pm | | at Louisiana Tech | L 63–64 | 10–9 (3–5) | Thomas Assembly Center (1,526) Ruston, LA |
| 01/28/2017 4:00 pm | | at Southern Miss | L 59–64 | 10–10 (3–6) | Reed Green Coliseum (1,560) Hattiesburg, PA |
| 02/02/2017 7:00 pm | | UTEP | W 74–61 | 11–10 (4–6) | Bartow Arena (376) Birmingham, AL |
| 02/04/2017 2:00 pm | | UTSA | L 67–82 | 11–11 (4–7) | Bartow Arena (338) Birmingham, AL |
| 02/09/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Charlotte | W 88–81 | 12–11 (5–7) | Dale F. Halton Arena (548) Charlotte, NC |
| 02/11/2017 3:00 pm | | at Old Dominion | L 61–73 | 12–12 (5–8) | Ted Constant Convocation Center (3,129) Norfolk, VA |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm | | Marshall | W 71–55 | 13–12 (6–8) | Bartow Arena (248) Birmingham, AL |
| 02/18/2017 2:00 pm | | WKU | L 52–62 | 13–13 (6–9) | Bartow Arena (399) Birmingham, AL |
| 02/26/2017 4:00 pm, ASN | | at Middle Tennessee | L 56–87 | 13–14 (6–10) | Murphy Center (3,505) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 03/02/2017 6:00 pm | | at Florida Atlantic | W 78–75 | 14–14 (7–10) | FAU Arena (445) Boca Raton, FL |
| 03/04/2017 1:00 pm | | at FIU | W 61-52 | 15-14 (8-10) | FIU Arena (820) Miami, FL |
| Conference USA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/08/2017 12:30 pm, CI | (9) | vs. (8) North Texas First Round | L 62-65 $^{2OT}$ | 15-15 (8-10) | Bartow Arena Birmingham, AL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||