# 2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Houston Cougars women's basketball team represented the University of Houston during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The season marked the fourth for the Cougars as members of the American Athletic Conference. The Cougars, led by third year head coach Ronald Hughey, played their home games at Hofheinz Pavilion. They finished the season 12–19 overall, 4–12 in AAC play to finish in tenth place. As the No. 10 seed in the AAC tournament, they advanced to the quarterfinals, where they lost to Temple.

## Media

All Cougars games home and away are aired on the Houston Cougars IMG Sports Network, streamed online via the Houston Portal, with Gerald Sanchez and Louis Ray on the call. Before conference season home games streamed on Houston All-Access. Conference home games rotated between ESPN3, AAC Digital, and the Houston Portal. Road games typically were streamed on the opponents' websites, though some conference road games also appeared on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/06/2016* 2:00 pm | | St. Edward's | W 64–32 | | Hofheinz Pavilion Houston, TX |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2016* 4:00 pm | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 83–80 | 1–0 | Hofheinz Pavilion (1,411) Houston, TX |
| 11/15/2016* 8:00 pm | | at UNLV | L 53–64 | 1–1 | Cox Pavilion (1,060) Paradise, NV |
| 11/20/2016* 9:00 pm | | at Long Beach State | L 55–65 | 1–2 | Walter Pyramid (1,018) Long Beach, CA |
| 11/23/2016* 7:00 pm | | Texas State | L 56–61 | 1–3 | Hofheinz Pavilion (645) Houston, TX |
| 11/25/2016* 7:00 pm | | Mercer | L 60–64 | 1–4 | Hofheinz Pavilion (558) Houston, TX |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Texas–Rio Grande Valley | W 68–52 | 2–4 | UTRGV Fieldhouse (836) Edinburg, TX |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | | College of Charleston | W 79–63 | 3–4 | Hofheinz Pavilion (565) Houston, TX |
| 12/07/2016* 11:00 am | | at Texas Tech | L 60–84 | 3–5 | United Supermarkets Arena (5,242) Lubbock, TX |
| 12/10/2016* 5:00 pm | | Rutgers | W 53–51 | 4–5 | Hofheinz Pavilion (671) Houston, TX |
| 12/14/2016* 11:00 am | | at Louisiana–Lafayette | W 69–64 | 5–5 | Cajundome (2,203) Lafayette, LA |
| 12/19/2016* 6:00 pm | | at UTSA Rae & Craig Blair Memorial Tournament | W 56–49 | 6–5 | Convocation Center (200) San Antonio, TX |
| 12/20/2016* 4:00 pm | | vs. Central Arkansas Rae & Craig Blair Memorial Tournament | L 55–69 | 6–6 | Convocation Center San Antonio, TX |
| 12/28/2016* 7:00 pm | | Alcorn State | W 85–70 | 7–6 | Hofheinz Pavilion (704) Houston, TX |
| AAC regular season ||||||
| 01/01/2017 3:30 pm, ESPNU | | Tulsa | W 71–66 | 8–6 (1–0) | Hofheinz Pavilion (686) Houston, TX |
| 01/07/2017 1:00 pm | | at Cincinnati | L 64–85 | 8–7 (1–1) | Fifth Third Arena (643) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | UCF | L 48–62 | 8–8 (1–2) | Hofheinz Pavilion (691) Houston, TX |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Tulane | L 56–82 | 8–9 (1–3) | Devlin Fieldhouse (815) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/18/2017 7:00 pm | | Temple | L 57–69 | 8–10 (1–4) | Hofheinz Pavilion (533) Houston, TX |
| 01/21/2017 2:00 pm, ADN | | SMU | L 45–66 | 8–11 (1–5) | Hofheinz Pavilion (957) Houston, TX |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm, ADN | | at Memphis | L 65–66 | 8–12 (1–6) | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (1,432) Houston, TX |
| 01/28/2017 11:00 am, SNY/ESPN3 | | at No. 1 Connecticut | L 42–91 | 8–13 (1–7) | XL Center (12,316) Hartford, CT |
| 01/31/2017 7:00 pm | | Tulane | L 49–57 | 8–14 (1–8) | Hofheinz Pavilion (556) Houston, TX |
| 02/04/2017 3:30 pm, ESPN3 | | at East Carolina | W 73–62 | 9–14 (2–8) | Williams Arena (1,014) Greenville, NC |
| 02/08/2017 6:00 pm | | at UCF | L 59–85 | 9–15 (2–9) | CFE Arena (2,901) Orlando, FL |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm | | Cincinnati | L 62–71 | 9–16 (2–10) | Hofheinz Pavilion (698) Houston, TX |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | | at Tulsa | W 65–62 | 10–16 (3–10) | Reynolds Center (391) Tulsa, OK |
| 02/21/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | South Florida | L 50–79 | 10–17 (3–11) | Hofheinz Pavilion (568) Houston, TX |
| 02/25/2017 2:00 pm | | East Carolina | W 81–65 | 11–17 (4–11) | Hofheinz Pavilion (787) Houston, TX |
| 02/27/2017 7:00 pm, ADN | | at SMU | L 45–74 | 11–18 (4–12) | Moody Coliseum (1,205) Dallas, TX |
| American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | (10) | vs. (7) Cincinnati First Round | W 74–61 | 12–18 | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT |
| 03/04/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN3 | (10) | vs. (2) No. 25 Temple Quarterfinals | L 58–67 | 12–19 | Mohegan Sun Arena (4,559) Uncasville, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||