# 2016–17 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Yale Bulldogs women's basketball team represented Yale University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs, led by second year head coach Allison Guth, played their home games at John J. Lee Amphitheater of the Payne Whitney Gymnasium and are members of the Ivy League. They finished the season 15–12, 6–8 in Ivy League play to finish in sixth place.

## Ivy League changes

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

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/13/2016* 2:00 pm | Binghamton | W 57–48 | 1–0 | John J. Lee Amphitheater New Haven, CT |
| 11/15/2016* 7:00 pm | at Manhattan | L 57–63 | 1–1 | Draddy Gymnasium (241) Riverdale, NY |
| 11/18/2016* 7:00 pm | at Army | L 55–59 | 1–2 | Christl Arena (793) West Point, NY |
| 11/20/2016* 2:00 pm | Vermont | W 77–48 | 2–2 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (241) New Haven, CT |
| 11/22/2016* 8:00 pm | at Illinois State | W 59–45 | 3–2 | Redbird Arena (656) Normal, IL |
| 11/27/2016* 5:00 pm | at Holy Cross | W 71–70 $^{OT}$ | 4–2 | Hart Center (642) Worcester, MA |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | at Wagner | W 66–52 | 5–2 | Spiro Sports Center (288) Staten Island, NY |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm | at LIU Brooklyn | W 75–44 | 6–2 | Steinberg Wellness Center (277) Brooklyn, NY |
| 12/03/2016* 2:00 pm | Albany | W 64–53 $^{OT}$ | 7–2 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (407) New Haven, CT |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Boston College | L 64–71 | 7–3 | John J. Lee Amphitheater (253) New Haven, CT |
| 12/11/2016* 1:00 pm | at New Hampshire | W 64–58 | 8–3 | Lundholm Gym (351) Durham, NH |
| 12/28/2016* 5:00 pm | at No. 13 Stanford | L 44–102 | 8–4 | Maples Pavilion (3,564) Stanford, CA |
| 12/31/2016* 3:00 pm | at UC Santa Barbara | W 64–60 | 9–4 | The Thunderdome (675) Santa Barbara, CA |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| 01/13/2017 8:00 pm | at Penn | L 45–66 | 9–5 (0–1) | Palestra (462) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/14/2017 5:30 pm, OWS | at Princeton | L 62–74 | 9–6 (0–2) | Jadwin Gymnasium (755) Princeton, NJ |
| 01/20/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | at Brown | L 73–77 | 9–7 (0–3) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,217) Providence, RI |
| 01/27/2017 5:30 pm | Brown | W 73–51 | 10–7 (1–3) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,007) New Haven, CT |
| 02/03/2017 6:00 pm | Columbia | L 68–72 | 10–8 (1–4) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (408) New Haven, CT |
| 02/04/2017 6:00 pm | Cornell | L 63–76 | 10–9 (1–5) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (427) New Haven, CT |
| 02/10/2017 7:00 pm | at Dartmouth | W 57–50 | 11–9 (2–5) | Leede Arena (487) Hanover, NH |
| 02/11/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Harvard | L 56–76 | 11–10 (2–6) | Lavietes Pavilion (531) Cambridge, MA |
| 02/17/2017 5:30 pm, ESPN3 | Princeton | L 47–69 | 11–11 (2–7) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (721) New Haven, CT |
| 02/18/2017 6:00 pm | Penn | W 61–48 | 12–11 (3–7) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,074) New Haven, CT |
| 02/24/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Harvard | W 57–52 | 13–11 (4–7) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,002) New Haven, CT |
| 02/25/2017 7:30 pm | Dartmouth | W 58–44 | 14–11 (5–7) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (1,103) New Haven, CT |
| 03/03/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN3 | at Cornell | L 49–59 | 14–12 (5–8) | Newman Arena (621) Ithaca, NY |
| 03/04/2017 6:00 pm | at Columbia | W 55–47 | 15–12 (6–8) | Levien Gymnasium (579) New York City, NY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||