# 2016–17 UMass Minutewomen basketball team

The 2016–17 UMass Minutewomen basketball team represented the University of Massachusetts Amherst during the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Minutewomen, led by first year head coach Tory Verdi, are members of the Atlantic 10 Conference and played their home games at the William D. Mullins Memorial Center. They finished the season 9–21, 3–14 in A-10 play to finish in 13th place. They lost in the first round of the A-10 women's tournament to Saint Louis.

## 2016–17 media

All non-televised Minutewomen home games and conference road games will stream on the A-10 Digital Network. WMUA will carry Minutewomen games with Mike Knittle on the call.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exbitition ||||||
| 11/03/2016* 7:00 pm | UMass Dartmouth | W 76–27 | | Mullins Center Amherst, MA |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | at Buffalo | L 47–61 | 0–1 | Alumni Arena (1,719) Amherst, NY |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm | North Dakota State | W 70–58 | 1–1 | Mullins Center (284) Amherst, MA |
| 11/19/2016* 11:30 am | at Iowa Hawkeye Challenge semifinals | L 30–71 | 1–2 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,435) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/20/2016* 12:30 pm | vs. Montana Hawkeye Challenge 3rd place game | W 59–58 | 2–2 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (107) Iowa City, IA |
| 11/23/2016* 2:00 pm | Central Connecticut | W 76–37 | 3–2 | Mullins Center (293) Amherst, MA |
| 11/27/2016* 2:00 pm | Merrimack | W 73–44 | 4–2 | Mullins Center (374) Amherst, MA |
| 11/30/2016* 6:00 pm | at Hartford | L 56–75 | 4–3 | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion Hartford, CT |
| 12/04/2016 1:00 pm | George Mason | L 55–66 | 4–4 (0–1) | Mullins Center (305) Amherst, MA |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm | at Hofstra | L 55–71 | 4–5 | Hofstra Arena (183) Hempstead, NY |
| 12/10/2016* 2:00 pm | Bryant | W 68–62 | 5–5 | Mullins Center (495) Amherst, MA |
| 12/14/2016* 7:00 pm | at Boston University | L 60–64 | 5–6 | Case Gym (186) Boston, MA |
| 12/18/2016* 2:00 pm | Holy Cross | W 69–66 | 6–6 | Mullins Center (345) Amherst, MA |
| 12/27/2016* 12:00 pm | at FIU FIU Holiday Tournament | L 57–58 | 6–7 | FIU Arena (339) Miami, FL |
| 12/28/2016* 12:00 pm | vs. Drexel FIU Holiday Tournament | L 47–65 | 6–8 | FIU Arena Miami, FL |
| 12/31/2016 2:00 pm | at Dayton | L 65–77 | 6–9 (0–2) | UD Arena (1,809) Dayton, OH |
| 01/04/2017 7:00 pm | Rhode Island | W 68–67 | 7–9 (1–2) | Mullins Center (413) Amherst, MA |
| 01/07/2017 7:00 pm | at Saint Joseph's | L 50–81 | 7–10 (1–3) | Hagan Arena (843) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/12/2017 12:00 pm | at Davidson | W 61–60 | 8–10 (2–3) | John M. Belk Arena (742) Davidson, NC |
| 01/15/2017 12:00 pm, CBSSN | Duquesne | W 75–67 | 9–10 (3–3) | Mullins Center (1,006) Amherst, MA |
| 01/19/2017 11:00 am | St. Bonaventure | L 38–55 | 9–11 (3–4) | Mullins Center (2,650) Amherst, MA |
| 01/21/2017 3:00 pm | George Washington | L 54–60 $^{2OT}$ | 9–12 (3–5) | Mullins Center (903) Amherst, MA |
| 01/25/2017 12:00 pm | at La Salle | L 64–68 | 9–13 (3–6) | Tom Gola Arena (567) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/28/2017 1:00 pm | at VCU | L 52–55 | 9–14 (3–7) | Siegel Center (1,106) Richmond, VA |
| 02/01/2017 7:00 pm | Saint Louis | L 60–81 | 9–15 (3–8) | Mullins Center (460) Amherst, MA |
| 02/04/2017 2:00 pm | Davidson | L 59–63 | 9–16 (3–9) | Mullins Center (401) Amherst, MA |
| 02/11/2017 2:00 pm | at Fordham | L 43–74 | 9–17 (3–10) | Rose Hill Gymnasium (797) Bronx, NY |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | at Richmond | L 45–56 | 9–18 (3–11) | Robins Center (537) Richmond, VA |
| 02/18/2017 3:00 pm | La Salle | L 52–57 | 9–19 (3–12) | Mullins Center (650) Amherst, MA |
| 02/22/2017 7:00 pm | at Rhode Island | L 50–53 | 9–20 (3–13) | Ryan Center (449) Kingston, RI |
| Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 02/26/2017 3:00 pm | at Saint Louis First Round | L 51–91 | 9–21 | Chaifetz Arena (573) St. Louis, MO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | No Change |
| (RV) | Received Votes |
| (NR) | Not Ranked |