# 2016–17 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Ole Miss Rebels women's basketball team represented University of Mississippi during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rebels, led by fourth year head coach Matt Insell, played their home games at the Pavilion at Ole Miss and are members of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). They finished the season 17–14, 6–10 in SEC play to finish in tenth place. They lost in the second round of the SEC women's basketball tournament to LSU. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they got upset by Grambling State in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2016* 7:00 pm | | Mississippi College | W 93–40 | | The Pavilion at Ole Miss Oxford, MS |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 2:30 pm | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 81–31 | 1–0 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (909) Oxford, MS |
| 11/13/2016* 5:00 pm | | Lipscomb | W 76–49 | 2–0 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (770) Oxford, MS |
| 11/17/2016* 6:00 pm | | Jacksonville State | W 68–50 | 3–0 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (876) Oxford, MS |
| 11/20/2016* 2:00 pm | | High Point | W 73–62 | 4–0 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,127) Oxford, MS |
| 11/26/2016* 4:30 pm | | vs. Wisconsin Lady Rebel Round-Up semifinals | W 69–44 | 5–0 | Cox Pavilion (931) Paradise, NV |
| 11/27/2016* 4:30 pm | | at UNLV Lady Rebel Round-Up championship | L 57–64 | 5–1 | Cox Pavilion (841) Paradise, NV |
| 12/01/2016* 11:00 am | | Jackson State | W 89–41 | 6–1 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (8,088) Oxford, MS |
| 12/04/2016* 3:00 pm | | at No. 16 West Virginia Big 12/SEC Women's Challenge | L 61–66 | 6–2 | WVU Coliseum (2,364) Morgantown, WV |
| 12/10/2016* 1:00 pm | | Louisiana–Monroe | W 97–40 | 7–2 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,001) Oxford, MS |
| 12/14/2016* 6:00 pm | | No. 25 Oregon | W 83–67 | 8–2 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,079) Oxford, MS |
| 12/17/2016* 1:00 pm | | VCU | W 77–57 | 9–2 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (956) Oxford, MS |
| 12/20/2016* 6:00 pm | | Austin Peay | W 66–38 | 10–2 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,104) Oxford, MS |
| 12/28/2016* 6:00 pm | | Mississippi Valley State | W 67–30 | 11–2 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,151) Oxford, MS |
| SEC regular season ||||||
| 01/01/2017 4:00 pm, SECN | | Arkansas | W 73–64 | 12–2 (1–0) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,280) Oxford, MS |
| 01/05/2017 7:00 pm | | at Alabama | L 80–90 | 12–3 (1–1) | Coleman Coliseum (2,588) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| 01/08/2017 3:00 pm, SECN | | at Auburn | L 60–83 | 12–4 (1–2) | Auburn Arena (2,325) Auburn, AL |
| 01/12/2017 6:00 pm | | Tennessee | W 67–62 | 13–4 (2–2) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,503) Oxford, MS |
| 01/16/2017 6:00 pm, SECN | | at No. 4 Mississippi State | L 62–73 | 13–5 (2–3) | Humphrey Coliseum (8,840) Starkville, MS |
| 01/19/2017 6:00 pm, SECN | | at No. 5 South Carolina | L 46–65 | 13–6 (2–4) | Colonial Life Arena (12,518) Columbia, SC |
| 01/22/2017 2:00 pm | | Alabama | L 57–65 | 13–7 (2–5) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,596) Oxford, MS |
| 01/26/2017 6:00 pm | | at Kentucky | L 57–89 | 13–8 (2–6) | Memorial Coliseum (4,272) Lexington, KY |
| 01/29/2017 2:00 pm | | Georgia | W 69–62 | 14–8 (3–6) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,460) Oxford, MS |
| 02/06/2017 6:00 pm, SECN | | at Florida | W 84–75 | 15–8 (4–6) | O'Connell Center (1,219) Gainesville, FL |
| 02/09/2017 6:00 pm | | LSU | L 51–62 | 15–9 (4–7) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (729) Oxford, MS |
| 02/12/2017 3:00 pm, SECN | | No. 4 Mississippi State | L 44–66 | 15–10 (4–8) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (4,634) Oxford, MS |
| 02/16/2017 8:00 pm, SECN | | Auburn | W 63–59 | 16–10 (5–8) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,046) Oxford, MS |
| 02/19/2017 2:00 pm | | at Vanderbilt | L 67–85 | 16–11 (5–9) | Memorial Gymnasium (3,663) Nashville, TN |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm | | at No. 24 Missouri | L 65–100 | 16–12 (5–10) | Mizzou Arena (15,061) Columbia, MO |
| 02/26/2017 7:00 pm, SECN | | Texas A&M | W 62–49 | 17–12 (6–10) | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (1,704) Oxford, MS |
| SEC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2017 5:00 pm, SECN | (10) | vs. (7) LSU Second Round | L 49–65 | 17–13 | Bon Secours Wellness Arena Greenville, SC |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 6:00 pm | | Grambling State First Round | L 75–78 | 17–14 | The Pavilion at Ole Miss (850) Oxford, MS |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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