# 2016–17 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams, led by fifth year head coach Ryun Williams, played their home games at Moby Arena and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 15–3 in Mountain West play to win the regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference women's basketball tournament where they lost to Boise State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Saint Mary's in the first round before losing to UC Davis in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/04/2016* 7:00 pm | | CSU–Pueblo | W 56–48 | | Moby Arena Fort Collins, CO |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | | Omaha Preseason WNIT First Round | W 69–42 | 1–0 | Moby Arena (1,201) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/14/2016* 8:00 pm | | at No. 17 Washington Preseason WNIT quarterfinals | L 68–101 | 1–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,520) Seattle, WA |
| 11/17/2016* 6:00 pm | | at Nebraska Preseason WNIT consolation round | L 59–62 | 1–2 | Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,229) Lincoln, NE |
| 11/23/2016* 2:30 pm | | Adams State | W 76–29 | 2–2 | Moby Arena (3,012) Fort Collins, CO |
| 11/27/2016* 1:00 pm | | at No. 13 Oklahoma | L 55–70 | 2–3 | Lloyd Noble Center (3,245) Norman, OK |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | | Denver | W 76–49 | 3–3 | Moby Arena (1,112) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/02/2016* 7:00 pm | | Southeastern Louisiana | W 77–31 | 4–3 | Moby Arena (981) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | | Northern Colorado | W 58–47 | 5–3 | Moby Arena (1,178) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/08/2016* 7:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 18 Colorado | L 56–74 | 5–4 | Coors Events Center (1,723) Boulder, CO |
| 12/11/2016* 2:00 pm | | New Mexico Highlands | W 96–31 | 6–4 | Moby Arena (1,073) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/18/2016* 7:00 pm | | Seattle | W 66–62 | 7–4 | Moby Arena (945) Fort Collins, CO |
| 12/21/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Montana | W 63–49 | 8–4 | Dahlberg Arena (2,442) Missoula, MT |
| Mountain West regular season ||||||
| 12/29/2016 4:00 pm | | at UNLV | W 57–37 | 9–4 (1–0) | Cox Pavilion (1,003) Paradise, NV |
| 12/31/2016 2:00 pm | | Boise State | L 45–51 | 9–5 (1–1) | Moby Arena (1,417) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/04/2017 7:00 pm | | San Jose State | W 70–67 $^{OT}$ | 10–5 (2–1) | Moby Arena (681) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/07/2017 4:00 pm | | at Air Force | W 72–35 | 11–5 (3–1) | Clune Arena (384) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/14/2017 3:00 pm | | at New Mexico | W 78–63 | 12–5 (4–1) | The Pit (2,148) Albuquerque, NM |
| 01/18/2017 7:00 pm | | Fresno State | W 73–56 | 13–5 (5–1) | Moby Arena (1,056) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/21/2017 2:00 pm | | Utah State | W 74–43 | 14–5 (6–1) | Moby Arena (1,223) Fort Collins, CO |
| 01/25/2017 8:00 pm | | at San Jose State | W 68–56 | 15–5 (7–1) | Event Center Arena (1,145) San Jose, CA |
| 01/28/2017 2:00 pm | | at San Diego State | W 60–43 | 16–5 (8–1) | Moby Arena (987) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/01/2017 7:00 pm | | Boise State | W 60–53 | 17–5 (9–1) | Taco Bell Arena (943) Boise, ID |
| 02/04/2017 2:00 pm | | UNLV | W 44–41 | 18–5 (10–1) | Moby Arena (1,264) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/08/2017 7:00 pm | | at Utah State | L 48–55 | 18–6 (10–2) | Smith Spectrum (390) Logan, UT |
| 02/11/2017 3:00 pm | | at Fresno State | W 66–64 $^{OT}$ | 19–6 (11–2) | Save Mart Center (2,126) Fresno, CA |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | | Wyoming Border War | W 61–54 | 20–6 (12–2) | Moby Arena (2,056) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/22/2017 7:00 pm | | New Mexico | W 58–55 | 21–6 (13–2) | Moby Arena (1,538) Fort Collins, CO |
| 02/25/2017 3:00 pm | | at San Diego State | W 80–46 | 22–6 (14–2) | Viejas Arena (910) San Diego, CA |
| 02/28/2017 6:30 pm | | at Wyoming Border War | L 49–56 | 22–7 (14–3) | Arena-Auditorium (2,588) Laramie, WY |
| 03/03/2017 7:00 pm | | Nevada | W 64–51 | 23–7 (15–3) | Moby Arena (2,243) Fort Collins, CO |
| Mountain West Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/07/2017 1:00 pm | (1) | vs. (8) San Jose State Quarterfinals | W 65–60 | 24–7 | Thomas & Mack Center Paradise, NV |
| 03/08/2017 7:30 pm | (1) | vs. (4) Boise State Semifinals | L 61–65 | 24–8 | Thomas & Mack Center (1,670) Paradise, NV |
| Women's National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 7:00 pm | | Saint Mary's First Round | W 80–68 $^{OT}$ | 25–8 | Moby Arena (1,281) Fort Collins, CO |
| 03/19/2017* 2:00 pm | | UC Davis Second Round | L 57–58 | 25–9 | Moby Arena (1,403) Fort Collins, CO |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |