# 2016–17 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Tulane Green Wave women's basketball team represented Tulane University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Green Wave, led by 23rd year head coach Lisa Stockton, played their home games at Devlin Fieldhouse and were third year members of the American Athletic Conference. They finished the season 18–15, 7–9 in AAC play to finish in a 4-way tie for fifth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the American Athletic women's tournament to UCF. They were invited to the Women's National Invitational Tournament where they defeated Texas-Arlington and Grambling State in the first and second rounds before losing to Alabama in the third round.

## Media

All Green Wave games will be broadcast on WRBH 88.3 FM. A video stream for all home games will be on Tulane All-Access, ESPN3, or AAC Digital. Road games will typically be streamed on the opponents website, though conference road games could also appear on ESPN3 or AAC Digital.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/08/2016* 6:00 pm | | Loyola (New Orleans) | W 75–43 | | Devlin Fieldhouse (442) New Orleans, LA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/12/2016* 2:00 pm | | Grambling State | W 79–56 | 1–0 | Devlin Fieldhouse (652) New Orleans, LA |
| 11/16/2016* 7:00 pm | | vs. No. 10 Mississippi State | L 49–66 | 1–1 | Mississippi Coast Coliseum (1,724) Biloxi, MS |
| 11/20/2016* 2:00 pm | | Southern Miss | W 86–67 | 2–1 | Devlin Fieldhouse (812) New Orleans, LA |
| 11/25/2016* 2:00 pm | | vs. Eastern Michigan UTSA Thanksgiving Classic | W 62–50 | 3–1 | Convocation Center San Antonio, TX |
| 11/27/2016* 2:15 pm | | at UTSA UTSA Thanksgiving Classic | W 75–66 | 4–1 | Convocation Center (544) San Antonio, TX |
| 11/30/2016* 7:00 pm | | McNeese State | W 82–65 | 5–1 | Devlin Fieldhouse (988) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/03/2016* 3:00 pm | | at Middle Tennessee | L 59–62 | 5–2 | Murphy Center (2,812) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 12/05/2016* 7:00 pm | | at Vanderbilt | L 63–74 | 5–3 | Memorial Gymnasium (2,297) Nashville, TN |
| 12/11/2016* 2:00 pm | | at LSU | L 51–69 | 5–4 | Maravich Center (2,164) Baton Rouge, LA |
| 12/17/2016* 2:00 pm | | NC State | W 63–58 | 6–4 | Devlin Fieldhouse (726) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/21/2016* 5:00 pm | | Eastern Washington Tulane Classic semifinals | W 63–51 | 7–4 | Devlin Fieldhouse (820) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/22/2016* 5:00 pm | | Auburn Tulane Classic championship | W 61–59 | 8–4 | Devlin Fieldhouse (873) New Orleans, LA |
| 12/28/2016* 2:00 pm | | Maine | W 77–62 | 9–4 | Devlin Fieldhouse (606) New Orleans, LA |
| Conference regular season ||||||
| 12/31/2016 1:30 pm | | at East Carolina | W 61–45 | 10–4 (1–0) | Williams Arena (903) Greenville, NC |
| 01/04/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | No. 22 South Florida | L 53–62 | 10–5 (1–1) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,048) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/08/2017 5:00 pm, ESPNU | | at Temple | L 71–86 | 10–6 (1–2) | McGonigle Hall (1,336) Philadelphia, PA |
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm | | at SMU | W 71–59 | 11–6 (2–2) | Moody Coliseum (758) Dallas, TX |
| 01/14/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Houston | W 82–56 | 12–6 (3–2) | Devlin Fieldhouse (815) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/22/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN2 | | at No. 1 Connecticut | L 56–100 | 12–7 (3–3) | Gampel Pavilion (9,873) Storrs, CT |
| 01/25/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Tulsa | W 70–65 | 13–7 (4–3) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,187) New Orleans, LA |
| 01/28/2017 2:00 pm, ADN | | at Cincinnati | W 74–68 | 14–7 (5–3) | Fifth Third Arena (909) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/31/2017 7:00 pm | | at Houston | W 57–49 | 15–7 (6–3) | Hofheinz Pavilion (556) Houston, TX |
| 02/05/2017 1:00 pm, CBSSN | | Temple | L 50–76 | 15–8 (6–4) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,351) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | Memphis | L 52–55 | 15–9 (6–5) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,098) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/12/2017 11:00 am, ESPN2 | | at No. 22 South Florida | L 56–66 | 15–10 (6–6) | USF Sun Dome (2,047) Tampa, FL |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | | Cincinnati | W 62–51 | 16–10 (7–6) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,013) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/18/2017 6:00 pm, SNY/ESPN3 | | No. 1 Connecticut | L 60–63 | 16–11 (7–7) | Devlin Fieldhouse (2,218) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/22/2017 7:00 pm, ADN | | UCF | L 51–56 | 16–12 (7–8) | Devlin Fieldhouse (1,013) New Orleans, LA |
| 02/27/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | | at Memphis | L 56–57 | 16–13 (7–9) | Elma Roane Fieldhouse (818) Memphis, TN |
| American Athletic Conference Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2017 11:00 am, ESPN3 | (5) | vs. (4) UCF Quarterfinals | L 57–61 | 16–14 | Mohegan Sun Arena Uncasville, CT |
| Women's National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| 03/16/2017* 7:00 pm | | Texas–Arlington First Round | W 62–53 | 17–14 | Devlin Fieldhouse (717) New Orleans, LA |
| 03/19/2017* 4:00 pm | | Grambling State Second Round | W 66–49 | 18–14 | Devlin Fieldhouse (760) New Orleans, LA |
| 03/23/2017* 7:00 pm | | at Alabama Third Round | L 64–72 | 18–15 | Coleman Coliseum (1,054) Tuscaloosa, AL |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Central Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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