# 2016–17 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team

The 2016–17 George Washington Colonials women's basketball team represented George Washington University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Colonials, led by first year head coach Jennifer Rizzotti, played their home games at Charles E. Smith Center and were members of the Atlantic 10 Conference. They finished the season 20–10, 13–3 in A-10 play to share the A-10 regular season title with Dayton. They lost in the quarterfinals of the A-10 women's tournament to Duquesne. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Navy in the first round.

## 2016–17 media

WRGW will carry the Colonials games and broadcast them online at GWRadio.com. The A-10 Digital Network will carry all non-televised Colonials home games and most conference road games through RaiseHigh Live.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | at Georgetown | L 57–72 | 0–1 | McDonough Gymnasium (1,413) Washington, D.C. |
| 11/13/2016* 12:00 pm | Princeton | W 56–45 | 1–1 | Charles E. Smith Center (1,003) Washington, D.C. |
| 11/16/2016* 7:00 pm | Coppin State | W 77–46 | 2–1 | Charles E. Smith Center (427) Washington, D.C. |
| 11/20/2016* 1:00 pm | at Villanova | W 72–69 | 3–1 | The Pavilion (735) Villanova, PA |
| 11/25/2016* 7:30 pm | vs. No. 11 Syracuse Gulf Coast Showcase quarterfinals | L 71–74 | 3–2 | Germain Arena Estero, FL |
| 11/26/2016* 1:30 pm | vs. Florida Gulf Coast Gulf Coast Showcase consolation 2nd round | W 76–47 | 4–2 | Germain Arena Estero, FL |
| 11/27/2016* 1:30 pm | vs. WKU Gulf Coast Showcase 5th place game | W 68–49 | 5–2 | Germain Arena Estero, FL |
| 12/02/2016 7:00 pm | VCU | W 81–68 | 6–2 (1–0) | Charles E. Smith Center (764) Washington, D.C. |
| 12/04/2016* 12:00 pm | Illinois | W 72–56 | 7–2 | Charles E. Smith Center (466) Washington, D.C. |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm | at American | L 61–66 $^{OT}$ | 7–3 | Bender Arena (279) Washington, D.C. |
| 12/11/2016* 2:00 pm | at South Dakota State | L 55–60 | 7–4 | Frost Arena (1,111) Brookings, SD |
| 12/21/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 14 Stanford | L 52–71 | 7–5 | Charles E. Smith Center (1,270) Washington, D.C. |
| 12/23/2016* 12:00 pm | Loyola (MD) | W 74–64 | 8–5 | Charles E. Smith Center (907) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/01/2017 1:00 pm, CBSSN | at Duquesne | W 75–40 | 9–5 (2–0) | Palumbo Center (537) Pittsburgh, PA |
| 01/04/2017 7:00 pm | Saint Joseph's | W 53–44 | 10–5 (3–0) | Charles E. Smith Center (766) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/08/2017 3:00 pm, CBSSN | at Dayton | L 48–50 | 10–6 (3–1) | UD Arena (2,060) Dayton, OH |
| 01/11/2017 11:00 am | at George Mason | W 79–71 $^{OT}$ | 11–6 (4–1) | EagleBank Arena (465) Fairfax, VA |
| 01/15/2017 2:00 pm, CBSSN | Davidson | W 76–62 | 12–6 (5–1) | Charles E. Smith Center (872) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/21/2017 3:00 pm | at Massachusetts | W 60–54 $^{2OT}$ | 13–6 (6–1) | Mullins Center (903) Amherst, MA |
| 01/26/2017 7:00 pm | at Saint Louis | L 59–67 | 13–7 (6–2) | Chaifetz Arena (527) St. Louis, MO |
| 01/29/2017 5:00 pm, ASN | Duquesne | L 63–73 | 13–8 (6–3) | Charles E. Smith Center (1,068) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/01/2017 12:00 pm, NBCSN | Fordham | W 63–46 | 14–8 (7–3) | Charles E. Smith Center (1,919) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/04/2017 1:00 pm | at La Salle | W 79–65 | 15–8 (8–3) | Tom Gola Arena (346) Philadelphia, PA |
| 02/08/2017 7:00 pm | at Rhode Island | W 72–44 | 16–8 (9–3) | Ryan Center (373) Kingston, RI |
| 02/12/2017 12:00 pm, ESPNU | Dayton | W 52–39 | 17–8 (10–3) | Charles E. Smith Center (833) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | St. Bonaventure | W 63–57 | 18–8 (11–3) | Charles E. Smith Center (405) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/18/2017 2:00 pm | George Mason | W 80–49 | 19–8 (12–3) | Charles E. Smith Center (1,587) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/22/2017 7:00 pm | at Richmond | W 63–44 | 20–8 (13–3) | Robins Center (751) Richmond, VA |
| Atlantic 10 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2017 4:30 pm, ASN | vs. Duquesne Quarterfinals | L 58–62 | 20–9 | Richmond Coliseum Richmond, VA |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 7:00 pm | Navy First Round | L 51–61 $^{OT}$ | 20–10 | Charles E. Smith Center (412) Washington, D.C. |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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