# 2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Arizona Wildcats women's basketball team represented University of Arizona during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by first-year head coach Adia Barnes, played their games at the McKale Center and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 14–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 women's basketball tournament to Oregon.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| Nov. 8, 2016* 7:00 pm | | Western New Mexico | W 77–48 | | McKale Center (1,233) Tucson, AZ |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| Nov. 13, 2016* 2:00 pm | | Alcorn State | W 74–59 | 1–0 | McKale Center (1,323) Tucson, AZ |
| Nov. 18, 2016* 5:00 pm | | at George Mason | W 81–70 | 2–0 | EagleBank Arena (635) Fairfax, VA |
| Nov. 22, 2016* 11:00 am | | North Texas | L 58–62 | 2–1 | McKale Center (8,442) Tucson, AZ |
| Nov. 26, 2016* 2:00 pm | | at Southern Utah | W 77–65 | 3–1 | Centrum Arena (225) Cedar City, UT |
| Dec. 1, 2016* 7:00 pm | | Florida Atlantic | W 77–67 | 4–1 | McKale Center (1,084) Tucson, AZ |
| Dec. 4, 2016* 1:00 pm | | at New Mexico State | W 74–63 $^{OT}$ | 5–1 | Pan American Center (912) Las Cruces, NM |
| Dec. 7, 2016* 7:00 pm | | San Diego | W 76–59 | 6–1 | McKale Center (1,091) Tucson, AZ |
| Dec. 13, 2016* 7:00 pm | | Grambling State | W 73–46 | 7–1 | McKale Center (1,060) Tucson, AZ |
| Dec. 18 ,2016* 11:00 am | | at Kansas | L 51–75 | 7–2 | Allen Fieldhouse (1,884) Lawrence, KS |
| Dec. 21, 2016* 6:00 pm | | Utah State | W 61–57 | 8–2 | McKale Center (1,133) Tucson, AZ |
| Dec. 27, 2016* 7:00 pm | | Portland State | W 75–52 | 9–2 | McKale Center (1,206) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| Dec. 29, 2016 7:00 pm | | No. 21 California | L 64–74 | 9–3 (0–1) | McKale Center (1,274) Tucson, AZ |
| Jan. 1, 2017 2:00 pm | | No. 13 Stanford | L 55–77 | 9–4 (0–2) | McKale Center (1,425) Tucson, AZ |
| Jan. 6, 2017 7:00 pm | | at Colorado | L 56–65 | 9–5 (0–3) | Coors Events Center (2,158) Boulder, CO |
| Jan. 8, 2017 12:00 pm, P12N | | at Utah | W 81–70 | 10–5 (1–3) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,135) Salt Lake City, UT |
| Jan. 13, 2017 7:00 pm, P12N | | No. 8 Washington | L 70–84 | 10–6 (1–4) | McKale Center (1,684) Tucson, AZ |
| Jan. 15, 2017 12:00 pm, P12N | | Washington State | W 56–55 | 11–6 (2–4) | McKale Center (1,425) Tucson, AZ |
| Jan. 20, 2017 8:00 pm | | at No. 10 Stanford | L 46–73 | 11–7 (2–5) | Maples Pavilion (3,796) Stanford, CA |
| Jan. 22, 2017 2:00 pm, P12N | | at California | L 60–71 | 11–8 (2–6) | Haas Pavilion (2,649) Berkeley, CA |
| Jan. 27, 2017 8:00 pm | | at USC | L 54–58 | 11–9 (2–7) | Galen Center (667) Los Angeles, CA |
| Jan. 29, 2017 3:00 pm | | at No. 13 UCLA | L 49–69 | 11–10 (2–8) | Pauley Pavilion (2,013) Los Angeles, CA |
| Feb. 3, 2017 6:00 pm, P12N | | Oregon | L 65–79 | 11–11 (2–9) | McKale Center (1,542) Tucson, AZ |
| Feb. 5, 2017 2:00 pm | | No. 11 Oregon State | L 57–65 | 11–12 (2–10) | McKale Center (1,249) Tucson, AZ |
| Feb. 10, 2017 9:00 pm, P12N | | at No. 7 Washington | L 55–91 | 11–13 (2–11) | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,088) Seattle, WA |
| Feb. 12, 2017 12:00 pm, P12N | | at Washington State | W 70–62 | 12–13 (3–11) | Beasley Coliseum (802) Pullman, WA |
| Feb. 17, 2017 7:00 pm, P12N | | Arizona State Rivalry | W 62–58 | 13–13 (4–11) | McKale Center (2,085) Tucson, AZ |
| Feb. 19, 2017 4:00 pm, P12N | | at Arizona State Rivalry | L 54–67 | 13–14 (4–12) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,772) Tempe, AZ |
| Feb. 24, 2017 6:00 pm, P12N | | No. 15 UCLA | L 56–79 | 13–15 (4–13) | McKale Center (1,652) Tucson, AZ |
| Feb. 26, 2017 2:00 pm, P12N | | USC | W 67–62 | 14–15 (5–13) | McKale Center (1,640) Tucson, AZ |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| Mar. 2, 2017 9:30 pm, P12N | (11) | vs. (6) Oregon First Round | L 63–70 | 14–16 | KeyArena (4,158) Seattle, WA |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||