# 2016–17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team represented the University of Notre Dame during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Fighting Irish, led by thirtieth year head coach Muffet McGraw, play their home games at Edmund P. Joyce Center and were fourth year members of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season with 33–4, 15–1 in ACC play to win both of the ACC Regular Season and Tournament for the fourth year in a row. They earned an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Robert Morris and Purdue in the first and second rounds, respectively. The Irish women defeated Ohio State in the sweet sixteen before losing in a rematch of last year's sweet sixteen to Stanford in the elite eight.

## Media

All Notre Dame games will air on WHPZ Pulse 96.9 FM. Games are streamed online live.

## Rankings

Legend :
| | Increase in ranking |
| | Decrease in ranking |
| | Not ranked previous week |
| (RV) | Received Votes |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 1 | Roberts Wesleyan | W 129–50 | | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,675) South Bend, IN |
| Regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 1 | Central Michigan Preseason WNIT First Round | W 104–47 | 1–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,454) South Bend, IN |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 1 | Fordham Preseason WNIT quarterfinals | W 67–36 | 2–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,435) South Bend, IN |
| 11/17/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 1 | Green Bay Preseason WNIT semifinals | W 71–67 | 3–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (7,817) South Bend, IN |
| 11/20/2016* 3:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 1 | No. 17 Washington Preseason WNIT championship | W 71–60 | 4–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,106) South Bend, IN |
| 11/22/2016* 8:00 pm | No. 1 | vs. Louisiana–Lafayette | W 91–51 | 5–0 | Campbell Center (767) Houston, TX |
| 11/26/2016* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 1 | TCU | W 92–59 | 6–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,174) South Bend, IN |
| 11/30/2016* 9:00 pm, BTN | No. 1 | at Iowa ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge | W 73–58 | 7–0 | Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,809) Iowa City, IA |
| 12/04/2016* 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 1 | Valparaiso | W 114–54 | 8–0 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,132) South Bend, IN |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 2 | No. 1 Connecticut Rivalry | L 61–72 | 8–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| 12/10/2016* 8:00 pm, CSNC+ | No. 2 | at No. 16 DePaul | W 75–61 | 9–1 | McGrath-Phillips Arena (3,001) Chicago, IL |
| 12/18/2016* 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | No. 2 | at Toledo | W 85–68 | 10–1 | Savage Arena (5,697) Toledo, OH |
| 12/20/2016* 7:00 pm, BTN | No. 2 | at Michigan State | W 79–61 | 11–1 | Breslin Center (7,924) East Lansing, MI |
| 12/27/2016* 7:30 pm | No. 2 | at Chattanooga | W 79–58 | 12–1 | McKenzie Arena (3,388) Chattanooga, TN |
| 12/29/2016 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 2 | at NC State | L 62–70 | 12–2 (0–1) | Reynolds Coliseum (3,677) Raleigh, NC |
| 01/02/2017 7:00 pm | No. 7 | at Georgia Tech | W 55–38 | 13–2 (1–1) | Hank McCamish Pavilion (1,641) Atlanta, GA |
| 01/05/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 7 | Wake Forest | W 92–72 | 14–2 (2–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,691) South Bend, IN |
| 01/08/2017 3:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | at No. 14 Miami (FL) | W 67–55 | 15–2 (3–1) | Watsco Center (1,546) Coral Gables, FL |
| 01/12/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 6 | Pittsburgh | W 86–54 | 16–2 (4–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,137) South Bend, IN |
| 01/16/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 6 | at Tennessee | L 69–71 | 16–3 | Thompson–Boling Arena (10,517) Knoxville, TN |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm | No. 6 | at Boston College | W 80–69 | 17–3 (5–1) | Conte Forum (1,108) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| 01/22/2017 12:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 6 | at North Carolina | W 77–55 | 18–3 (6–1) | Carmichael Arena (3,159) Chapel Hill, NC |
| 01/26/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 8 | No. 14 Duke | W 62–58 | 19–3 (7–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,309) South Bend, IN |
| 01/29/2017 12:00 pm, ESPNU | No. 8 | Virginia | W 82–74 | 20–3 (8–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| 02/02/2017 7:00 pm | No. 8 | at Virginia Tech | W 76–59 | 21–3 (9–1) | Cassell Coliseum (2,733) Blacksburg, VA |
| 02/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | No. 12 Louisville | W 85–66 | 22–3 (10–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,325) South Bend, IN |
| 02/12/2017 1:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 7 | Georgia Tech | W 90–69 | 23–3 (11–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| 02/16/2017 7:00 pm | No. 7 | at Clemson | W 84–80 | 24–3 (12–1) | Littlejohn Coliseum (595) Clemson, SC |
| 02/19/2017 5:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 7 | at No. 21 Syracuse | W 85–80 | 25–3 (13–1) | Carrier Dome (11,021) Syracuse, NY |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra | No. 5 | Boston College | W 82–45 | 26–3 (14–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,376) South Bend, IN |
| 02/26/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 5 | No. 8 Florida State | W 79–61 | 27–3 (15–1) | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9,149) South Bend, IN |
| ACC Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2017 2:00 pm, RSN | (1) No. 3 | vs. (8) Virginia Quarterfinals | W 76–59 | 28–3 | HTC Center (2,845) Conway, SC |
| 03/04/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1) No. 3 | vs. (5) No. 14 Louisville Semifinals | W 84–73 | 29–3 | HTC Center (3,600) Conway, SC |
| 03/05/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN2 | (1) No. 3 | vs. (3) No. 13 Duke Championship Game | W 84–61 | 30–3 | HTC Center (3,600) Conway, SC |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 7:30 pm, ESPN2 | (1 L) No. 2 | (16 L) Robert Morris First Round | W 79–49 | 31–3 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,685) South Bend, IN |
| 03/19/2017* 9:00 pm, ESPN | (1 L) No. 2 | (9 L) Purdue Second Round | W 88–82 $^{OT}$ | 32–3 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (5,422) South Bend, IN |
| 03/24/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPN | (1 L) No. 2 | vs. (5 L) No. 11 Ohio State Sweet Sixteen | W 99–76 | 33–3 | Rupp Arena (3,148) Lexington, KY |
| 03/26/2017* 12:00 pm, ESPN | (1 L) No. 2 | vs. (2 L) No. 6 Stanford Elite Eight | L 75–76 | 33–4 | Rupp Arena (2,527) Lexington, KY |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. L=Lexington Region. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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### Notes

* ↑ This game did not finish at Campbell Center. A power outage during the second quarter led the teams to move the remainder of the game to Tudor Fieldhouse on the campus of Rice University. The latter venue was available because the Owls had just completed a game against Grand Canyon.