# 2016–17 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Georgetown Hoyas women's basketball team represented Georgetown University in the 2016–17 college basketball season. The Hoyas, led by third year head coach Natasha Adair, were members of the Big East Conference, and played their home games at the McDonough Gymnasium. They finished the season 17–13, 9–9 in Big East play to finish in sixth place. They lost in the quarterfinals of the Big East women's tournament to Marquette. They were invited to the WNIT where they lost to Fordham in the first round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | George Washington | W 72–57 | 1–0 | McDonough Gymnasium (1,413) Washington, D.C. |
| 11/13/2016* 4:00 pm | at Virginia Tech | L 63–73 | 1–1 | Cassell Coliseum (2,285) Blacksburg, VA |
| 11/18/2016* 5:00 pm | at Minnesota | L 60–68 | 1–2 | Williams Arena (3,011) Minneapolis, MN |
| 11/22/2016* 7:00 pm | at FIU | W 66–53 | 2–2 | FIU Arena (436) Boca Raton, FL |
| 11/24/2016* 11:00 am | vs. Wright State San Juan Shootout | W 67–60 | 3–2 | Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL |
| 11/25/2016* 1:15 pm | vs. Penn State San Juan Shootout | W 68–54 | 4–2 | Ocean Center Daytona Beach, FL |
| 11/30/2016* 12:00 pm | at Towson | W 75–59 | 5–2 | SECU Arena (1,357) Towson, MD |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | at Delaware | W 54–46 | 6–2 | Bob Carpenter Center (1,368) Newark, DE |
| 12/08/2016* 7:00 pm | George Mason | W 69–56 | 7–2 | McDonough Gymnasium (673) Washington, D.C. |
| 12/11/2016* 2:00 pm | Alabama | W 70–59 | 8–2 | McDonough Gymnasium (819) Washington, D.C. |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 12/28/2016 2:00 pm, BEDN | DePaul | L 53–76 | 8–3 (0–1) | McDonough Gymnasium (421) Washington, D.C. |
| 12/30/2016 2:00 pm, MASN2 | Marquette | L 77–84 | 8–4 (0–2) | McDonough Gymnasium (319) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/04/2017 7:00 pm, BEDN | at Villanova | L 50–71 | 8–5 (0–3) | The Pavilion (435) Villanova, PA |
| 01/08/2017 2:05 pm, BEDN | at Creighton | L 68–70 $^{OT}$ | 8–6 (0–4) | D. J. Sokol Arena (872) Omaha, NE |
| 01/10/2017 7:00 pm, BEDN | at Providence | W 71–39 | 9–6 (1–4) | Alumni Hall (380) Providence, RI |
| 01/13/2017 7:00 pm, FS1 | St. John's | L 66–71 | 9–7 (1–5) | McDonough Gymnasium (709) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/15/2017 2:00 pm, BEDN | Seton Hall | W 77–58 | 10–7 (2–5) | McDonough Gymnasium (977) Washington, D.C. |
| 01/20/2017 8:00 pm, FS1 | at Xavier | W 69–64 $^{OT}$ | 11–7 (3–5) | Cintas Center (1,730) Cincinnati, OH |
| 01/22/2017 1:00 pm, BEDN | at Butler | W 58–52 | 12–7 (4–5) | Hinkle Fieldhouse (453) Indianapolis, IN |
| 01/28/2017 1:00 pm, BEDN | Villanova | W 54–49 | 13–7 (5–5) | McDonough Gymnasium (1,311) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/03/2017 12:00 pm, BEDN | Providence | W 72–70 $^{OT}$ | 14–7 (6–5) | McDonough Gymnasium (2,117) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/05/2017 1:00 pm, BEDN | Creighton | L 59–67 | 14–8 (6–6) | McDonough Gymnasium (691) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/10/2017 7:00 pm, BEDN | at Seton Hall | W 77–60 | 15–8 (7–6) | Walsh Gymnasium (1,010) South Orange, NJ |
| 02/12/2017 2:00 pm, BEDN | at St. John's | L 54–65 | 15–9 (7–7) | Carnesecca Arena (721) Queens, NY |
| 02/17/2017 7:00 pm, MASN2 | Butler | W 83–72 | 16–9 (8–7) | McDonough Gymnasium (511) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/19/2017 2:00 pm, BEDN | Xavier | W 81–63 | 17–9 (9–7) | McDonough Gymnasium (891) Washington, D.C. |
| 02/24/2017 8:00 pm, BEDN | at Marquette | L 70–80 | 17–10 (9–8) | Al McGuire Center (1,156) Milwaukee, WI |
| 02/26/2017 1:00 pm, FS1 | at No. 19 DePaul | L 70–79 | 17–11 (9–9) | McGrath-Phillips Arena (2,553) Chicago, IL |
| Big East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/05/2017 3:30 pm, FS2 | vs. Marquette Quarterfinals | L 66–80 | 17–12 | Al McGuire Center (2,815) Milwaukee, WI |
| WNIT ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 7:00 pm | Fordham First Round | L 49–60 | 17–13 | McDonough Gymnasium (278) Washington, D.C. |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||

## Rankings

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