# 2016–17 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Arizona State Sun Devils women's basketball team represented Arizona State University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Sun Devils, led by 20th year head coach Charli Turner Thorne, played their games at the Wells Fargo Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 20–13, 9–9 in Pac-12 play to finish in fifth place. They advanced to the quarterfinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to UCLA. They received at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Michigan State in the first round before losing to South Carolina in the second round.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 4:00 pm | No. 18 | Illinois State | W 76–40 | 1–0 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,748) Tempe, AZ |
| 11/13/2016* 2:00 pm | No. 18 | San Jose State | W 82–37 | 2–0 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,380) Tempe, AZ |
| 11/19/2016* 1:00 pm | No. 18 | at Marquette | L 63–75 | 2–1 | Al McGuire Center (2,109) Milwaukee, WI |
| 11/25/2016* 2:00 pm | No. 23 | vs. No. 6 Maryland South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | L 42–83 | 2–2 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 11/26/2016* 2:00 pm | No. 23 | vs. St. John's South Point Thanksgiving Shootout | W 54–41 | 3–2 | South Point Arena Enterprise, NV |
| 12/03/2016* 12:00 pm | | Boston University ASU Classic semifinals | W 71–42 | 4–2 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,428) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | | No. 19 Florida ASU Classic championship | W 69–63 | 5–2 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,773) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/11/2016* 11:00 am, SECN | | at No. 15 Kentucky | W 73–71 $^{OT}$ | 6–2 | Rupp Arena (13,225) Lexington, KY |
| 12/13/2016* 5:30 pm | No. 23 | at Middle Tennessee | W 69–48 | 7–2 | Murphy Center (2,717) Murfreesboro, TN |
| 12/17/2016* 2:00 pm | No. 23 | Oral Roberts | W 79–52 | 8–2 | Wells Fargo Arena (2,015) Tempe, AZ |
| 12/21/2016* 5:00 pm | No. 21 | Holy Cross | W 63–33 | 9–2 | Wells Fargo Arena (1,659) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2016 4:00 pm, P12N | No. 18 | No. 13 Stanford | L 57–64 | 9–3 (0–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,556) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/01/2017 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 18 | No. 21 California | W 72–62 | 10–3 (1–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (1,682) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/06/2017 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 19 | at Utah | W 66–44 | 11–3 (2–1) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,662) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 01/08/2017 4:00 pm, P12N | No. 19 | at Colorado | W 71–52 | 12–3 (3–1) | Coors Events Center (1,886) Boulder, CO |
| 01/13/2017 11:00 am | No. 19 | Washington State | W 68–49 | 13–3 (4–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,725) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/15/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 19 | No. 8 Washington | L 54–65 | 13–4 (4–2) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,314) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/20/2017 9:00 pm, P12N | No. 18 | at California | W 54–45 | 14–4 (5–2) | Haas Pavilion (1,622) Berkeley, CA |
| 01/22/2016 4:00 pm, P12N | No. 18 | at No. 10 Stanford | L 56–66 | 14–5 (5–3) | Maples Pavilion (3,280) Stanford, CA |
| 01/27/2017 9:00 pm, P12N | No. 16 | at No. 13 UCLA | L 60–69 | 14–6 (5–4) | Pauley Pavilion (1,493) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/29/2017 9:00 pm, P12N | No. 16 | at USC | L 50–65 | 14–7 (5–5) | Galen Center (2,589) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/03/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 23 | No. 11 Oregon State | L 45–54 | 14–8 (5–6) | Wells Fargo Arena (4,025) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/05/2017 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 23 | Oregon | W 68–63 | 15–8 (6–6) | Wells Fargo Arena (1,986) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/10/2017 8:00 pm | No. 23 | at Washington State | W 61–58 | 16–8 (7–6) | Beasley Coliseum (779) Pullman, WA |
| 02/12/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 23 | at No. 10 Washington | L 57–70 | 16–9 (7–7) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,248) Seattle, WA |
| 02/17/2017 7:00 pm, P12N | | at Arizona | L 58–62 | 16–10 (7–8) | McKale Center (2,085) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/19/2017 4:00 pm, P12N | | Arizona | W 67–54 | 17–10 (8–8) | Wells Fargo Arena (3,772) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/24/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | | USC | W 69–62 | 18–10 (9–8) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,248) Tempe, AZ |
| 02/26/2017 12:00 pm, P12N | | No. 15 UCLA | L 52–55 | 18–11 (9–9) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,136) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/02/2017 3:00 pm, P12N | (5) | vs. (12) Utah First Round | W 72–54 | 19–11 | KeyArena (3,061) Seattle, WA |
| 03/03/2017 3:00 pm, P12N | (5) | vs. (4) No. 15 UCLA Quarterfinals | L 68–77 | 19–12 | KeyArena (4,659) Seattle, WA |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 4:30 pm, ESPN2 | (8 S) | vs. (9 S) Michigan State First Round | W 73–61 | 20–12 | Colonial Life Arena (8,215) Columbia, SC |
| 03/19/2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN | (8 S) | at (1 S) No. 3 South Carolina Second Round | L 68–71 | 20–13 | Colonial Life Arena (8,276) Columbia, SC |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. S=Stockton Region. All times are in Mountain Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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