# 2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball team represented University of Washington during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Huskies, led by fourth year head coach Mike Neighbors, played their home games at Alaska Airlines Arena and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. In the final regular season game for the Huskies on February 25, 2017, Kelsey Plum scored a Pac-12 record 57 points in an 84–77 win over Utah to set NCAA Division I women's basketball career scoring record. They finished the season 29–6, 15–3 in Pac-12 play to finish in a tie for second place. They were upset by the 10 seed Oregon in the quarterfinals of Pac-12 women's tournament. They received an at-large bid of the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Montana State and Oklahoma in the first and second rounds before losing to Mississippi State in the sweet sixteen. With 29 wins in the regular season, the most wins in school history.
On April 3, Mike Neighbors resigned from Washington to accept the head coaching job at Arkansas. He finished with a four-year record of 98–41.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 10/29/2016* 5:30 pm | No. 17 | Central Washington | W 97–66 | | Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA |
| 11/02/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 17 | Concordia (OR) | W 99–57 | | Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 17 | Eastern Washington Preseason WNIT First Round | W 100–52 | 1–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,263) Seattle, WA |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 17 | Colorado State Preseason WNIT quarterfinals | W 101–68 | 2–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,520) Seattle, WA |
| 11/17/2016* 5:00 pm | No. 17 | No. 25 Missouri Preseason WNIT semifinals | W 79–66 | 3–0 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,701) Seattle, WA |
| 11/20/2016* 12:00 pm, CBSSN | No. 17 | at No. 1 Notre Dame Preseason WNIT championship | L 60–71 | 3–1 | Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,106) South Bend, IN |
| 11/22/2016* 5:00 pm | No. 15 | Idaho | W 105–53 | 4–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,531) Seattle, WA |
| 11/26/2016* 4:00 pm | No. 15 | at Seattle | W 94–64 | 5–1 | Connolly Center (603) Seattle, WA |
| 11/27/2016* 2:00 pm | No. 15 | at Portland | W 83–53 | 6–1 | Chiles Center (537) Portland, OR |
| 12/01/2016* 6:00 pm | No. 13 | at Grand Canyon | W 101–66 | 7–1 | GCU Arena (754) Phoenix, AZ |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm | No. 13 | Fresno State | W 85–54 | 8–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena Seattle, WA |
| 12/07/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 11 | Cal State Northridge | W 101–44 | 9–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,454) Seattle, WA |
| 12/11/2016* 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | Boise State | W 94–66 | 10–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,028) Seattle, WA |
| 12/18/2016* 2:00 pm | No. 11 | Savannah State | W 87–36 | 11–1 | Alaska Airlines Arena (1,864) Seattle, WA |
| 12/22/2016* 1:00 pm | No. 9 | at BYU | W 82–70 | 12–1 | Marriott Center (775) Provo, UT |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/27/2016 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | Washington State | W 94–63 | 13–1 (1–0) | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,635) Seattle, WA |
| 12/30/2016 3:00 pm | No. 9 | at Oregon | W 99–77 | 14–1 (2–0) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,858) Eugene, OR |
| 01/01/2017 12:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at No. 22 Oregon State | L 70–73 | 14–2 (2–1) | Gill Coliseum (4,077) Corvallis, OR |
| 01/06/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 12 | USC | W 77–67 | 15–2 (3–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (2,377) Seattle, WA |
| 01/08/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 12 | No. 9 UCLA | W 82–70 | 16–2 (4–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,446) Seattle, WA |
| 01/13/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | at Arizona | W 84–70 | 17–2 (5–1) | McKale Center (1,684) Tucson, AZ |
| 01/15/2017 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | at No. 19 Arizona State | W 65–54 | 18–2 (6–1) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,314) Tempe, AZ |
| 01/22/2017 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 8 | at Washington State | W 87–44 | 19–2 (7–1) | Beasley Coliseum (987) Pullman, WA |
| 01/27/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | California | W 90–67 | 20–2 (8–1) | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,608) Seattle, WA |
| 01/29/2017 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 7 | No. 10 Stanford | L 68–72 | 20–3 (8–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA |
| 02/03/2017 7:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | at Utah | W 82–53 | 21–3 (9–2) | Jon M. Huntsman Center (2,375) Salt Lake City, UT |
| 02/05/2017 11:00 am, P12N | No. 10 | at Colorado | W 79–75 | 22–3 (10–2) | Coors Events Center (1,818) Boulder, CO |
| 02/10/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | Arizona | W 91–55 | 23–3 (11–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,088) Seattle, WA |
| 02/12/2017 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | No. 23 Arizona State | W 70–57 | 24–3 (12–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,248) Seattle, WA |
| 02/17/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at No. 18 UCLA | L 79–90 | 24–4 (12–3) | Pauley Pavilion (1,699) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/19/2017 3:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at USC | W 87–74 | 25–4 (13–3) | Galen Center (1,513) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/23/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | Colorado | W 79–47 | 26–4 (14–3) | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,448) Seattle, WA |
| 02/25/2017 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | Utah | W 84–77 | 27–4 (15–3) | Alaska Airlines Arena (6,775) Seattle, WA |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2017 8:30 pm, P12N | (3) No. 11 | vs. (6) Oregon Quarterfinals | L 69–70 | 27–5 | KeyArena (9,686) Seattle, WA |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | (3 O) No. 11 | (14 O) Montana State First Round | W 91–63 | 28–5 | Alaska Airlines Arena (8,059) Seattle, WA |
| 03/20/2017* 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | (3 O) No. 11 | (6 O) No. 23 Oklahoma Second Round | W 108–82 | 29–5 | Alaska Airlines Arena (7,579) Seattle, WA |
| 03/24/2017* 4:00 pm, ESPN2 | (3 O) No. 11 | vs. (2 O) No. 7 Mississippi State Sweet Sixteen | L 64–75 | 29–6 | Chesapeake Energy Arena Oklahoma City, OK |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma City Region. All times are in Pacific 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 |