# 2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2016–17 New Hampshire Wildcats women's basketball team represented the University of New Hampshire during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by seventh-year head coach Maureen Magarity, played their home games in Lundholm Gym and are members of the America East Conference. They finished the season 26–6, 15–1 in America East play win the America East regular season title. They advanced to the semifinals of the America East women's tournament where they lost to Maine. As champs of the America East Conference who failed to win their conference tournament, they received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they lost to Harvard in the first round.

## Media

All non-televised home games and conference road games streamed on either ESPN3 or AmericaEast.tv. Select home games aired on Fox College Sports, Live Well Network, or WBIN. Most road games streamed on the opponent's website. All conference home games and select non-conference home games were broadcast on the radio on WPKX, WGIR and online on the New Hampshire Portal.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 7:00 pm | at Cornell | L 56–63 | 0–1 | Newman Arena (312) Ithaca, NY |
| 11/14/2016* 7:00 pm, AETV | New England College | W 58–38 | 1–1 | Lundholm Gym (148) Durham, NH |
| 11/17/2016* 11:00 am | at No. 15 Kentucky | L 43–92 | 1–2 | Memorial Coliseum (4,793) Lexington, KY |
| 11/22/2016* 5:00 pm, AETV | Bryant | W 62–60 | 2–2 | Lundholm Gym (163) Durham, NH |
| 11/26/2016* 7:00 pm, AETV | Wagner | W 73–40 | 3–2 | Lundholm Gym (237) Durham, NH |
| 11/28/2016* 7:00 pm | at Boston University | W 59–51 | 4–2 | Case Gym (151) Boston, MA |
| 12/01/2016* 7:00 pm | at Northeastern | W 66–63 $^{OT}$ | 5–2 | Cabot Center (231) Boston, MA |
| 12/06/2016* 7:00 pm | at Siena | W 77–67 | 6–2 | Alumni Recreation Center (350) Loudonville, NY |
| 12/11/2016* 1:00 pm, AETV | Yale | L 58–65 | 6–3 | Lundholm Gym (351) Durham, NH |
| 12/18/2016* 1:00 pm, AETV | Sacred Heart | W 71–43 | 7–3 | Lundholm Gym (272) Durham, NH |
| 12/21/2016* 4:30 pm, ESPN3 | Central Connecticut | W 56–52 | 8–3 | Lundholm Gym (227) Durham, NH |
| 12/28/2016* 7:00 pm | at Manhattan | W 59–42 | 9–3 | Draddy Gymnasium (451) Riverdale, NY |
| 12/31/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Dartmouth Rivalry | W 64–47 | 10–3 | Lundholm Gym (496) Durham, NH |
| America East regular season ||||||
| 01/04/2017 11:00 am, ESPN3 | Stony Brook | W 49–46 | 11–3 (1–0) | Lundholm Gym (1,306) Durham, NH |
| 01/11/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Albany | W 71–58 | 12–3 (2–0) | Lundholm Gym (268) Durham, NH |
| 01/14/2017 4:00 pm | at Binghamton | W 70–62 | 13–3 (3–0) | Binghamton University Events Center (1,590) Vestal, NY |
| 01/16/2017 1:00 pm, AETV | at Vermont | W 57–49 | 14–3 (4–0) | Patrick Gym (542) Burlington, VT |
| 01/19/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Maine | W 50–44 | 15–3 (5–0) | Lundholm Gym (403) Durham, NH |
| 01/22/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Hartford | W 58–50 | 16–3 (6–0) | Lundholm Gym (436) Durham, NH |
| 01/25/2017 11:00 am, ESPN3 | at UMass Lowell | W 76–57 | 17–3 (7–0) | Tsongas Center (4,192) Lowell, MA |
| 01/28/2017 12:00 pm, AETV | UMBC | W 60–50 | 18–3 (8–0) | Lundholm Gym (477) Durham, NH |
| 02/01/2017 5:00 pm | at Stony Brook | W 56–45 | 19–3 (9–0) | Island Federal Credit Union Arena (3,347) Stony Brook, NY |
| 02/06/2017 7:00 pm | at Albany | L 55–64 | 19–4 (9–1) | SEFCU Arena (1,076) Albany, NY |
| 02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | Vermont | W 66–47 | 20–4 (10–1) | Lundholm Gym (101) Durham, NH |
| 02/12/2017 1:00 pm, ESPN3 | Binghamton | W 76–69 | 21–4 (11–1) | Lundholm Gym (723) Durham, NH |
| 02/15/2017 7:00 pm | at Maine | W 65–57 | 22–4 (12–1) | Cross Insurance Center (1,645) Bangor, ME |
| 02/18/2017 2:00 pm | at Hartford | W 62–57 | 23–4 (13–1) | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion (1,625) Hartford, CT |
| 02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN3 | UMass Lowell | W 58–45 | 24–4 (14–1) | Lundholm Gym (565) Durham, NH |
| 02/26/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | at UMBC | W 65–61 | 25–4 (15–1) | Retriever Activities Center (639) Catonsville, MD |
| America East Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/04/2017 12:00 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Stony Brook Quarterfinals | W 58–49 | 26–4 | Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME |
| 03/05/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN3 | vs. Maine Semifinals | L 52–61 | 26–5 | Cross Insurance Arena Portland, ME |
| Women's National Invitation Tournament ||||||
| 03/17/2017* 7:00 pm | Harvard First Round | L 56–69 | 26–6 | Lundholm Gym (387) Durham, NH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||

## Rankings

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