# 2016–17 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team

The 2016–17 UCLA Bruins women's basketball team represented the University of California, Los Angeles during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bruins, led by sixth year head coach Cori Close, play their home games at the Pauley Pavilion and were members of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 25–9, 13–5 in Pac-12 play to finish in fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the Pac-12 women's tournament where they lost to Oregon State. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Boise State and Texas A&M in the first and second rounds before losing to UConn in the Sweet Sixteen.

## Offseason
### Departures

| Name | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Reason for Departure |
| Nirra Fields | G | 5'9" | Sr. | Montreal, Quebec | Graduated; selected 32nd overall by the Phoenix Mercury in the 2016 WNBA draft |
| Kacey Swain | F | 6'3" | RS Sr. | Los Angeles, California | Graduated |

### Incoming transfers

| Name | Pos. | Height | Year | Hometown | Previous school | Notes |
| Japreece Dean | Guard | 5'6" | So | Austin, TX | Texas Tech | Transferred to UCLA at the semester break during the 2016-17 season and will sit out until the semester break of the 2017-18 season. |

### 2016 recruiting class

US college sports recruiting information for high school athletes :
| Name | Hometown | High school / college | Height | Weight |
| Lindsey Corsaro G | Indianapolis, IN | Roncalli | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 97 ||||||
| Ally Rosenblum P | Newport Coast, CA | Mater Dei | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | N/A |
| Recruiting star ratings: Rivals: N/A 247Sports: N/A ESPN: ESPN grade: 95 ||||||
| Overall recruiting rankings: ||||||
| Note: In many cases, Scout, Rivals, 247Sports, and ESPN may conflict in their listings of height and weight. In these cases, the average was taken. ESPN grades are on a 100-point scale. Sources: ||||||

## Rankings

Ranking Movement Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking. NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. :
| Poll | Pre | Wk 2 | Wk 3 | Wk 4 | Wk 5 | Wk 6 | Wk 7 | Wk 8 | Wk 9 | Wk 10 | Wk 11 | Wk 12 | Wk 13 | Wk 14 | Wk 15 | Wk 16 | Wk 17 | Wk 18 | Wk 19 | Final |
| AP | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 17 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | N/A |
| Coaches | 9 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 14 | 14 | 13 |

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Exhibition ||||||
| 11/03/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Westmont | W 80–45 | | Pauley Pavilion Los Angeles, CA |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| 11/11/2016* 8:30 pm | No. 9 | Pacific | W 82–55 | 1–0 | Pauley Pavilion (9,160) Los Angeles, CA |
| 11/14/2016* 4:00 pm, FSSW+ | No. 9 | at No. 2 Baylor | L 70–84 | 1–1 | Ferrell Center (5,955) Waco, TX |
| 11/18/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | Southern | W 95–47 | 2–1 | Pauley Pavilion (765) Los Angeles, CA |
| 11/20/2016* 1:00 pm | No. 9 | Cal Poly | W 80–64 | 3–1 | Pauley Pavilion (1,218) Los Angeles, CA |
| 11/24/2016* 6:00 pm | No. 9 | vs. Iowa Cancún Challenge Riviera Division | W 78–65 | 4–1 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 11/25/2016* 3:30 pm | No. 9 | vs. Toledo Cancún Challenge Riviera Division | W 75–73 | 5–1 | Hard Rock Hotel Riviera Maya (1,610) Cancún, Mexico |
| 12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, P12N | No. 10 | Hawaii | W 72–49 | 6–1 | Pauley Pavilion (1,454) Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/11/2016* 11:00 am, P12N | No. 9 | Michigan | W 84–64 | 7–1 | Pauley Pavilion (1,688) Los Angeles, CA |
| 12/14/2016* 7:00 pm | No. 9 | at UC Santa Barbara | W 71–52 | 8–1 | The Thunderdome (952) Santa Barbara, CA |
| 12/18/2016* 11:00 am, ESPN2 | No. 9 | at No. 6 South Carolina | L 57–66 | 8–2 | Colonial Life Arena (13,367) Columbia, SC |
| 12/20/2016* 9:00 am | No. 10 | at North Carolina A&T | W 83–42 | 9–2 | Corbett Sports Center (1,241) Greensboro, NC |
| Pac-12 regular season ||||||
| 12/30/2016 7:00 pm | No. 10 | Utah | W 67–56 | 10–2 (1–0) | Pauley Pavilion (1,186) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/01/2017 2:00 pm | No. 10 | No. 20 Colorado | W 87–74 | 11–2 (2–0) | Pauley Pavilion (1,354) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/06/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 9 | at Washington State | L 73–82 | 11–3 (2–1) | Beasley Coliseum (820) Pullman, WA |
| 01/08/2017 2:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 9 | at No. 12 Washington | L 70–82 | 11–4 (2–2) | Alaska Airlines Arena (4,446) Seattle, WA |
| 01/13/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 17 | No. 10 Oregon State | W 66–56 | 12–4 (3–2) | Pauley Pavilion (1,403) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/15/2017 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 17 | Oregon | W 79–63 | 13–4 (4–2) | Pauley Pavilion (2,074) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/18/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | at USC Rivalry | W 74–59 | 14–4 (5–2) | Galen Center (949) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/22/2017 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 11 | USC Rivalry | W 71–67 | 15–4 (6–2) | Pauley Pavilion (4,415) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/27/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 13 | No. 16 Arizona State | W 69–60 | 16–4 (7–2) | Pauley Pavilion (1,493) Los Angeles, CA |
| 01/29/2017 2:00 pm | No. 13 | Arizona | W 69–49 | 17–4 (8–2) | Pauley Pavilion (2,013) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/03/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 13 | at California | L 77–80 | 17–5 (8–3) | Haas Pavilion (2,461) Berkeley, CA |
| 02/06/2017 6:00 pm, ESPN2 | No. 15 | at No. 8 Stanford | W 85–76 | 18–5 (9–3) | Maples Pavilion (2,846) Stanford, CA |
| 02/10/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | No. 15 | at Oregon | L 75–84 | 18–6 (9–4) | Matthew Knight Arena (2,438) Eugene, OR |
| 02/12/2017 1:00 pm, P12N | No. 15 | at No. 9 Oregon State | L 61–68 | 18–7 (9–5) | Gill Coliseum (4,980) Corvallis, OR |
| 02/17/2017 8:00 pm, P12N | No. 18 | No. 9 Washington | W 90–79 | 19–7 (10–5) | Pauley Pavilion (1,699) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/19/2017 11:00 am, P12N | No. 18 | Washington State | W 67–48 | 20–7 (11–5) | Pauley Pavilion (1,958) Los Angeles, CA |
| 02/24/2017 5:00 pm, P12N | No. 15 | at Arizona | W 79–56 | 21–7 (12–5) | McKale Center (1,652) Tucson, AZ |
| 02/26/2017 11:00 am, P12N | No. 15 | at Arizona State | W 55–52 | 22–7 (13–5) | Wells Fargo Arena (2,136) Tempe, AZ |
| Pac-12 Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/03/2017 2:00 pm, P12N | (4) No. 15 | vs. (5) Arizona State Quarterfinals | W 77–68 | 23–7 | KeyArena (4,659) Seattle, WA |
| 03/04/2017 6:00 pm, P12N | (4) No. 15 | vs. (1) No. 6 Oregon State Semifinals | L 53–63 | 23–8 | KeyArena Seattle, WA |
| NCAA Women's Tournament ||||||
| 03/18/2017* 3:30 pm, ESPN2 | (4 B) No. 15 | (13 B) Boise State First Round | W 83–56 | 24–8 | Pauley Pavilion (2,256) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/20/2017* 7:00 pm, ESPNU | (4 B) No. 15 | (5 B) Texas A&M Second Round | W 75–43 | 25–8 | Pauley Pavilion (2,077) Los Angeles, CA |
| 03/25/2017* 10:30 am, ESPN | (4 B) No. 15 | vs. (1 B) No. 1 Connecticut Sweet Sixteen | L 71–86 | 25–9 | Webster Bank Arena (8,830) Bridgeport, CT |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. B=Bridgeport Region. All times are in Pacific Time. ||||||

## Honors

* Nov. 21 – Jordin Canada named Pac-12 Conference Player-of-the-week