2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball team represents University of Kentucky during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Wildcats, led by tenth year head coach Matthew Mitchell, play their home games at the Memorial Coliseum with one game at Rupp Arena and were members of the Southeastern Conference. They finished the season 22–11, 11–5 in SEC play to finish in a tie for third place. They advanced to the semifinals of the SEC women's tournament where they lost to South Carolina. They received an at-large to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Belmont in the first round before losing to Ohio State in the second round.

2016–17 Kentucky Wildcats women's basketball
Kentucky Classic champions
NCAA tournament, second round
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 25
APNo. 18
Record22–11 (11–5 SEC)
Head coach
  • Matthew Mitchell (10th season)
Assistant coaches
Home arenaMemorial Coliseum
Rupp Arena
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina142 .875334  .892
No. 7 Mississippi State133 .813345  .872
No. 18 Kentucky115 .6882211  .667
No. 25 Missouri115 .6882111  .656
Tennessee106 .6252012  .625
Texas A&M97 .5632212  .647
LSU88 .5002012  .625
Auburn79 .4381715  .531
Georgia79 .4381615  .516
Ole Miss610 .3751714  .548
Alabama511 .3132214  .611
Florida511 .3131516  .484
Vanderbilt412 .2501416  .467
Arkansas214 .1251317  .433
2017 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
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