2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season

The 2016–17 Southeastern Conference women's basketball season began with practices in October 2016, followed by the start of the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season in November. Conference play started in early January 2017 and concluded in March with the 2017 SEC women's basketball tournament at the Bon Secours Wellness Arena in Greenville, South Carolina. The South Carolina Gamecocks were both regular season and tournament champions, with the Mississippi State Bulldogs as runner-up. Both teams received bids to the 2017 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament and advanced to face each other in the championship, where South Carolina claimed their first-ever national title.

2016–17 SEC Women's Basketball Season
LeagueNCAA Division I
SportBasketball
Number of teams14
TV partner(s)ESPN2, SEC Network, FSN
WNBA Draft
Top draft pickAlaina Coates (South Carolina)
Picked byChicago Sky
Regular season
Season championsSouth Carolina
  Runners-upMississippi State
Season MVPA'ja Wilson (South Carolina)
Tournament
ChampionsSouth Carolina
  Runners-upMississippi State
Finals MVPA'ja Wilson
2016–17 SEC women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 3 South Carolina†14–2 .87533–4  .892
No. 7 Mississippi State13–3 .81334–5  .872
No. 18 Kentucky11–5 .68822–11  .667
No. 25 Missouri11–5 .68821–11  .656
Tennessee10–6 .62520–12  .625
Texas A&M9–7 .56322–12  .647
LSU8–8 .50020–12  .625
Auburn7–9 .43817–15  .531
Georgia7–9 .43816–15  .516
Ole Miss6–10 .37517–14  .548
Alabama5–11 .31322–14  .611
Florida5–11 .31315–16  .484
Vanderbilt4–12 .25014–16  .467
Arkansas2–14 .12513–17  .433
† 2017 SEC tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
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