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.

2016–17 Washington Huskies women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
ConferencePac-12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 11
APNo. 12
Record29–6 (15–3 Pac-12)
Head coach
  • Mike Neighbors (4th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Morgan Valley
  • Todd Schaefer
  • Jasmine Lister
Home arenaAlaska Airlines Arena
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 8 Oregon State162 .889315  .861
No. 6 Stanford153 .833326  .842
No. 12 Washington153 .833296  .829
No. 15 UCLA135 .722259  .735
Arizona State99 .5002013  .606
Oregon810 .4442314  .622
California612 .3332014  .588
Washington State612 .3331620  .444
Colorado513 .2781716  .515
Utah513 .2781615  .516
USC513 .2781416  .467
Arizona513 .2781416  .467
2017 Pac-12 tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017
Rankings from AP poll

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.

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