2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team

The 2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball team will represent West Virginia University during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Mountaineers are coached by sixteenth year head coach Mike Carey and play their home games at WVU Coliseum and are members of the Big 12 Conference. The team finished sixth in the regular season but won the 2017 Big 12 Tournament. They finished with a record of 24–11, 8–10 in Big 12 play to finish in sixth place. They received an automatic bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Elon in the first round before losing to Maryland in the second round.

2016–17 West Virginia Mountaineers women's basketball
Savannah Invitational Champions
Big 12 Tournament Champions
NCAA Women's Tournament, second round
ConferenceBig 12 Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 20
APNo. 22
Record24–11 (8–10 Big 12)
Head coach
  • Mike Carey (16th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chester Nichols
  • Diane Richardson
  • Lester Rowe
Home arenaWVU Coliseum
2016–17 Big 12 Conference women's basketball standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
No. 5 Baylor171 .944334  .892
No. 14 Texas153 .833259  .735
No. 23 Oklahoma135 .7222310  .697
No. 24 Kansas State117 .6112311  .676
Iowa State99 .5001813  .581
No. 22 West Virginia810 .4442411  .686
Oklahoma State612 .3331715  .531
Texas Tech513 .2781417  .452
TCU414 .2221218  .400
Kansas216 .111822  .267
2017 Big 12 Tournament winner
Rankings from AP poll
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