2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team
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WCC Regular Season and Tournament Champions | |
NCAA Women's tournament, first round | |
Conference | West Coast Conference |
Record | 26–7 (14–4 WCC) |
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Home arena | McCarthey Athletic Center |
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Team | W | L | PCT | W | L | PCT | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gonzaga† | 14 | – | 4 | .778 | 26 | – | 7 | .788 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BYU | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 12 | .625 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Saint Mary's | 13 | – | 5 | .722 | 20 | – | 13 | .606 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Francisco | 11 | – | 7 | .611 | 18 | – | 13 | .581 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loyola Marymount | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Santa Clara | 9 | – | 9 | .500 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
San Diego | 7 | – | 11 | .389 | 14 | – | 16 | .467 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pacific | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 10 | – | 21 | .323 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pepperdine | 5 | – | 13 | .278 | 7 | – | 23 | .233 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Portland | 4 | – | 14 | .222 | 6 | – | 24 | .200 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
† 2017 WCC tournament winner As of March 18, 2017 Rankings from AP poll |
The 2016–17 Gonzaga Bulldogs women's basketball team represents Gonzaga University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Bulldogs (also informally referred to as the "Zags"), members of the West Coast Conference. The Bulldogs, led by third year head coach Lisa Fortier, the Zags play their home games at the McCarthey Athletic Center on the university campus in Spokane, Washington. They finished the season 26–7, 14–4 in WCC play to win the WCC regular season. They defeat Pacific, San Francisco and Saint Mary's to become champions of the WCC women's basketball tournament to earn an automatic trip to the NCAA women's tournament where they were defeated by Oklahoma in the first round.
Roster
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Schedule
Date time, TV |
Rank# | Opponent# | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state | ||||||
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Exhibition | |||||||||||
11/04/2016* 6:00 pm |
Corban | W 86–31 | McCarthey Athletic Center (5,006) Spokane, WA | ||||||||
Non-conference regular season | |||||||||||
11/12/2016* 2:00 pm |
Nicholls State | W 78–46 | 1–0 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,212) Spokane, WA | |||||||
11/13/2016* 2:00 pm |
UC Irvine | W 102–38 | 2–0 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,186) Spokane, WA | |||||||
11/18/2016* 7:00 pm, P12N |
at No. 11 Stanford | W 68–63 | 3–0 |
Maples Pavilion (2,654) Stanford, CA | |||||||
11/24/2016* 5:00 pm |
No. 25 | vs. Michigan Paradise Jam tournament Reef Division |
L 66–78 | 3–1 |
Sports and Fitness Center (1,734) Saint Thomas, USVI | ||||||
11/25/2016* 2:45 pm |
No. 25 | vs. No. 10 Florida State Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division |
L 69–87 | 3–2 |
Sports and Fitness Center Saint Thomas, USVI | ||||||
11/26/2016* 2:45 pm |
No. 25 | vs. Winthrop Paradise Jam Tournament Reef Division |
W 71–41 | 4–2 |
Sports and Fitness Center (1,010) Saint Thomas, USVI | ||||||
12/03/2016* 2:00 pm |
Presbyterian | W 79–39 | 5–2 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,037) Spokane, WA | |||||||
12/08/2016* 6:00 pm, SWX |
Washington State | W 79–61 | 6–2 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,724) Spokane, WA | |||||||
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm |
at Eastern Washington | W 73–54 | 7–2 |
Reese Court (1,438) Cheney, WA | |||||||
12/19/2016* 6:00 pm, SWX |
Northwestern | W 67–56 | 8–2 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,638) Spokane, WA | |||||||
12/22/2016* 2:00 pm |
Colgate | W 72–42 | 9–2 |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,719) Spokane, WA | |||||||
WCC regular season | |||||||||||
12/29/2016 7:00 pm |
at Pepperdine | L 69–79 | 9–3 (0–1) |
Firestone Fieldhouse (337) Malibu, CA | |||||||
12/31/2016 2:00 pm |
Pacific | L 63–65 | 9–4 (0–2) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,812) Spokane, WA | |||||||
01/05/2017 6:00 pm, SWX |
San Francisco | W 61–46 | 10–4 (1–2) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,184) Spokane, WA | |||||||
01/07/2017 2:00 pm |
Portland | W 67–55 | 11–4 (2–2) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,540) Spokane, WA | |||||||
01/12/2017 7:00 pm |
at Loyola Marymount | W 80–56 | 12–4 (3–2) |
Gersten Pavilion (263) Los Angeles, CA | |||||||
01/14/2017 1:00 pm |
at Saint Mary's | W 79–75 | 13–4 (4–2) |
McKeon Pavilion (341) Moraga, CA | |||||||
01/19/2016 6:00 pm, SWX |
Santa Clara | W 51–39 | 14–4 (5–2) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,760) Spokane, WA | |||||||
01/21/2017 2:00 pm |
at Portland | W 85–50 | 15–4 (6–2) |
Chiles Center (493) Portland, OR | |||||||
01/26/2017 6:00 pm |
at San Diego | W 57–55 | 16–4 (7–2) |
Jenny Craig Pavilion (459) San Diego, CA | |||||||
01/28/2017 2:00 pm |
Pepperdine | W 83–61 | 17–4 (8–2) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | |||||||
02/02/2017 6:00 pm |
BYU | W 87–52 | 18–4 (9–2) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | |||||||
02/04/2017 2:00 pm |
at Santa Clara | W 50–49 | 19–4 (10–2) |
Leavey Center (300) Santa Clara, CA | |||||||
02/09/2017 6:00 pm |
Loyola Marymount | W 73–61 | 20–4 (11–2) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (5,454) Spokane, WA | |||||||
02/11/2017 2:00 pm, SWX |
Saint Mary's | W 59–58 | 21–4 (12–2) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | |||||||
02/16/2017 7:00 pm |
at San Francisco | L 72–77 | 21–5 (12–3) |
War Memorial Gymnasium (173) San Francisco, CA | |||||||
02/18/2017 2:00 pm |
at Pacific | W 74–58 | 22–5 (13–3) |
Alex G. Spanos Center (514) Stockton, CA | |||||||
02/23/2017 6:00 pm |
San Diego | W 62–57 | 23–5 (14–3) |
McCarthey Athletic Center (6,000) Spokane, WA | |||||||
02/25/2017 1:00 pm, BYUtv |
at BYU | L 63–71 | 23–6 (14–4) |
Marriott Center (2,195) Provo, UT | |||||||
WCC Women's tournament | |||||||||||
03/03/2017 12:00 pm, BYUtv |
(1) | vs. (8) Pacific Quarterfinals |
W 91–59 | 24–6 |
Orleans Arena Paradise, NV | ||||||
03/06/2017 12:00 pm, BYUtv |
(1) | vs. (4) San Francisco Semifinals |
W 77–46 | 25–6 |
Orleans Arena Paradise, NV | ||||||
03/07/2017 1:00 pm, ESPNU |
(1) | vs. (3) Saint Mary's Championship Game |
W 86–75 | 26–6 |
Orleans Arena (6,773) Paradise, NV | ||||||
NCAA Women's tournament | |||||||||||
03/18/2017* 3:30 pm, ESPN2 |
(11 O) | vs. (6 O) No. 23 Oklahoma First Round |
L 62–82 | 26–7 |
Alaska Airlines Arena (10,000) Seattle, WA | ||||||
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.
O=Oklahoma Region. All times are in Pacific Time. |
Rankings
2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings
Poll | Pre- Season |
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Week 18 |
Week 19 |
Final |
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AP | NR | NR | 25 | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | N/A |
Coaches | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | RV | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | RV | RV | NR |
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Not ranked previous week | ||
(RV) | Received Votes |
See also
References
- ^ "GoZags.com - Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site Gonzaga University Official Athletic Site - Women's Basketball". Archived from the original on July 4, 2015. Retrieved April 15, 2016.