2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
Omni Hotels Invitational Champions
WNIT, Third Round
Conference	Pac-12 Conference
2016–17 record	17–16 (5–13 Pac-12)
Head coach	JR Payne (1st season)
Assistant coach	Toriano Towns
Assistant coach	Jeff Cammon
Assistant coach	Shandrika Lee
Home arena	Coors Events Center
Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
No. 8 Oregon State	16	–	2		.889			31	–	5		.861
No. 6 Stanford †	15	–	3		.833			32	–	6		.842
No. 12 Washington	15	–	3		.833			29	–	6		.829
No. 15 UCLA	13	–	5		.722			25	–	9		.735
Arizona State	9	–	9		.500			20	–	13		.606
Oregon	8	–	10		.444			23	–	14		.622
California	6	–	12		.333			20	–	14		.588
Washington State	6	–	12		.333			16	–	20		.444
Colorado	5	–	13		.278			17	–	16		.515
Utah	5	–	13		.278			16	–	15		.516
USC	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
Arizona	5	–	13		.278			14	–	16		.467
† 2017 Pac-12 Tournament winner As of March 31, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

The 2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team will represent University of Colorado Boulder during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Buffaloes, led by first year head coach JR Payne, played their home games at the Coors Events Center and are a member of the Pac-12 Conference. They finished the season 17–16, 5–13 in Pac-12 play to finish in a 4 way tie for ninth place. They lost in the first round of the Pac-12 Women's Tournament to Washington State. They were invited to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated UNLV and South Dakota State in the first and second rounds before losing to Iowa in the third round.

Contents

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  1 Roster
  


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  2 Schedule
  


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  3 Rankings
  


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  4 References
  

Roster

2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
Players	Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Year Previous school Hometown G 0 Quinessa Caylao-Do 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) Fr Bellevue Tacoma, WA F 1 Makenzie Ellis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) So Booker T. Washington Tulsa, OK G 2 Alexis Robinson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) So Paul G. Blazer Ashland, KY C 3 Bri Watts 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Clovis West Fresno, CA F 11 Eleanor Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Fr Charnwood College Salisbury, England G 12 Ariana Freeman 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS So Paul VI Catholic Louisville Manassas, VA G 13 Brecca Thomas 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) Jr The Kinkaid School Stafford, TX G 14 Kennedy Leonard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) So Carroll Southlake, TX C 15 Zoe Correal 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Jr Salesian San Francisco, CA F 21 Monica Burich 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS Fr Roseville Roseville, MN G/F 22 Haley Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Skyline Sammamish, WA G/F 24 Lauren Huggins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) Sr Heritage Littleton, CO F 31 Zoe Beard-Fails 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) Sr Georgetown Day School Herndon, VA	Head coach JR Payne (Saint Mary's) Assistant coach(es) Toriano Towns (Saint Mary's) Jeff Cammon (Alcorn State) Shandrika Lee (Pepperdine) Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible (W) Walk-on Injured Current redshirt Roster

Schedule

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Date time, TV	Rank#	Opponent#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016* 7:00 PM		at Northern Colorado	W 83–62	1–0	Bank of Colorado Arena (1,071) Greeley, CO
11/13/2016* 2:00 PM		Air Force	W 95–68	2–0	Coors Events Center (1,845) Boulder, CO
11/19/2016* 7:00 PM		No. 15 Kentucky	W 79–69	3–0	Coors Events Center (1,507) Boulder, CO
11/22/2016* 4:00 PM		at North Dakota State	W 76–59	4–0	Scheels Center (683) Fargo, ND
11/25/2016* 7:30 PM		St. Francis Brooklyn Omni Hotels Invitational semifinals	W 81–54	5–0	Coors Events Center (1,473) Boulder, CO
11/26/2016* 11:00 AM		SMU Omni Hotels Invitational championship	W 67–50	6–0	Coors Events Center (1,495) Boulder, CO
12/01/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 21	Southeastern Louisiana	W 112–54	7–0	Coors Events Center (1,195) Boulder, CO
12/03/2016* 6:00 PM	No. 21	Idaho State	W 85–56	8–0	Coors Events Center (1,602) Boulder, CO
12/08/2016* 7:00 PM, P12N	No. 18	Colorado State	W 74–56	9–0	Coors Events Center (1,723) Boulder, CO
12/17/2016* 2:00 PM	No. 15	at Mississippi Valley State	W 76–64	10–0	Harrison HPER Complex (789) Itta Bena, MS
12/21/2016* 7:00 PM	No. 15	Wyoming	L 75–82	10–1	Coors Events Center (1,982) Boulder, CO
Pac-12 regular season
12/30/2016 7:00 PM	No. 20	at USC	L 54–79	10–2 (0–1)	Galen Center (616) Los Angeles, CA
01/01/2017 3:00 PM	No. 20	at No. 10 UCLA	L 74–87	10–3 (0–2)	Pauley Pavilion (1,354) Los Angeles, CA
01/06/2017 8:00 PM		Arizona	W 65–56	11–3 (1–2)	Coors Events Center (2,158) Boulder, CO
01/08/2017 4:00 PM, P12N		No. 19 Arizona State	L 52–71	11–4 (1–3)	Coors Events Center (1,886) Boulder, CO
01/13/2017 8:00 PM		No. 24 California	L 53–65	11–5 (1–4)	Coors Events Center (1,571) Boulder, CO
01/15/2017 4:00 PM, P12N		No. 13 Stanford	L 70–84	11–6 (1–5)	Coors Events Center (2,126) Boulder, CO
01/20/2017 7:00 PM, P12N		at Oregon	L 66–71	11–7 (1–6)	Matthew Knight Arena (2,260) Eugene, OR
01/22/2017 4:00 PM, P12N		at No. 11 Oregon State	L 57–81	11–8 (1–7)	Gill Coliseum (3,927) Corvallis, OR
01/25/2017 7:00 PM, P12N		Utah	W 54–49	12–8 (2–7)	Coors Events Center (1,457) Boulder, CO
01/28/2017 12:30 PM, P12N		at Utah	L 53–58	12–9 (2–8)	Jon M. Huntsman Center (1,449) Salt Lake City, UT
02/03/2017 6:00 PM, P12N		Washington State	W 70–58	13–9 (3–8)	Coors Events Center (1,907) Boulder, CO
02/05/2017 12:00 PM, P12N		No. 10 Washington	L 75–79	13–10 (3–9)	Coors Events Center (1,818) Boulder, CO
02/10/2017 9:00 PM, P12N		at No. 8 Stanford	L 51–64	13–11 (3–10)	Maples Pavilion (2,546) Stanford, CA
02/12/2017 4:00 PM, P12N		at California	W 64–59	14–11 (4–10)	Haas Pavilion (3,024) Berkeley, CA
02/17/2017 8:00 PM, P12N		No. 11 Oregon State	L 49–54	14–12 (4–11)	Coors Events Center (1,751) Boulder, CO
02/19/2017 12:00 PM, P12N		Oregon	W 76–66	15–12 (5–11)	Coors Events Center (3,988) Boulder, CO
02/23/2017 9:00 PM, P12N		at No. 11 Washington	L 47–79	15–13 (5–12)	Alaska Airlines Arena (4,448) Seattle, WA
02/25/2017 2:00 PM		at Washington State	L 56–67	15–14 (5–13)	Beasley Coliseum (712) Pullman, WA
Pac-12 Women's Tournament
03/02/2017 7:00 PM, P12N	(10)	vs. (7) Washington State First Round	L 78–79	15–15	KeyArena  Seattle, WA
WNIT
03/16/2017* 7:00 PM		UNLV First Round	W 66–52	16–15	Coors Events Center (815) Boulder, CO
03/19/2017* 1:00 PM, MidcoSN		at South Dakota State Second Round	W 81–75 OT	17–15	Frost Arena (2,793) Brookings, SD
03/23/2017* 6:00 PM		at Iowa Third Round	L 62–80	17–16	Carver–Hawkeye Arena (3,735) Iowa City,IA
*Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Mountain Time.

Rankings

2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball rankings

Regular Season Polls

Poll	Pre- Season	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Week 9	Week 10	Week 11	Week 12	Week 13	Week 14	Week 15	Week 16	Week 17	Week 18	Week 19	Final
AP	NR	NR	RV	21	18	15	15	20	NR	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR			N/A
Coaches	NR	NR	NR	RV	RV	RV	RV	RV	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR	NR

Legend

		Increase in ranking
		Decrease in ranking
		Not ranked previous week
(RV)		Received Votes

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People	Head coaches
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