2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team

2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
NCAA tournament, Sweet Sixteen
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 12
AP	No. 13
Record	29–8 (12–4 ACC)
Head coach	Jeff Walz (10th season);
Assistant coaches	Stephanie Norman; Samantha Williams; Sam Purcell;
Home arena	KFC Yum! Center
	Seasons ← 2015–16 2017–18 →

2016–17 ACC women's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 2 Notre Dame^†	15	–	1	.938	33	–	4	.892
No. 9 Duke	13	–	3	.813	28	–	6	.824
No. 10 Florida State	13	–	3	.813	28	–	7	.800
No. 13 Louisville	12	–	4	.750	29	–	8	.784
No. 17 NC State	12	–	4	.750	23	–	9	.719
No. 21 Syracuse	11	–	5	.688	22	–	11	.667
No. 16 Miami (FL)	10	–	6	.625	24	–	9	.727
Virginia	7	–	9	.438	20	–	13	.606
Wake Forest	6	–	10	.375	16	–	16	.500
Georgia Tech	5	–	11	.313	22	–	14	.611
Virginia Tech	4	–	12	.250	20	–	14	.588
Pittsburgh	4	–	12	.250	13	–	17	.433
Clemson	3	–	13	.188	15	–	16	.484
North Carolina	3	–	13	.188	15	–	16	.484
Boston College	2	–	14	.125	9	–	21	.300


† 2017 ACC tournament winner As of March 29, 2017 Rankings from AP poll

The 2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by tenth-year head coach Jeff Walz, played their home games at the KFC Yum! Center and were in their third year in the Atlantic Coast Conference. They finished the season 29–8, 12–4 in ACC play to finish in a tie for fourth place. They advanced to the semifinals of the ACC women's tournament where they lost to Notre Dame. They received an at-large bid to the NCAA women's tournament where they defeated Chattanooga and Tennessee in the first and second rounds before losing to Baylor in the Sweet Sixteen.

Roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	#	Name	Height	Year	Previous school	Hometown
G	0	Briahanna Jackson	5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	RS Sr	IMG Academy/Freedom UCF	Tampa, Florida
F	2	Myisha Hines-Allen	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Jr	Montclair	Montclair, New Jersey
F	3	Sam Fuehring	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	Jr	Immaculate Conception	Wanaque, New Jersey
F	4	Mariya Moore	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Jr	Salesian	Hercules, California
G	10	Sydney Zambrotta	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	Fr	Christ the King	North Babylon, New York
G	11	Arica Carter	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	Jr	Lloyd C. Bird	Long Beach, California
F	13	Cortnee Walton	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	RS Sr	St. Mary's	Surprise, Arizona
G	15	Taylor Johnson	5 ft 7 in (1.7 m)	RS Sr	Lincoln-Way East Loyola-Chicago	Frankfort, Illinois
F	21	Kylee Shook	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Mesa Ridge	Colorado Springs, Colorado
G	22	Brianna Jones	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)	So	North Babylon	North Babylon, New York
G	23	Jazmine Jones	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	Fr	Florida A&M Developmental	Tallahassee, Florida
G	24	Jessica Laemmle	5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)	Fr	Mercy Academy	Louisville, Kentucky
G	25	Asia Durr	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	So	St. Pius X Catholic	Douglasville, Georgia
F	33	Bionca Dunham	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	Fr	Imhotep Institute Charter	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
C	40	Ciera Johnson	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	Fr	Ducanville	Duncanville, Texas

Head coach

Jeff Walz (Northern Kentucky)

Assistant coach(es)

Stephanie Norman (Arizona State)
Samantha Williams (Auburn)
Sam Purcell (Auburn)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible
(W) Walk-on

Injured
Current redshirt

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Media

Once again select Cardinals games will be broadcast on WHAS. Some of the games will be on the ACC RSN. Additional ACC games will air on ESPN3.

All Cardinals basketball games will air on Learfield Sports on WKRD 790 AM or WVKY 101.7 FM, depending on conflicts with Louisville and Kentucky football and men's basketball games.

Schedule

Date time, TV	Rank^#	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site (attendance) city, state
Exhibition
11/06/2016* 2:00 pm	No. 5	Lindsey Wilson	W 94–50		KFC Yum! Center (1,927) Louisville, KY
Regular season
11/11/2016* 8:00 pm	No. 5	at UT Martin	W 100–57	1–0	Skyhawk Arena (3,351) Martin, TN
11/13/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 5	Belmont	W 73–50	2–0	KFC Yum! Center (8,347) Louisville, KY
11/16/2016* 8:00 pm	No. 5	at Middle Tennessee	W 91–72	3–0	Murphy Center (4,516) Murfreesboro, TN
11/19/2016* 4:30 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 5	Bowling Green Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	W 83–58	4–0	KFC Yum! Center (8,194) Louisville, KY
11/20/2016* 4:30 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 5	Lafayette Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	W 92–48	5–0	KFC Yum! Center (7,668) Louisville, KY
11/21/2016* 7:30 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 4	Chattanooga Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	W 63–47	6–0	KFC Yum! Center (7,719) Louisville, KY
11/27/2016* 1:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 4	vs. No. 3 South Carolina Hall of Fame Women's Challenge	L 59–83	6–1	MassMutual Center Springfield, MA
12/01/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 7	No. 5 Maryland ACC–Big Ten Women's Challenge	L 72–78	6–2	KFC Yum! Center (7,816) Louisville, KY
12/04/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 7	No. 17 Kentucky The Battle for the Bluegrass	W 69–67 ^OT	7–2	KFC Yum! Center (12,245) Louisville, KY
12/11/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 8	WKU	W 68–61	8–2	KFC Yum! Center (9,168) Louisville, KY
12/14/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 8	South Dakota State	W 83–30	9–2	KFC Yum! Center (7,408) Louisville, KY
12/16/2016* 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 8	College of Charleston	W 86–58	10–2	KFC Yum! Center (7,567) Louisville, KY
12/18/2016* 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 8	Evansville	W 89–47	11–2	KFC Yum! Center (8,320) Louisville, KY
12/21/2016* 8:00 pm	No. 8	at Vanderbilt	W 78–66	12–2	Memorial Gymnasium (2,779) Nashville, TN
12/28/2016 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 8	No. 25 Syracuse	W 91–76	13–2 (1–0)	KFC Yum! Center (8,586) Louisville, KY
01/02/2017 7:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 8	at No. 13 Duke	L 55–58	13–3 (1–1)	Cameron Indoor Stadium (3,309) Durham, NC
01/05/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 8	at Virginia	W 86–81 ^OT	14–3 (2–1)	John Paul Jones Arena (2,490) Charlottesville, VA
01/08/2017 4:00 pm, RSN	No. 8	Pittsburgh	W 73–52	15–3 (3–1)	KFC Yum! Center (8,039) Louisville, KY
01/12/2017 4:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 9	at No. 7 Florida State	L 65–72	15–4 (3–2)	Donald L. Tucker Center (4,092) Tallahassee, FL
01/15/2017 1:30 pm, ESPN2	No. 9	No. 14 Miami (FL)	W 63–59	16–4 (4–2)	KFC Yum! Center (10,016) Louisville, KY
01/18/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 9	Georgia Tech	W 91–51	17–4 (5–2)	KFC Yum! Center (7,606) Louisville, KY
01/22/2017* 2:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 9	at No. 23 South Florida	W 66–52	18–4	USF Sun Dome (2,334) Tampa, FL
01/26/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 9	at Clemson	W 60–46	19–4 (6–2)	Littlejohn Coliseum (352) Clemson, SC
01/29/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 9	at Pittsburgh	W 63–48	20–4 (7–2)	Petersen Events Center (3,152) Pittsburgh, PA
02/02/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 9	No. 19 NC State	L 70–72	20–5 (7–3)	KFC Yum! Center (8,251) Louisville, KY
02/06/2017 7:00 pm, ESPN2	No. 12	at No. 7 Notre Dame	L 66–85	20–6 (7–4)	Edmund P. Joyce Center (8,325) South Bend, IN
02/09/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 12	at Virginia Tech	W 88–70	21–6 (8–4)	Cassell Coliseum (1,723) Blacksburg, VA
02/12/2017 3:00 pm, RSN	No. 12	Boston College	W 68–43	22–6 (9–4)	KFC Yum! Center (9,306) Louisville, KY
02/19/2017 12:00 pm, ESPNU	No. 14	North Carolina	W 87–57	23–6 (10–4)	KFC Yum! Center (9,739) Louisville, KY
02/23/2017 7:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 14	Virginia	W 66–55	24–6 (11–4)	KFC Yum! Center (7,981) Louisville, KY
02/26/2017 2:00 pm, ACCN Extra	No. 14	at Wake Forest	W 75–46	25–6 (12–4)	LJVM Coliseum (1,297) Winston-Salem, NC
ACC Women's Tournament
03/02/2017 11:00 am, RSN	(5) No. 14	vs. (13) Clemson Second Round	W 68–46	26–6	HTC Center (2,613) Conway, SC
03/03/2017 11:00 am, RSN	(5) No. 14	vs. (4) No. 17 NC State Quarterfinals	W 59–58	27–6	HTC Center (3,004) Conway, SC
03/04/2017 12:00 pm, ESPNU	(5) No. 14	vs. (1) No. 3 Notre Dame Semifinals	L 73–84	27–7	HTC Center (3,600) Conway, SC
NCAA Women's Tournament
03/18/2017* 1:30 pm, ESPN2	(4 O) No. 13	(13 O) Chattanooga First Round	W 82–62	28–7	KFC Yum! Center (5,441) Louisville, KY
03/20/2017* 6:30 pm, ESPN2	(4 O) No. 13	(5 O) Tennessee Second Round	W 75–64	29–7	KFC Yum! Center (5,698) Louisville, KY
03/24/2017* 9:00 pm, ESPN2	(4 O) No. 13	vs. (1 O) No. 5 Baylor Sweet Sixteen	L 63–97	29–8	Chesapeake Energy Arena (3,499) Oklahoma City, OK
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. O=Oklahoma City Region. All times are in Eastern.

Source^[2]

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	5	5	4	7	8	8	8	8	8	9	9	9	9	12	14	14	13	13	13	N/A
Coaches	8	6	4	7	8	8	8	8	9	8	8	8	7	14	13	14	12	12	12	12

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

References

^ "2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster".
^ "2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule". Louisville Cardinals.

[1] "2021-22 Women's Basketball Roster".

[2] "2016–17 Louisville Cardinals women's basketball schedule". Louisville Cardinals.

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v t e Louisville Cardinals women's basketball
Venues	Freedom Hall (1975–2010) KFC Yum! Center (2010–present)
Rivalries	Kentucky
Culture & lore	Cardinal Bird
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15 2015–16 2016–17 2017–18 2018–19 2019–20 2020–21 2021–22 2022–23 2023–24 2024–25
NCAA Final Four appearance in italics

Roster

Media

Schedule

Rankings

See also

References