2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team

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.

2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball
Omni Hotels Invitational Champions
WNIT, Third Round
ConferencePac-12 Conference
2016–17 record17–16 (5–13 Pac-12)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Toriano Towns
  • Jeff Cammon
  • Shandrika Lee
Home arenaCoors Events Center
2016–17 Pac-12 Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Oregon State162 .889  315  .861
No. 6 Stanford153 .833  326  .842
No. 12 Washington153 .833  296  .829
No. 15 UCLA135 .722  259  .735
Arizona State99 .500  2013  .606
Oregon810 .444  2314  .622
California612 .333  2014  .588
Washington State612 .333  1620  .444
Colorado513 .278  1716  .515
Utah513 .278  1615  .516
USC513 .278  1416  .467
Arizona513 .278  1416  .467
2017 Pac-12 Tournament winner
As of March 31, 2017; Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 Colorado Buffaloes women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 0 Quinessa Caylao-Do 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrBellevue Tacoma, WA
F 1 Makenzie Ellis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SoBooker T. Washington Tulsa, OK
G 2 Alexis Robinson 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoPaul G. Blazer Ashland, KY
C 3 Bri Watts 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrClovis West Fresno, CA
F 11 Eleanor Jones 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrCharnwood College Salisbury, England
G 12 Ariana Freeman 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) RS SoPaul VI Catholic
Louisville
Manassas, VA
G 13 Brecca Thomas 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) JrThe Kinkaid School Stafford, TX
G 14 Kennedy Leonard 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) SoCarroll Southlake, TX
C 15 Zoe Correal 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) JrSalesian San Francisco, CA
F 21 Monica Burich 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) RS FrRoseville Roseville, MN
G/F 22 Haley Smith 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrSkyline Sammamish, WA
G/F 24 Lauren Huggins 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) SrHeritage Littleton, CO
F 31 Zoe Beard-Fails 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrGeorgetown Day School Herndon, VA
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)

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

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

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

References

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