2016–17 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team

The 2016–17 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team represented Colorado State University in the 2016–17 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Rams, led by fifth year head coach Ryun Williams, played their home games at Moby Arena and were members of the Mountain West Conference. They finished the season 259, 153 in Mountain West play to win the regular season championship. They advanced to the semifinals of the Mountain West Conference Women's Basketball Tournament where they lost to Boise State. They received an automatic bid to the Women's National Invitation Tournament where they defeated Saint Mary's in the first round before losing to UC Davis in the second round.

2016–17 Colorado State Rams women's basketball
Mountain West Regular Season Champions
WNIT, Second Round
ConferenceMountain West Conference
2016–17 record259 (153 Mountain West)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Tim Moser
  • Brooke Atkinson
  • Rebecca Alvidrez
Home arenaMoby Arena
2016–17 Mountain West Conference women's basketball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
Colorado State153 .833  259  .735
Wyoming135 .722  2210  .688
Boise State126 .667  258  .758
UNLV126 .667  2211  .667
New Mexico108 .556  1515  .500
Utah State99 .500  1714  .548
Fresno State810 .444  1815  .545
San Jose State711 .389  1121  .344
San Diego State612 .333  1119  .367
Nevada513 .278  1119  .367
Air Force216 .111  425  .138
2017 MW Tournament winner
Rankings from AP Poll

Roster

2016–17 Colorado State Rams women's basketball team
PlayersCoaches
Pos.#NameHeightYearPrevious schoolHometown
G 1 Nathalie Liden 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) FrLulea Gymnasieskola Stockholm, Sweden
G 2 Stine Aistgulen 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS JrLanghaugen Videregaende Bergen, Norway
G 4 Jordyn Edwards 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) FrLynnwood Seattle, WA
G 5 Sofie Tryggedsson 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) SoAabyhøj Aarhus, Denmark
G 10 Hannah Tvrdy 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) RS JrSeward
Nebraska
Seward, NE
G/F 12 Callie Kasier 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) SoBroomfield Broomfield, CO
G 13 Ellen Nystrom 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) SrLuleå Gymnasieskola BLuleå, Sweden
F 15 Veronika Mirkovic 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) JrSandagymnasiet Nässjö, Sweden
G/F 21 Myanne Hamm 5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) RS JrPoudre Fort Collins, CO
F 22 Elin Gustavsson 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SrSandagymnasiet Ängelholm, Sweden
G 23 Grace Colaivalu 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) FrRosemont Sacramento, CA
F 24 Amanda Kantzy 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) SoLuleå Basketball Club Vällingby, Sweden
C 33 Anna Dreimane 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) FrRiga State Gymnasium Riga, Latvia
F 34 Liah Davis 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) FrSand Creek Colorado Springs, CO
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
Exhibition
11/04/2016*
7:00 pm
CSU–Pueblo W 56–48 
Moby Arena 
Fort Collins, CO
Non-conference regular season
11/11/2016*
7:00 pm
Omaha
Preseason WNIT First Round
W 69–42  1–0
Moby Arena (1,201)
Fort Collins, CO
11/14/2016*
8:00 pm
at No. 17 Washington
Preseason WNIT quarterfinals
L 68–101  1–1
Alaska Airlines Arena (1,520)
Seattle, WA
11/17/2016*
6:00 pm
at Nebraska
Preseason WNIT consolation round
L 59–62  1–2
Pinnacle Bank Arena (4,229)
Lincoln, NE
11/23/2016*
2:30 pm
Adams State W 76–29  2–2
Moby Arena (3,012)
Fort Collins, CO
11/27/2016*
1:00 pm
at No. 13 Oklahoma L 55–70  2–3
Lloyd Noble Center (3,245)
Norman, OK
11/30/2016*
7:00 pm
Denver W 76–49  3–3
Moby Arena (1,112)
Fort Collins, CO
12/02/2016*
7:00 pm
Southeastern Louisiana W 77–31  4–3
Moby Arena (981)
Fort Collins, CO
12/04/2016*
2:00 pm
Northern Colorado W 58–47  5–3
Moby Arena (1,178)
Fort Collins, CO
12/08/2016*
7:00 pm, P12N
at No. 18 Colorado L 56–74  5–4
Coors Events Center (1,723)
Boulder, CO
12/11/2016*
2:00 pm
New Mexico Highlands W 96–31  6–4
Moby Arena (1,073)
Fort Collins, CO
12/18/2016*
7:00 pm
Seattle W 66–62  7–4
Moby Arena (945)
Fort Collins, CO
12/21/2016*
7:00 pm
at Montana W 63–49  8–4
Dahlberg Arena (2,442)
Missoula, MT
Mountain West regular season
12/29/2016
4:00 pm
at UNLV W 57–37  9–4 (1–0)
Cox Pavilion (1,003)
Paradise, NV
12/31/2016
2:00 pm
Boise State L 45–51  9–5 (1–1)
Moby Arena (1,417)
Fort Collins, CO
01/04/2017
7:00 pm
San Jose State W 70–67 OT 10–5 (2–1)
Moby Arena (681)
Fort Collins, CO
01/07/2017
4:00 pm
at Air Force W 72–35  11–5 (3–1)
Clune Arena (384)
Fort Collins, CO
01/14/2017
3:00 pm
at New Mexico W 78–63  12–5 (4–1)
The Pit (2,148)
Albuquerque, NM
01/18/2017
7:00 pm
Fresno State W 73–56  13–5 (5–1)
Moby Arena (1,056)
Fort Collins, CO
01/21/2017
2:00 pm
Utah State W 74–43  14–5 (6–1)
Moby Arena (1,223)
Fort Collins, CO
01/25/2017
8:00 pm
at San Jose State W 68–56  15–5 (7–1)
Event Center Arena (1,145)
San Jose, CA
01/28/2017
2:00 pm
at San Diego State W 60–43  16–5 (8–1)
Moby Arena (987)
Fort Collins, CO
02/01/2017
7:00 pm
Boise State W 60–53  17–5 (9–1)
Taco Bell Arena (943)
Boise, ID
02/04/2017
2:00 pm
UNLV W 44–41  18–5 (10–1)
Moby Arena (1,264)
Fort Collins, CO
02/08/2017
7:00 pm
at Utah State L 48–55  18–6 (10–2)
Smith Spectrum (390)
Logan, UT
02/11/2017
3:00 pm
at Fresno State W 66–64 OT 19–6 (11–2)
Save Mart Center (2,126)
Fresno, CA
02/15/2017
7:00 pm
Wyoming
Border War
W 61–54  20–6 (12–2)
Moby Arena (2,056)
Fort Collins, CO
02/22/2017
7:00 pm
New Mexico W 58–55  21–6 (13–2)
Moby Arena (1,538)
Fort Collins, CO
02/25/2017
3:00 pm
at San Diego State W 80–46  22–6 (14–2)
Viejas Arena (910)
San Diego, CA
02/28/2017
6:30 pm
at Wyoming
Border War
L 49–56  22–7 (14–3)
Arena-Auditorium (2,588)
Laramie, WY
03/03/2017
7:00 pm
Nevada W 64–51  23–7 (15–3)
Moby Arena (2,243)
Fort Collins, CO
Mountain West Women's Tournament
03/07/2017
1:00 pm
(1) vs. (8) San Jose State
Quarterfinals
W 65–60  24–7
Thomas & Mack Center 
Paradise, NV
03/08/2017
7:30 pm
(1) vs. (4) Boise State
Semifinals
L 61–65  24–8
Thomas & Mack Center (1,670)
Paradise, NV
Women's National Invitation Tournament
03/16/2017*
7:00 pm
Saint Mary's
First Round
W 80–68 OT 25–8
Moby Arena (1,281)
Fort Collins, CO
03/19/2017*
2:00 pm
UC Davis
Second Round
L 57–58  25–9
Moby Arena (1,403)
Fort Collins, CO
*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

See also

References

  1. "Colorado State Women's Schedule". Colorado State University. March 21, 2016. Retrieved July 15, 2016.
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